video: Bicycle tour in Andalucia: Pico Veleta (3394 m), PUerto ragua (2000 m), Tetica de Bacares ...

Publiceret af: gyorgyigabor 2013-10-03

Hello !
Last year I had a 12 days long bicycle tour in Andalucia, Spain. My ai was to cycle up to Pico Veleta (3394 m) and anther high climbs above 2000m + few another panoramic roads.
I cycled Pico Veleta twice: 1st I was cycling from the beach of Motril carrying 25-28kg weighted panniers on it and at midnight I turned back after reaching the end of the pavement.
2 days ater I cycled back to Veleta from Granada without panniers but in ideal lights and strong wind. The view was superb: the sea, GIbraltar could be seen and Africa too (a little bit). UP to now I cycled all of the paved ascents of the Alps, Pyrenées and Canary islands finishing above 2000m, and after them I can say, this climb is between the 3 most wonderful ascents.
The list of my climbs with the links of videos about cycling them: http://www.gyorgyigabor.hu/GYG_osszes_hago.php
I have the compilation / best of video about these two days of ccling up to Pico Veleta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFzaebbuOw

The following videos about ascents finishing above 2000 m:
The 1st, Puerto de la Ragua (2000 m) can be found in Sierra Nevada, the same mountain range, where Pico Veleta can be found: it is a panoramic road!
The 2nd climb is not too known: Tetica de Bacares (2080 m, with 360 degrees panorama) is situated ca. 80 kms North from Almeria.
There is a saddle not far from the peak: Puerto de Velefique (1860 m): it was visited by Vuelta a'Espagna I think minimum twice. I saw Indurain sign on a rock along the mountain road The ascent to that saddle is very scenic because of the lot of hairpin-bends.
Puerto de la Ragua (2000 m) northern ascent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtTNJWHiJpI

Tetica de Bacares from South: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VZvgf9OySI
In the video the climb starts at the ca. 14th minute

That is the last video about a climb that I cycled last summer in Andalucia and finishing above 2000 m:
The 1st part shows the Tabernas desert (feeling like cycling in Marocco) , than the Puerto Escúllar ascent (2036 m) from Abla. On the ridge of it I saw deers after sunset and at 1 am. I experienced local concert in a village !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cue4j6bhYro

Best regards,
Gábor