We spent last weekend biking along an extremely varied linear route from the remote highlands of Teruel right into the city centre of Valencia. The majority of the route was along the path of a disused narrow gauge railway that was originally built to carry coal from the interior of Spain to the industry and ports on the east coast. Therefore, the terrain was non-technical although for the most part off-road.
We took the bikes on the train to our starting point of Mora de Rubielos, an ancient village situated on a high plateau at over 1000 metres above sea level.
On the first day we completed a route of 60km that took us across the highlands of Teruel and down into the province of Castellon where we spent a night in the historical town of Segorbe.
On the second day we biked 55km from Segorbe, via Sagunto and then down the coast to the city of Valencia where we cycled right into the heart of the city centre to the railway station to catch the train back to Gandia.
The sting in the tail was the road from Gandia back home, a route of 14km from sea level up to 375metres. Furthermore, having biked over 100km on rough tracks without incident, I managed to get a puncture riding through the centre of Gandia!
Sounds like a good trip; all downhill and even better when you don't have to clean the mud off afterwards.
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