One pedal along the ditches and channels that irrigated, transported, grounded, gave power to hundreds of regions throughout Europe. Usually ride on flat profile, up when passing locks, with riverside woods and groves, crossing plains and meadows, even joining seas. Authentic hydraulic devices, some are World Heritage Sites.
Canal
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The Henares canal by bike
This is a one-day linear route for beginner cyclists who want to explore the Henares canal. These almost 40 km of hydraulic works, whose construction took almost a century to complete, currently irrigate about 6,500 hectares, mostly in...
The Landes by bike
This is a one-week linear route for beginner cyclists, which runs along the Basque coast and the fantastic Landes forest. From San Sebastián to Bordeaux, passing through Bayonne and Arcachon, we cross the French Basque country, the Landes...
The Cabarrús canal by bike
This is a linear, simple route for beginner cyclists who want to explore with the family the Cabarrús canal, that irrigated the Jarama meadows for almost half a century. This canal linked the basins of the Lozoya and Jarama rivers,...
The ways of the Roman water of Mérida
This is an easy, one-day circular route for beginner cyclists, that covers the itinerary of the Caminos del Agua Romana de Mérida by bicycle and helps us understand how the ancient Roman city was supplied with water. On this route we have...
The El Gasco dam
This is a linear route, with a fun half day, for beginners who want to put their bike handling to the test, with slides, ramps, narrow passages and some compromising steps. We are going to visit the El Gasco dam, the first scene of an...
The Manresa ditch
This is a linear, simple, flat route for moderate cyclists, ideal to do as a family. On this occasion we pedal following the Manresa ditch, a 25 km canal that for more than six hundred years has continued to carry the waters of the Llobregat...
The side channel of the Garonne
This is a linear, one-week route, for initiated cyclists, that runs a little less than 300 km along the side channel of the River Garonne, from Bordeaux to Toulouse. It consists of the first part of the famous route known as Canal des...
The Royal Canal of Jarama
This is a 2-days, very easy route, for initiated cyclists, that runs besides the ancient Royal Canal of the Jarama river. This is a hydraulic work whose construction suffered numerous problems: Initiated by Felipe II in 1562, it will be...
The royal canals of the river Tagus
This is a weekend, very easy route, for moderate cyclists or families, that runs through irrigation canals and ditches of Aranjuez, that were conceived at the time of Charles I for water supply of the gardens of the Royal sites installed in the...