CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Out of Aranjuez, one way: 565 km, roughly 9 h 53 in the saddle. It goes by way of Scenic stretch near San Martín de Valdeiglesias, in Sangarcía and Torrecuadradilla. near Toledo is the high point. It tops out at about 1,150 m. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Gredos Mountain Weekend is where the day begins. Next is High point near Toledo.
Toledo sits inside a nearly closed loop of the Tagus, a granite gorge that makes the old city a natural fortress, and the first sight of it from the ring road is one that few riders forget. The Carretera de Circunvalación runs around the opposite bank, and its lay-bys and viewpoints, especially the Mirador del Valle, give the classic view: the Alcázar and cathedral on the skyline, the Alcántara bridge below, and the river shining in the gorge. El Greco painted that same view in the early seventeenth century, with stormy skies, and it is not hard to see why.
Read the complete High point near Toledo write-up.
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You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Scenic stretch near San Martín de Valdeiglesias.
about 187 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near San Martín de Valdeiglesias. Next is Photo stop in Sangarcía.
Sangarcía is a small village on the high meseta of Segovia province, in the stretch of pine and farmland that locals call the Tierra de Pinares. At roughly a thousand metres above sea level, the land is flat to gently rolling, with wide fields of cereals, stands of resin pine and big, clear skies. To the south, the Sierra de Guadarrama forms a blue wall on the horizon, often snow-capped in winter and spring.
Read the complete Photo stop in Sangarcía write-up.
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Photo stop in Sangarcía, about halfway. Next is Madrid / Central Spain return.
Few places in Western Europe feel as empty as the high plateau of Guadalajara. This stop lies between Torrecuadradilla, Canredondo and Abánades, villages that once held hundreds of people and now count their year-round residents in dozens. The land is a high, rolling plateau of cereal fields, juniper and holm oak, cut by deep river valleys, with huge skies and very little traffic.
Read the complete Near Torrecuadradilla, on the way back write-up.
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Madrid / Central Spain return sits at 481 km, late in the day. Next is Food stop near Cifuentes.
The route ends here after 565 km.
Fuel stop near Aranjuez → High point near Toledo is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Toledo → Scenic stretch near San Martín de Valdeiglesias is 132 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near San Martín de Valdeiglesias → Photo stop in Sangarcía is 104 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop in Sangarcía → Near Torrecuadradilla, on the way back is 256 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.