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 San Juan del Río it runs 274 km to San Juan del Río; allow about 3 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Historic centre of the city of Querétaro, Bridge of El Fraile and back through Historic centre of the city of Querétaro. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Historic centre of the city of Querétaro.
Querétaro is the city where Mexico was twice made, once by the Spanish and once by its own lawmakers. In the old centre, the streets run from one small square to the next, each with a baroque church, a fountain and a few trees, and the pace is calmer than in the big cities. The city was founded as an Otomí settlement and became a Spanish colonial town in the sixteenth century, and the historic centre was added to the World Heritage list in 1996 for its mix of baroque architecture and its unusual layout, which blends the regular Spanish grid with the winding lanes of the indigenous quarter.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Querétaro write-up.
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Historic centre of the city of Querétaro comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bridge of El Fraile.
Atotonilco is a small village in the hills outside San Miguel de Allende, and its sanctuary is sometimes called the Sistine Chapel of Mexico. The church was founded in the eighteenth century and covered, inside, with extraordinary baroque paintings by a local artist, who filled the walls and ceilings with scenes of the Passion, saints and symbols in a dense, theatrical style. It is still an active place of pilgrimage, and many people walk here from San Miguel, especially during Lent, in a tradition that goes back centuries.
Read the complete Bridge of El Fraile write-up.
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about 135 km into the recorded legs you reach Bridge of El Fraile. Next is back through Historic centre of the city of Querétaro.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Querétaro write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historic centre of the city of Querétaro, late in the day. Next is 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 at Historic centre of the city of San Juan de. That is the ride.
Historic centre of the city of San Juan de → Historic centre of the city of Querétaro is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic centre of the city of Querétaro → Bridge of El Fraile is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Bridge of El Fraile → back through Historic centre of the city of Querétaro is 87 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic centre of the city of Querétaro → Historic centre of the city of San Juan de is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.