CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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283 km from Tineo to Tineo, about 3 h 38 of riding. The stops in between: Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte, Tito Bustillo and back through Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Tineo stands on a hillside above the green valleys of western Asturias, and it is one of the main stops on the Camino Primitivo, the original Way of St James. According to tradition, it was King Alfonso II of Asturias who first walked from Oviedo to Santiago in the ninth century to see the tomb, newly found, of the apostle, and the route he took became the Primitivo. It is the hardest of the Caminos, crossing mountain after mountain, and the pilgrims you meet here, wet, muddy and cheerful, are a special breed.
Read the complete Chemin Primitif write-up.
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Chemin Primitif is where the day begins. Next is Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte.
Oviedo wears its history lightly, and it is a surprisingly relaxed city, a green, rain-washed place of nearly a quarter of a million people at the foot of the Cantabrian mountains. Its Gothic cathedral, San Salvador, rises over the old town, but the real treasure is hidden inside: the Cámara Santa, the Holy Chamber, a small pre-Romanesque chapel built in the ninth century when King Alfonso II the Chaste made Oviedo the capital of the little Christian kingdom of Asturias. It holds the great relics of the Asturian monarchy, including two gold-and-jewel crosses, the Cross of the Angels and the Cross of Victory, which has become the symbol of the region, and a chest of relics that pilgrims came from across Europe to see.
Read the complete Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte write-up.
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Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte comes up 74 km in. Next is Tito Bustillo.
In 1968, a group of young cavers from Ribadesella found their way into a cave system beneath the Ardines hill, just outside the town, and stumbled upon an extraordinary gallery of Palaeolithic art: horses, deer and reindeer, painted in red and black, along with strange red symbols that some interpret as female figures. One of the group, Celestino Fernández Bustillo, known as Tito, died in a mountain accident a few days later, and the cave was named in his honour. Tito Bustillo is one of the most important painted caves in Europe, and it is part of the UNESCO listing of Cave of Altamira and Palaeolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. Visits are limited in number and season to protect the art, and booking in advance is essential.
Read the complete Tito Bustillo write-up.
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147 km in you reach Tito Bustillo. Next is back through Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte, late in the day. Next is Chemin Primitif.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chemin Primitif write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Chemin Primitif. That is the ride.
Chemin Primitif → Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte → Tito Bustillo is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tito Bustillo → back through Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cathédrale San Salvador et Chambre Sainte → Chemin Primitif is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.