Why this ride
A 229 km round trip from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - roughly 4 h 22 in the saddle. On the way it passes San Cristóbal de La Laguna and back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Las Palmas day out · San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 229 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 22
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Las Palmas
Las Palmas is a city that does not look like most people's idea of a Spanish island. It is large, with nearly four hundred thousand people, it sprawls along a narrow neck of land between two seas, and it is the busiest port in the Canary Islands. The beach of Las Canteras, a long curve of sand sheltered by a reef, runs right through the city, and the old district of Vegueta, with its colonial plazas and the cathedral, recalls the days when ships bound for the Americas stopped here for water.
Read the complete Las Palmas write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Las Palmas is where the day begins. Next is San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
2. San Cristóbal de La Laguna
La Laguna was the first Spanish colonial town not built behind walls, and its plan, a grid of straight streets around open squares, became a model for towns in the Americas. It was founded in the late fifteenth century, after the Spanish conquest of Tenerife, and for centuries it was the island's capital, with a cathedral, convents, a university from the eighteenth century, and tall houses with carved wooden balconies. UNESCO listed the old town in 1999. The city is cool and often misty, because it sits at about five hundred metres on a plateau where the trade-wind clouds gather, and the fine drizzle that drifts in from the north-east is a local fixture.
Read the complete San Cristóbal de La Laguna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
San Cristóbal de La Laguna comes up 64 km in. Next is San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
3. San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete San Cristóbal de La Laguna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
127 km in you reach San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Next is back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
4. back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete San Cristóbal de La Laguna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna, late in the day. Next is Las Palmas.
5. Las Palmas
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Las Palmas write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Las Palmas. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Las Palmas to San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Las Palmas → San Cristóbal de La Laguna is 127 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna to Las Palmas
back through San Cristóbal de La Laguna → Las Palmas is 127 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.