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 Luis Potosí it runs 403 km to San Luis Potosí; allow about 7 h 12 of riding. It goes by way of Town of Pinos, Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for, Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos and Bridge of Ojuelos. 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.
The name Potosi was a marketing decision. When silver turned up in the hills east of the new Spanish settlement in the 1590s, the founders hoped that this town would rival the fabulous silver mountain of Potosi in what is now Bolivia, and so they borrowed the name and added San Luis, after Saint Louis. The mines at Cerro de San Pedro did not match the original, but they were good enough to make the town rich, and the historic centre of San Luis Potosi is full of the buildings that money bought: a baroque cathedral with twin towers, a Carmelite church with a tiled dome, and the arcades of the plazas, all in warm pink and ochre stone.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po write-up.
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Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po is where the day begins. Next is Town of Pinos.
Pinos was a silver town before most of Mexico had towns at all. Founded in the late sixteenth century, after silver was found in the hills, it grew into an important mining centre on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road that ran north from Mexico City toward Santa Fe in New Mexico, carrying silver south and supplies and settlers north. The town is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, and it is also a designated Pueblo Mágico, with colonial churches, cobbled streets and old mining buildings.
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Town of Pinos comes up about 98 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for.
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.
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about 126 km into the recorded legs you reach Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for. 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.
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Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos, about halfway. Next is Bridge of Ojuelos.
The silver carts of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro needed to cross streams on the high plain between Mexico City and Zacatecas, and at Ojuelos, in the northeast corner of Jalisco, a stone bridge was built in colonial times to carry the road. It is part of the World Heritage listing of the royal road, along with the historic centre of Ojuelos, which grew around a presidio, a fort built to protect travellers on the road from the Chichimec peoples who resisted Spanish expansion.
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Bridge of Ojuelos sits at 186 km, about halfway. 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 comes up about 225 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through 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.
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about 278 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for. Next is back through Town of Pinos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Town of Pinos write-up.
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back through Town of Pinos, late in the day. Next is Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 403 km.
Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po → Town of Pinos is 98 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Town of Pinos → Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → Bridge of Ojuelos is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bridge of Ojuelos → back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic ensemble of the Town of Ojuelos → back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of San Nicolás Tolentino of the for → back through Town of Pinos is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Town of Pinos → Historic centre of the city of San Luis Po is 99 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.