Off the bike

Places to see around our rides, explained like a travel guide.

The places behind the roads: history, nature and culture explained, for the days when you leave the bike. Each article tells you what to see, why it matters and how to visit it.

Almerimar and the Poniente coast

Punta Entinas-Sabinar

Punta Entinas-Sabinar

Dunes, salt pans and lagoons between the greenhouses and the sea

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Castillo de Guardias Viejas and Portus Magnus

Castillo de Guardias Viejas and Portus Magnus

An eighteenth-century coastal fort over a Roman port

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Berja and La Ragua

Berja and the Roman ruins of Villavieja

Berja and the Roman ruins of Villavieja

The town of Vergi, its amphitheatre and its medieval fortress

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Laujar de Andarax

Laujar de Andarax

The last capital of the Kingdom of Granada, at the source of the river

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The Filabres and Almanzora

Macael: the marble town

Macael: the marble town

The white stone of the Alhambra, from quarry to museum

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Museo Casa Ibáñez, Olula del Río

Museo Casa Ibáñez, Olula del Río

Spanish painting, photography and a Goya in a village of marble

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More places are coming soon.

Looking for the roads? See our climbs and the guides to the Filabres, Berja and Almerimar.