Tour de Spain 16-26.11.2004
Tuesday 16.11.2004
From Barcelona airport to city center by taxi and from Barcelona to Tarragona by Regional Express (local train).
Wednesday 17.11
From Tarragona to Valencia by Regional Express and from there to Silla by bike, flat 38kms.
Thursday 18.11
Silla-Algemes-Alzira-Xativa (very impressive), quite easy 50kms
“Xativa (Spanish: Játiva) is a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right bank of the river Albaida and at the junction of the Valencia-Murcia and Valencia Albacete railways. Xàtiva is built on the margin of a fertile and beautiful plain, and on the southern slopes of the Monte Bernisa, a hill with two peaks, each surmounted by a Castle of Játiva” (Wikipedia).
Friday 19.11
Xativa-Albaida-Alcoy (Wikipedia), very winding and strenuous 50kms took us 7hrs
Saturday 20.11
Alcoy-Guadalest (Wikipedia)-Altea, 60kms of ups and downs took 7,5hrs
Sunday 21.11
Altea-Xabia (Javea) flat and easy 45kms northwards
Monday 22.11
Javea-Denia-Oliva-Gandia, easy 55 kms
Tuesday 23.11
Gandia-Cullera-Valencia-Pucol-Sagunt (bike-train-bike-train), 50kms
Wednesday 24.11
Sagunt-Nules by train, Nules-Benicassim by bike and Benicassim-Barcelona by train again, easy 57 kms
Thursday 25.11
Barcelona by bike, 20kms
Friday 26.11
BCN-HEL AY906
COMMENTS
- Total kms 425
- It is OK traveling using English only, but much better to master some Spanish as well.
- Local maps can be obtained at Tourist Infos or City Town Halls.
- We were traveling in November and even then it was sometimes too hot.
- Almost all the tourist resorts at the coast were closed and sometimes was hard to find a suitably cheap accommodation with all services.
- Most of the big hotels keep open all year round.
A complete Report of the Tourin in Finnish can be found: http://gamma.nic.fi/~hepo/retket/raport.html
Regards
Antero Ylä-Kauttu
