Unknown Cantabria

Where: 
Specific place: 
Cantabria: Mataporquera - Olea
Length: 
Level: 
IBP Index: 
10
Group min/máx: 
4-8 people
Menhir the Bighead

Menhir the Bighead

This is a 2 days-ride, circular route, easy, for beginners, that can be done as a family to ride on the valley of the Camesa river, a very unknown part of Cantabria.

While pedaling we will learn from the first human efforts to tame Nature and shape the natural environment, to the murals where the first Christian communities expressed their beliefs. On the first day we pedal among several Neolithic menhirs, megaliths around 5000 years old, which are now included in the Council of Europe's Cultural Itinerary of Megalithic Routes. And on the second we visit three Romanesque churches where their Gothic murals show us the decorative art of the late Middle Ages. To travel in time by bicycle!

Scheduled itinerary: 

Day 1.- Transportation to Mataporquera. Ride from Mataporquera to Olea (15 km). Visits to the menhirs. Lodging.
Day 2.- Ride from Olea to Mataporquera (18 km). Visits to the frescos of the Romanesque churches. Transportation back home.

Gothic murals Gothic murals
Menhir the Canyon Menhir the Canyon
Church of Santa María la Real Church of Santa María la Real
More information in the blog (Spanish only): 
Recommended reading: 

A nice video: Ruta de los Menhires CCB

Reservations:

For reservation you should either call previously by phone to Josetxu (+34 644299532) or send us an email to info@bicicletos.org, to verify that there are still free places. We will send you a booking form and instructions for payment at that time.

Prices

Last update: 
05/03/2022

(Final price may vary depending on the availability of accommodation and the update of rates of the different providers.)

Guided route: 
370,00 €
(Minimum group: 4 people)
Self-guided route: 
20,00 €
Customized route: 
145,00 €

Different route types are explained in General conditions.

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