Mining footprints in Riotinto
This is a one week, circular route, for intermediate cyclists. Of id but demanding distances, with a lot of unpaved roads, and trails without maintenance, with sections of poor road surfaces, which are interspersed with comfortable roads and long lines of quiet tracks, a few km on greenways and spectacular bike lanes.
Leaving the city of Huelva we take the greenway of the Water MIlls and arrive at Valverde del Camino. We visit the Riotinto mines and cross the Andévalo to reach the Lower Guadiana river. After riding for a few km along the Guadiana greenway and getting to know the river up close in Sanlúcar, we pedaled towards Lepe and the beaches of El Rompido, and from there the great bike lane to cross the Marshes of Odiel river and enter Huelva again.
And Huelva was the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2017.
Since 1983, the Marshes of the river Odiel Odiel are a Biosphere Reserve, and a protected wetland according to the RAMSAR Convention, as well as being listed as SCI. This route also runs through Western Andevalo and the Marshes of the Piedras river and the Arrow of El Rompido, sites classified as SCI (Site of Community Importance) and as SPA (Special Protection Area) in the Natura 2000 network.
Day 1.- Transportation to Huelva. Ride from Huelva to Valverde del Camino (51 km), by the greenway of the Water Mills. Visit to the dolmens of Los Gabrieles of Valverde. Lodging.
Day 2.- Ride from Valverde to Minas de Riotinto (72 km), by the Riotinto greenway. Visits to the Riotinto mining Park. Lodging.
Day 3.- Ride from Minas de Riotinto to Calañas (31 km), by the Riotinto greenway. Visits to better know Calañas, and about its Calañian hat, and its esesitas sweets. Lodging.
Day 4.- Ride from Calañas to La Isabel (60 km), by the county of Andévalo and the mines of Tharsis. Lodging.
Day 5.- Ride from La Isabel to San Silvestre de Guzmán (44 km), by the Guadiana greenway and the Guadiana natural trail. Lodging.
Day 6.- Ride from San Silvestre to El Rompido (45 km), by the Guadiana natural trail, the Coastal greenway, and the Marshes of the river Piedras and the arrow of El Rompido. Lodging.
Day 7.- Ride from El Rompido to Huelva (27 km), by the Marshes of the river Odiel. Visit to the lagoon of El Portil. Farewell lunch. Transportation back home.
Old mill and new mill 
Along the greenway of the Water Mills 
The Guadiana river 
Guided tours
Self-guided tours
Customized routesEl corazón de la tierra, by Juan Cobos Wilkins.
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.
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