White Villages Tour - Arrival Day
On your arrival at Málaga Airport, we will meet you with our air conditioned minibus and transport you along the coast to our luxury apartment, your accommodation for your stay. Situated in Torreblanca del Sol, close to Fuengirola, it is close to the beach, shops, bars and clubs. Later in the evening of this your arrival day, we will meet for dinner in an excellent local restaurant, where we will get to know each other and give a short briefing on the days ahead.
White Villages Tour Day 1 - 268 km
The day starts with breakfast at your leisure and then we are off to collect the bikes at 9.30
The days route then starts with a short motorway ride, to get used to riding in Spain and then into the mountains for a coffee stop. Passing over the Puerto (Pass) de León (940m) we continue through the white villages of Comares and Riogordo where we stop for petrol. Then on towards Periana, over Puerto Sabar (590m) where we turn left for some fabulous hairpins to Puerto del Sol (1085m) and on to the Venta Alfarnate (the oldest roadside stop in Andalucía), for lunch.
After lunch, we start to head back towards the coast passing Colmenar & Casabermeja. The road follows a mountain ridge and gives fantastic views back to the Sierra Nevada and towards the coast. A leg stretch & drink stop en route and back to base for around 5.00-5.30 pm.
White Villages Tour Day 2 - 281 km
Today we ride the famous Ronda Road! Leaving the coast via Mijas village we head inland towards Coín and then on great sweeping roads past the village of Monda, dropping down to Marbella.
Taking the motorway for a few Kms, we turn inland again at San Pedro de Alcántara and start to climb. 139 bends & curves of all sorts later, we can stop at the top for petrol and a well earned coffee!
A 20 minute hop to the town of Ronda, where we have short break to see the bridge and enjoy the town, then leave westwards to Grazalema where we stop for lunch. Located at an altitude over 800m, Grazalema is the gateway to the Natural Park.
After lunch we head through the Park towards Setenil de las Bodegas, a small town built in a river gorge, literally under the cliffs. After all the mountain twisties, we now enjoy fast, sweeping bends, passing the villages of Teba on our left and Ardales on our right, all the way back to base arriving around 6.30-7.00 pm.
White Villages Tour Day 3 - 199 km
The day starts on fast, sweeping roads heading towards the mountains of the Serrania de Ronda with a coffee stop in the village of Yunquera, high in the mountains. Onwards then, down into a deep valley to El Burgo from where we follow the river to the small white town of Ardales. Crossing the main road from Málaga, we ride alongside the lakes of el Chorro where we stop for an early lunch.
Carrying on eastwards on the sinuous road that borders the lake we have spectacular views. Then we head east, still on mountain roads, towards the natural park of El Torcal, which has hundreds of weird limestone shapes in the rocks!
Southward then to Almogía for a tea break, crossing a Roman bridge and negotiating some very tight hairpins……
From Almogía homewards, again on fast sweeping roads, and a quick hop onto the motorway to Fuengirola, where we check in the bikes.
Then the last night BBQ in Mijas with plenty of food and beer!
