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 Martin it runs 255 km to San Martin; allow about 3 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: 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. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
San Martín is a small farming town on the high plateau of western Zacatecas, a dozen or so kilometres from the old mining city of Sombrerete, and at its heart stands a colonial church dedicated to San Pantaleón Mártir. The building, with a sturdy stone facade, a bell tower and a cool, simple interior, is one of the sites listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the colonial road that ran north from Mexico City through the silver country to New Mexico. Churches like this one marked the stopping places along the route, and they served the small communities of farmers, muleteers and miners who lived in this harsh, beautiful landscape.
Read the complete Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town 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 71 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 131 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 Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town. That is the ride.
Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town → Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Historic centre of the city of Durango is 60 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 → Temple of San Pantaleón Mártir in the Town is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.