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AndalusiaPhoto: Jörg Wenzel
Almost as much rain falls in the Sierra de Grazalema as on the Zugspitze - fortunately most of it in winter.
One of the best cycling regions in Spain lies far to the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula: Andalusia offers magnificent mountain passes on karstic heights, dense forests, whitewashed villages - and can make cyclists break out in a sweat early in the year. With GPS data for download.

Spring in southern Spain is actually known for its mild weather and some rain showers. But on this May day, bone-dry African air has put the brakes on the cool Atlantic winds: it's thirty degrees in the shade, perhaps forty degrees in the midday sun and almost fifty degrees in the heat build-up in front of shimmering rock faces. And this is supposed to be a perfect cycling area? Perhaps the best on the Spanish mainland? Yes! The area around the small town of Ronda, where capricious little roads lead to karstified mountain ranges, lakes and pretty villages, fulfils all the criteria of a first-class area.

You can download the entire travel report and the GPS data for these tours below:
- Tour 1: Sierra de Grazalema (124 km, 2400 m elevation gain, max. 15 per cent gradient)
- Tour 2: Cork Oaks & Karst (135 km, 2500 m elevation gain, max. 14 per cent gradient)
- Tour 3: Chestnuts & farmland (112 km, 2300 metres in altitude, max. 15 percent gradient)
- Tour 4: Wild East (105 km, 2000 m elevation gain, max. 12 per cent gradient)

Almost as much rain falls in the Sierra de Grazalema as on the Zugspitze - fortunately most of it in winter.
Photo: Jörg Wenzel

GPS DATA: TOUR offers the tour data for free download. You can download the tracks in GPX format directly onto a GPS device or view them on your computer in Google Earth or Google Maps.

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