Bus and Train

Alsa busses are a great way to get around Andalucia. They're cheap, and they seem to go everywhere. No problem taking bikes, so long as you take the front wheel off, turn the handlebars and wrap them up. You also need a 5Euro ticket for them as outsize luggage.






Once compacted down to 120cm x90 our bikes were free on Renfe high speed trains, but slightly worryingly, on some of the trains there was nowhere sensible to put them, so we were somewhat relying on the kindness of the staff not to make trouble.

Cazola National Park

The park is superb, and GR247 is a great mountain biking route, with excellent mapping

Fantastic scenery.

Just a few parts definately not cyclable!
















Lots of Fuente for drinking water, so long as you know where they are.














 Final bivi on the mountain top, before dropping down to the town of Cazorla, to start the journey home

Capo de Gata

Rather disappointing, in comparison to the fantastic Scottish coasts we're used to.  But there was a very nice cycle ride down a long gently sloping track from Punta Negra (closed to cars)

Sierra Nevada

Beautiful white villages.

Dramatic descent into Valor

Grenada

The Alhambra is wonderful. I had a worrying afternoon a month beforehand when I discovered that I'd nearly left it too  late to buy tickets.

Zuheros

On the sustrans-style cycle path along a disused railway to the mountain village of Zuheros.

Cordoba to Grenada

After a rather hot first day's cycling, we camp beside a river.

We discover we've left the tent poles at home, but luckily we're camped next to a grove of bamboo!