Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 29, 2025

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Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar

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Start point

Train Station

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37.1 km

Cabo de Gata Salt Pans

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Stunning scenery. Like a spaghetti western film set.

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38.3 km

Mediterranean Restaurant

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Good place for breakfast and / or lunch

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53.0 km

Park with Calisthenics Area

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At this point we will go to the calisthenics park to rest, eat and we can exercise if we want.

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56.5 km

Rest Area

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Here we can take a detour to rest for a while and then resume the route. Going down the road a bit there is a bar where you can have some shade and eat.

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57.0 km

Exit to the Coastal Dirt Path

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Here there is an exit that leads to a dirt road through which you can get from Costacabana to Retamar without touching the road.

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64.7 km

Mouth of the Andarax River

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Bridge located at the mouth of the Río Andarax, a river that rises in the easternmost part of the Sierra Nevada and descends to the Gulf of Almeria itself, forming Punta del Río.

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87.5 km

Gádor

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Gádor is a small town that is located on the bed of the Río Andarax and that gives some green to the set of arid mountains in the area. At the gates of the Desert of Tabernas.

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87.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

77.3 km

6.25 km

2.88 km

1.05 km

302 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

83.1 km

4.29 km

259 m

146 m

Elevation

Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Monday 8 December

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