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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282 km from Aguascalientes to Aguascalientes, about 4 h 29 of riding. The stops in between: Former hacienda of Peñuelas, Former hacienda of Cieneguilla, Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz and Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
This part of the ride is 49 km of Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → Historic centre of the city of Lagos.
Aguascalientes means hot waters, and the city got its name from the thermal springs that the Spanish found here in the sixteenth century, when they founded a settlement on the road from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas. That road, the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, ran north for over two thousand kilometres to Santa Fe in New Mexico, and it is listed by UNESCO, with sites along its route. The historic centre of Aguascalientes is a pleasant mix of colonial churches, eighteenth-century houses and nineteenth-century buildings around the Plaza de la Patria and its cathedral.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali is where the day begins. Next is Former hacienda of Peñuelas.
South of the city of Aguascalientes, on the high plateau of central Mexico, the former hacienda of Peñuelas stands among fields and scrub, its stone and adobe buildings, chapel and courtyards a reminder of the great rural estates that once dominated the region. It was one of the stops on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas and beyond to New Mexico, and it is part of the UNESCO listing of sites along the road, inscribed in 2010.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Peñuelas write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Former hacienda of Peñuelas comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former hacienda of Cieneguilla.
The Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road of the interior, ran for more than two thousand kilometres from Mexico City north to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico, and for close to three centuries it carried silver south and settlers, soldiers, priests and goods north. Along it grew towns, missions, bridges and haciendas, and the former hacienda of Cieneguilla, on the high plain in the state of Aguascalientes, is one of the places inscribed by UNESCO in 2010 as part of that route.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Cieneguilla write-up.
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about 43 km into the recorded legs you reach Former hacienda of Cieneguilla. 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, about halfway. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz comes up about 190 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Cieneguilla write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 236 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla. Next is back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Peñuelas write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas, late in the day. Next is Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 282 km.
Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali → Former hacienda of Peñuelas is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Peñuelas → Former hacienda of Cieneguilla is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Cieneguilla → Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic centre of the city of Lagos de Mo → back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cemetery in Encarnación de Díaz → back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Former hacienda of Cieneguilla → back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Former hacienda of Peñuelas → Historic ensemble of the city of Aguascali is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.