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 Buenavista it runs 263 km to Buenavista; allow about 4 h 26 of riding. On the way it passes Historic centre of the city of San Juan de, Cerro Altamirano and back through Historic centre of the city of San Juan de. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,600 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
North of the city of Querétaro, the land rises into dry hills dotted with cactus, mesquite and the remains of old haciendas. These estates were the economic engines of colonial Mexico, producing grain, livestock and pulque for the cities and mines of the north. The chapel of the former Hacienda of Buenavista stands in this landscape near the village of the same name, close to Santa Rosa Jáuregui, and it is part of the UNESCO-listed Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.
Read the complete Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist is where the day begins. Next is Historic centre of the city of San Juan de.
San Juan del Río grew up as a stop on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran north from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas and on to Santa Fe in New Mexico, and its historic centre is one of the sites along that route listed by UNESCO in 2010. For centuries, mule trains, wagons and travellers passed through here, stopping at inns and crossing the river on the stone bridge built in the early eighteenth century, which still stands. The centre has plazas, churches, convents and colonial houses of pink and grey stone, and a relaxed provincial atmosphere, despite the city's growth as an industrial centre.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of San Juan de write-up.
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Historic centre of the city of San Juan de comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cerro Altamirano.
Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies fly thousands of kilometres from Canada and the United States to spend the winter in the fir and pine forests of central Mexico. Cerro Altamirano, near the village of Contepec in the state of Michoacán, is one of the mountains where they gather, part of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. When the butterflies are here, roughly from November to March, the branches of the trees are covered with them, so thickly that they sag under the weight.
Read the complete Cerro Altamirano write-up.
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about 132 km into the recorded legs you reach Cerro Altamirano. Next is back through Historic centre of the city of San Juan de.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of San Juan de write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historic centre of the city of San Juan de, late in the day. Next is Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist. That is the ride.
Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist → Historic centre of the city of San Juan de is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic centre of the city of San Juan de → Cerro Altamirano is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cerro Altamirano → back through Historic centre of the city of San Juan de is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic centre of the city of San Juan de → Chapel of the former hacienda of Buenavist is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.