リオ・フエンヒローラでののおすすめグラベルライド

The road surface is occasionally very impassable, and cycling on the A7 is definitely not recommended. It's a highway!

The mouth of the Río Fuengirola is a particularly beautiful spot to cycle and take stunning photos. As the river opens to the sea, a wide, bright panorama unfolds, with calm waters, Mediterranean light, and the imposing Sohail Castle in the background. The cycle paths run directly along the riverbank, offering unobstructed views of the estuary, which glows in warm colors, especially at sunrise and sunset. The combination of river, sea, nature, and the modern bridge creates an atmospheric backdrop, ideal for capturing evocative images.

A viewpoint with an information panel to recognize what we are seeing, deserves a brief stop and of course a photograph

A curious place to see. It's not worth going inside. Just seeing it from the outside is enough.

Coastal Trail

This is what it must have looked like everywhere here in the past... relatively quiet and well-paved roads with few modern finca factory products and lots of old houses, gently rolling hills with a wide variety of options. Maybe even up to Alhaurín Golf Club?? if so, then almost certainly with gravel and rough concrete roads... unfortunately I didn't have time to try it.

Start of the climb and emblematic point to go up to the Jarapalos fountain, you can park in this area and start the climb on foot (you can go up a little further by car to the entrance to the Tiro Pichón range but sometimes there are too many vehicles and it is difficult to park and maneuver).

A unique reference and a very common route destination for hikers but especially cyclists, usually going up from the entrance through the Tiro Pichón shooting range, a constant climb with good views and some viewing points along the way. The fountain always has water but I doubt it is drinkable, it is not indicated and I have never risked trying it 😅. What we can do is cool off, it is on the north face and offers shade and humidity. Right in front there is a descent towards the Mínillas but if we continue climbing we can see another viewing point in about 800m and a couple of kilometres later we will reach the crossroads to continue towards Puerto de la Encina or go down towards the bottling plant and Mijas. Of course we will always have the option of going up to the fountain and returning along the same path, with the peace of mind that everything is downhill.