Explore by bike the mines of The Cerro de Hierro and ride along an old railway converted in greenway!
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2 wonderful days of bike touring out into the countryside and the northern mountains of Seville.
This route will take us from Lora del Rio to the mountains of the northern Sierra of Seville. In 2 days of cycling, where we will travel about 80 km ranging from 30m above the sea level to reach 700 meters of the Sierra.
You will discover a spendid area with olive groves, lakes, cattle farming, old mines working and charming white villages. And you will understand the feelings and sensations of bygone travellers as you travel from town to town through the peaceful natural surroundings of this part of Andalucía.
Day 1
Day 1: Lora del Rio – Constantina
We welcome you in our shop in Seville for the bike fit and to acknowledge the travel documents (in the case you asked for a guide, you meet him for a brief speech). Then you join the train station of Santa Justa to take the train to Lora del Rio (35min way).
From the station of Lora del Rio, the route begins in a slight ascending way through olive groves and green crops with the Sierra in the background. Then, we will enter the northern highlands, where the landscape changes as we ascend. We will stop at viewpoints, see ruines of an old castle and border part of the José Torán Reservoir before reaching Puebla de los Infantes.
Generally at this moment we enjoy one of the delightful terrace of the village to rest and eat some tapas for lunch.
Afterwards, we take back our bikes and ride on an not asfalted track through hills, pastures, olive groves, mediterranean forests and winding rural roads with open horizons.
We finally get to Constantina and our place for the night. You can spend the rest of the day in this worth visiting town whose historic center is a Bien de Interés Cultural (National monument), with its boulevards, noble houses and its formidable castle on top of the hill.
Night in Constantina
- Total ride: 49 km. About 5 hours of biking
- Level: Moderate
- Accumulated climb : 1026 mts up / 489 mts down
- Type of route: Local secondary roads with lite traffic, farm tracks
Day 2
Day 2: Old mines and Green way
This second cycling day is a bit more effortless. We’ll ride in the direction of the old mines of Cerro del Hierro -a spectacular landscape where the action of nature and that of man-that we’ll visit riding and walking. Here starts an incredible green way that goes slightly down 20 kmts continuously!
The route goes trough mountain tops, generating an immense sense of freedom, and making it easy, even being in the heart of the mountains. We will see the source of the river Huesna and its waterfalls in San Nicolas del puerto where we’ll have a lunch break.
Afterwards, we’ll follow and finish the old railway line conmverted in green road to train station of Cazalla-Constantina to take the train back to Seville (1h30min). What a nice cycling day is finishing!
- Total ride: 32 km. About 3 hours of biking
- Level: Easy
- Accumulated climb : 495 mts up / 653 mts down
- Type of route: Local secondary roads with lite traffic, farm tracks, forest tracks
Bike & Equipment
The first day, we”ll welcome you in our shop in Seville where you’ll get:
- A high-quality e-MTB with a 500Wh battery which fit with your size
- A bike battery charger
- A helmet
- A high security locker
In option, you can get :
- A pair of waterproof saddle bag (2x24L)
- A handle bar bag
- A mobile support
- A GPS Garmin
- A seat Gel cover
- Suspention post
Travel documents
We provide you:
- A detailed map of the itinerary for each stage
- A Roadbook
- The GPS track for each stage in .gpx format
- An informative leaflet with helpful turistic informations
You can rent a GPS Garmin in option with the itinary track (.gpx) for each stage of yout trip.
Practical information
- To get back to Seville, you’ll have to take the train in the Station of Cazalla- Constantina, where the itinary ends.
You’ll have to buy your train ticket directly aboard the train to ticket inspector (5.80€ per person, paying in cash). - With experience, we don’t recomend you to bring a backpack.
Accomodation
Once you get in contact with us for this trip, we’ll share you our recomendation of accomadation for the nights in Carmona, Puebla de Infantes and Constantina.
The accomodations we reomend are kind of familiar small hotels, upgrade guesthouse or farmhouse with welcomefull atmosphere and personalize service. They are also adapted to Cycling holidays with a special place to park and charge the bikes.
Rates
Price on demand.
The final price is established regarding number of participants, date and additional options.
Included in price
Not included in price
› Do the trip with a guide
Do you want to travel riding through the andalusian landscapes without any pressure and fully relaxed?
You can ask for an english speaking guide asistance.
Going with you, he will take care of all the organization along your bike trip as much as he will sharing you his pasion for Andalusia!
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