About this trip
In April 2019 I cycled a Spanish End to End, from Cádiz to Gijón (pic), with my chum Nigel (right).
Read about this, about my other international End to End rides, and about much more, at my new website e2e.bike.
Daily blog posts are here, from Cádiz on Day 1 to Gijón on Day 12.
There's no standard route for crossing the Iberian peninsula. But a candidate has emerged recently based on the Vía de la Plata, one of the traditional pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela.
It's now the N630 highway, which runs all the way from Seville in the south up to Gijón on the northern coast – over 800km. Thanks to being bypassed by the new A66 autoroute running parallel to it, the N630 offers a good lightly-trafficked road the length of Spain.
This was the basis of our route. Our total distance from Cádiz to Gijón (including a few back-road alternatives) was about 650 miles, via Seville, Monesterio, Mérida, Cáceres, Plasencia, Salamanca (my favourite town in all of Spain), Benavente, León and Oviedo.
We spent ten days cycling (about 60–80 miles per day) and took three rest days en route, making a two-week trip in all. More details are in the Guide to Cycling Cádiz to Gijón which explains how best to do and enjoy it, and links to the full route stage by stage.
This trip formed another part of my long-term project of cycling international End to Ends:
Wales 2020 Chepstow to Holyhead 🚲 220 miles → Blog
Poland 2019 Łysa Polana to Jastrzębia Góra 🚲 570 miles → Blog
Spain 2019 This blog
Faroes 2018 Kirkjubøur to Eiði 🚲 45 miles → Facebook post
Taiwan 2017 Fuguei to Eluanbi 🚲 370 miles → Blog
France 2015 St Malo to Nice 🚲 1065 miles → Blog
Cuba 2015 Baracoa to La Fe 🚲 1088 miles → Blog
Sri Lanka 2015 Dondra Head to Point Pedro 🚲 470 miles → Blog
Scotland 2014 Kirkmaiden to John o’Groats 🚲 460 miles → Blog
England 2014 Land’s End to Marshall Meadows 🚲 665 miles → Blog
Isle of Man 2013 Calf Sound to Point of Ayre 🚲 45 miles → Facebook post
N Ireland 2013 Cranfield Pt to Giant's Causeway 🚲 200 miles → Facebook post
Ireland 2011 Mizen Head to Malin Head 🚲 665 miles → Blog
Britain 2010 Cape Wrath to Dover 🚲 1050 miles → Blog
Wales 2000 Cardiff Bay to Holyhead 🚲 260 miles → Diary (PDF)
Britain 1997 Land’s End to John o’Groats 🚲 1167 miles → Blog
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Day 14: Bilbao
Yesterday we were on a coach from Gijón to Bilbao, from where Nigel flew home this morning, and I'll fly home on Wednesday. The look a...
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The longest, and best, day of the tour so far. It was Palm Sunday, start of Semana Santa , and the faithful were walking through Plasencia...
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An easy day today, just cycling 25 miles west to Jerez. Like many parts of Spain, the old main road from Arcos to Jerez has been bypassed by...
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With strong headwinds and heavy showers forecast for the afternoon, I was keen to get an early start on the Vía Verde de la Sierra – argu...
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