Die andere Reise nach Alcarria von Tomás de Iriarte

This is a linear route, lasting 3 days of cycling and one more day of transport, for intermediate cyclists who want to explore the lands of the Alcarria following the route taken by Tomás de Iriarte in 1781.

This famous humanist of the Enlightenment made his own Journey to Alcarria, from Madrid to Gascueña, to rest from his gout. A year after this trip, he published his well-known Literary Fables, where he slips in a delicate memory of the lands of Alcarria. Then almost 200 more years passed before these lands were immortalized in the novel by Camilo José Cela.

Buendía is part of the network of the magical villages of Spain.

Since 1998, the University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares is a World Heritage Site. 

This route runs through the Jarama and Henares river basins, the gypsum slopes of Tendilla, the Altomira mountain range, and the gypsum steppes of La Alcarria of Cuenca, spaces catalogued as SCI (Site of Community Importance) and protected areas such as SPA (Special Protection Area) in the Natura 2000 network.