Category Archives: Spain

Benicassim, Spain, 24 – 27 September 2026

Posted on Sunday, 27-September-2026 by Chris Desmond

HINT: Click on a photo to start the slideshow and then use the arrow key to move to the next one. I hired a car at Valencia airport and drove to Benicassim to visit my friend who spends a few … Continue reading →

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Valencia, Spain, 20 – 23 September 2026

Posted on Wednesday, 23-September-2026 by Chris Desmond

HINT: Click on a photo to start the slideshow and then use the arrow key to move to the next one. I drove back to Gatwick and returned the Hire car then flew to Valencia, Spain on Easyjet. It was … Continue reading →

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Spain – Zaragoza, 28 – 30 May 2025

Posted on Friday, 30-May-2025 by Chris Desmond

Toledo to Zaragoza – 408 kms in 4:38 hrs, 3 fuel stops. I had to go past Madrid which meant a little more traffic than usual but not too bad. Mountains and plains combined and I must have discovered the … Continue reading →

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Spain – Toledo, 25 – 27 May 2025

Posted on Tuesday, 27-May-2025 by Chris Desmond

Malaga to Toledo 484 kms in 5 hrs with 2 stops for fuel. Good ride again, mountains and winding roads, blue skies couldn’t ask for more. Toledo – this is the most amazing old town I have been to! It … Continue reading →

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Spain – Malaga, 21 – 24 May 2025.

Posted on Saturday, 24-May-2025 by Chris Desmond

Benidorm to Malaga – Great ride through the mountains and high plains past Granada cool and non-stop winding roads 519 kms in 4:55 hrs with 2 fuel stops. Málaga’s history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest continuously … Continue reading →

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Spain – Benidorm, 18 – 20 May 2025.

Posted on Tuesday, 20-May-2025 by Chris Desmond

Benicassim to Benidorm – Easy ride 221 kms in 2:07 hrs on the freeway. Benidorm is a Mediterranean city with a population of 75,000 which grows to 400,000 in summer densly packed into a very small area. It has the … Continue reading →

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Spain – Beziers, Benicassim, Castellon – 13 – 17 May 2025.

Posted on Saturday, 17-May-2025 by Chris Desmond

Reims to Beziers – a long ride 869 kms in 8:47 hrs, not something I do very often. I wanted to get to Benicassim to visit a friend before he left. Beziers to Benicassim the following day was a relaxing … Continue reading →

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Spain, Logroño, 16 – 18 June 2021

Posted on Saturday, 18-June-2022 by Chris Desmond

Pamplona to Logroño – a short ride 104kms in 1:10hrs. Logroño is the capital of La Rioja a major wine producing region in Spain and Rioja wine has been accredited with “denominación de origen calificada” . It is also famous … Continue reading →

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Spain, Pamplona, 13 – 15 June 2022

Posted on Wednesday, 15-June-2022 by Chris Desmond

Bayonne to Pamplona over the Western end of the Pyrenees. Maximum altitude 718m compared to 1,818m when I crossed over from Toulouse into Spain. Once I got past the villages in the foothills good ride through the mountains in fine … Continue reading →

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Spain, Bilbao, 07 – 09 June 2022

Posted on Friday, 10-June-2022 by Chris Desmond

The ride from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao was fun, through the mountains all the way, there was only a short stretch of toll road at the beginning which I avoided by going down a back road. The back roads … Continue reading →

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