Why this ride
188 km from Sevilla to Sevilla, about 4 h 08 of riding. On the way it passes Doñana National Park and back through Doñana National Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Seville day out · Doñana National Park
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 188 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 08
- 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. Seville
The Ruta de la Plata sounds like a silver road, and generations of travellers have assumed it carried silver from the Americas. In fact the name probably comes from the Arabic word balata, meaning a paved way, and the road itself is much older: a Roman route running north from Seville to Mérida and on to Astorga, which pilgrims and drovers kept using for two thousand years. Seville is where it begins, and the city makes a fine place to start any ride.
Read the complete Seville write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Seville is where the day begins. Next is Doñana National Park.
2. Doñana National Park
Where the Guadalquivir finally reaches the Atlantic, the river loses its way, spreading into marshes, dunes and pine woods that make up Doñana, one of the great wetlands of Europe. The park is a refuge for creatures you do not expect to see in southern Spain: the Iberian lynx, the world's most endangered cat, the Spanish imperial eagle, and in winter, hundreds of thousands of migrating geese and ducks. Flamingos feed in the shallows, and wild boar and red deer move through the cork oak woods.
Read the complete Doñana National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Doñana National Park comes up 40 km in. Next is Doñana National Park.
3. Doñana National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Doñana National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
81 km in you reach Doñana National Park. Next is back through Doñana National Park.
4. back through Doñana National Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Doñana National Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Doñana National Park, late in the day. Next is Seville.
5. Seville
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Seville write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Seville. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Seville to Doñana National Park
Seville → Doñana National Park is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Doñana National Park to Seville
back through Doñana National Park → Seville is 81 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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