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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A 261 km round trip from Sombrerete - roughly 3 h 40 in the saddle. On the way it passes Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien, Historic centre of the city of Durango and back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Sombrerete is a silver town in the northwest of Zacatecas, founded in the 1550s when Spanish prospectors found rich veins of ore in the hills. The name comes from a hill nearby shaped like a small hat. In the colonial era, Sombrerete's mines produced enormous wealth, and the town grew into an important stop on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road linking Mexico City with the far north. That wealth built a remarkable collection of churches, convents and mansions, many in the pinkish local stone, and the historic ensemble is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. The Franciscan convent, the church of Santo Domingo, and the chapel of the Tercera Orden, with its unusual oval plan, are among the highlights. The town has a slightly faded, unhurried atmosphere, far from the tourist crowds of the more famous colonial cities.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret is where the day begins. Next is Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Nombre de Dios, in the state of Durango, is a small, dusty town on a dry plateau about a hundred kilometres south-east of the state capital, and it carries the distinction of having been the site of the first Franciscan mission in Durango, founded in the 1550s.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
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Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien comes up about 74 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic centre of the city of Durango.
Durango was founded in 1563 by Francisco de Ibarra as the capital of Nueva Vizcaya, a huge northern province that stretched toward the unconquered frontier, and it still has the look of a frontier capital that became rich and then politely stopped. The historic centre is a tidy grid of colonial buildings in pink and yellow stone, with the Plaza de Armas at its core and the great baroque cathedral facing it. Mining money, mostly silver, paid for the arcades, mansions and theatres, and the streets are remarkably free of the clutter you find in larger cities.
Read the complete Historic centre of the city of Durango write-up.
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about 135 km into the recorded legs you reach Historic centre of the city of Durango. Next is back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien, late in the day. Next is Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret. That is the ride.
Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret → Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Historic centre of the city of Durango is 61 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Historic centre of the city of Durango → back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 60 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.