수플리 최고의 사이클링 경로

Calar Alto 정상 근처의 Sierra de los Filabres를 지나고 있다면, 해발 1882미터에 위치한 Fuente La Merendera는 거의 필수적인 정류장입니다. 이 샘물은 산맥의 변성암에서 솟아나는 시원한 물로 유명합니다. 공식적으로는 식수가 아니라는 경고 표지판이 있지만, 그렇다고 해서 지역 주민들과 많은 행인들이 물을 길어 가기 위해 줄을 서는 것을 막지는 못합니다. 하지만 마시기 전에 물을 여과하는 것이 좋습니다. 긴 휴식이 필요하다면, 길 건너편에 테이블, 바비큐 시설, 멋진 전망을 갖춘 전망대가 있는 완비된 휴게 공간을 찾을 수 있습니다.

해발 1,870미터에 위치한 Collado de Conde는 알메리아의 풍경을 완전히 바꿔놓습니다. 서부 영화로 유명한 건조한 환경에서 훨씬 더 시원한 산과 소나무 숲 환경으로 바뀌게 됩니다. 이 지점은 또한 여러 방향으로 갈라지는 도로, 오솔길, 자갈길이 있는 교차로 역할을 합니다.

Recreation area with drinking water fountain

Both mountain ranges ensure that it hardly rains in this semi-desert area.

멋진 그늘진 장소, 벤치, 아름다운 전망.

Take plenty of water, there is none at the top.

The Cuatro Caminos pass is a strategic pass, it ends the important slopes and is key to keeping the route at the average altitude until the Caniles highway. The departure from the protected natural area of the mountain range is notable for the change in environment, there are traces of deforestation and the peaks of the mountain range look like plateaus reminiscent of other latitudes. In the background, the white spheres of the astronomical radars of Calar Alto finally appear, the ceiling of the cycle tour and the main challenge of the day. The route immediately leaves the road that goes down towards Escúllar and continues along the mountain range. The road surface is acceptable until the Loma de las Piedras de Ayala, the ground gets much worse and the slope is considerable, it is two uncomfortable kilometers to the natural viewpoint of the Piedras del Deseo, an inspiring name where there are some corrals and fantastic views of the Gulf of Almería, an arc bluish by the waves of the Mediterranean between Punta Entinas and Cabo de Gata. The track improves significantly, passing through the Pingarra hill and connecting with the road that goes up to Calar Alto. On the ditch there are signs for cyclists with the distance and percentage of the slope. The day we spent there was a blizzard, it was cloudy and we couldn't enjoy the views at all, a shame after the four long hours of climbing. Some souvenir photos, all the clothes on and at full speed to Bacares, a town that seems exiled in a wild and lonely corner of the Sierra de los Filabres, surrounded by ravines and mountains. Passing through the town is not obligatory, the main road passes through the detour, you can see the hamlet that is on the opposite slope and continue the descent towards Tíjola.

The towns of Fines and Olula del Río are an encounter with the culture of marble; figures and pieces of marble with inscriptions and inspiring phrases appear on the old railroad track. In Olula there is the famous giant head of a woman, on the other side of the road, you have to be careful not to pass it by. And nearby is the town of Macael for those interested in visiting the “white gold” quarries of the Almanzora Valley. Purchena is far from the road, it is a town with an Andalusian feel, with narrow streets with whitewashed facades at the foot of the remains of an old Muslim fortress from the Nasrid era. The railway continues to trace the slopes of the valley and cross seasonal boulevards over imposing stone bridges to the Tíjola station, which preserves a train engine from the glorious era of the mining railway and the railway buildings. The station is a bar with food service and a terrace on one of the platforms. In Los Canos there are remains of the old iron ore loading dock. The carts arrived loaded with material by aerial cables from the mining sites and by simple gravity they filled the train cars that were in the tunnels located under the loading dock.