Why this ride
217 km from Sort to Jaca, about 3 h 25 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Pyrenees N260 Route: Sort to Jaca
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 217 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 25
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sort
Sort sits in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees, in the Pallars Sobirà valley, where the Noguera Pallaresa river runs fast and green between steep mountains. It is a small town of about two thousand people, with a few streets of old stone houses, a tidy square and a surprising claim to fame: the lottery. A shop here has sold so many winning tickets over the years that Spaniards drive for hours to buy a ticket from it, and the name, which means luck in Catalan, adds to the legend.
Read the complete Sort write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sort is where the day begins. Next is Ainsa.
2. Ainsa
Aínsa sits on a hilltop above the meeting of two Pyrenean rivers, the Cinca and the Ara, and the old village on top is one of those places where the medieval layout has simply been left to get on with itself. You enter through a gate into a great sloping square of rough cobbles surrounded by stone arcades, with a castle and a Romanesque church on the high side and views out over the valley. It was once the capital of the little Kingdom of Sobrarbe, whose rulers, according to legend, rallied here against the Moors, and the town still stages a spectacular festival recalling that story every few years.
Read the complete Ainsa write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ainsa comes up about 143 km into the recorded legs. Next is Jaca.
3. Jaca
Jaca is the old capital of the Pyrenees, a mountain town of thirteen thousand people at the foot of the Peña Oroel, with a cathedral, a fortress and a long history. In the eleventh century it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, and its cathedral, begun at that time, is one of the earliest Romanesque cathedrals in Spain, with a graceful apse and a cloister, and carved capitals that influenced churches along the pilgrim road.
Read the complete Jaca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 217 km.
Leg by leg
Sort to Ainsa
Sort → Ainsa is 143 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ainsa to Jaca
Ainsa → Jaca is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.