CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Grado it runs 176 km to Grado; allow about 2 h 34 of riding. It goes by way of Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña, Chemin Primitif and back through Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
In the hills above the Nalón valley in Asturias, a cave hides one of the great collections of Paleolithic art in Spain. The Cueva de la Peña de Candamo, near San Román de Candamo, was discovered in 1914 and contains paintings and engravings of horses, bison, deer, goats and other animals, made during the Upper Paleolithic, and a remarkable wall of engraved figures. It is part of the UNESCO listing of cave art in northern Spain, and unlike some other caves, it can be visited, though only in limited numbers and for part of the year, so book ahead.
Read the complete La Peña de Candamo write-up.
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La Peña de Candamo is where the day begins. Next is Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña.
Soto de Luiña is a quiet parish in western Asturias, a short way inland from one of the wildest stretches of the Cantabrian coast, and its church of Santa María is the reason the village has a name beyond the region. The building is baroque, rebuilt in the eighteenth century around older foundations, and alongside it stands the former pilgrims' hospital that once took in walkers on the coastal Way of Saint James. The church's interior, with its gilded altarpieces, comes as a surprise in such a small place, and the whole ensemble gives a sense of how the Camino shaped even modest villages along the route.
Read the complete Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña write-up.
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Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña comes up 31 km in. Next is Chemin Primitif.
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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63 km in you reach Chemin Primitif. Next is back through Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña, late in the day. Next is La Peña de Candamo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Peña de Candamo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at La Peña de Candamo. That is the ride.
La Peña de Candamo → Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña → Chemin Primitif is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chemin Primitif → back through Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Eglise Santa Maria de Soto de Luiña → La Peña de Candamo is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.