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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From El Nigromante it runs 508 km to El Nigromante; allow about 7 h 37 of riding. The stops in between: Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata, Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo and Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
115 km on Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata → Historic centre of the city of La.
On the high plateau of southern Zacatecas, close to the border with San Luis Potosí, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro passed through a dry landscape of grassland, yucca and nopal cactus, linking Mexico City with the silver mines of the north. Haciendas grew up along the way, and the former Hacienda of San Nicolás de Quijas, with its chapel dedicated to San Nicolás Tolentino, is one of the sites inscribed on the UNESCO list in 2010 as part of the royal road. The chapel, with its simple façade, bell gable and adobe walls, stands in a small village surrounded by fields and open range.
Read the complete Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for write-up.
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Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is where the day begins. Next is Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
Ojuelos de Jalisco lies on the high, dry plateau where Jalisco meets Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Guanajuato, at over two thousand metres, a land of grassland, nopal cactus, mesquite and wide horizons. The town owes its existence to the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that carried silver north from the mines of Zacatecas and supplies from Mexico City, eventually reaching all the way to Santa Fe in what is now New Mexico. UNESCO listed a series of sites along the road in 2010, including the historic ensemble of Ojuelos.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos write-up.
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Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos comes up about 52 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata.
On the high plains where Jalisco meets Aguascalientes, the village of Ciénega de Mata gathers around the remains of what was once one of the largest haciendas in New Spain. In the colonial period, the estate covered an enormous territory, with cattle, sheep and horses grazing over a territory measured in leagues rather than fields, and its owners were among the most powerful families of the region. The surviving buildings, including a chapel and parts of the main house and its walls, are listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the great colonial road that linked Mexico City with the far north. Haciendas like this were the backbone of the colonial economy, supplying food, animals and shelter to the endless traffic of the road.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata write-up.
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about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata. Next is Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo.
Lagos de Moreno is a colonial town in the highlands of Jalisco, the Altos, on the old Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land that linked Mexico City to Santa Fe, in what is now New Mexico. For three centuries, silver, mercury, goods and people travelled along it, and towns grew up at its stopping points. Lagos de Moreno was one of the most important, and its historic centre is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real, inscribed in 2010. The town has handsome churches, including a baroque parish church with an elaborately carved façade of pink stone, mansions with wrought-iron balconies, a theatre and a hospital from the colonial era.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo write-up.
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Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo, about halfway. Next is Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz.
Encarnación de Díaz is a market town in Los Altos de Jalisco, the high, dry plateau between Guadalajara and Aguascalientes, and its cemetery is a surprising piece of world heritage. It is one of the stops listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that once ran from Mexico City to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico, along which silver went south and settlers, missionaries and goods went north for almost three centuries. The cemetery, built in the nineteenth century, is enclosed by a wall with arched galleries and filled with ornate tombs and chapels, carved in local stone, which reflect the prosperity and piety of the town's families. On the Day of the Dead, at the beginning of November, it fills with flowers, candles and families sitting by their graves.
Read the complete Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz write-up.
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Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz sits at 193 km, about halfway. Next is back through Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo write-up.
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back through Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo comes up about 304 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata write-up.
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about 418 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata. Next is back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos write-up.
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back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, late in the day. Next is Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 508 km.
Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 115 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → back through Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → back through Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata is 114 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Former hacienda of Ciénega de Mata → back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.