Cantabria by Bike

Coast of Santander, Liencres, La Picota

Route 59

By: Javier Tovar, Pedro Ceballos, and Michael González Harbour

ensenada de los bajos de malasmañas
Estuary of los Bajos de Malasmañas

Map

Basic Data


Kilometers/Miles
46 / 29
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
926 / 3037
Maximum height: meters/feet
235 / 771
Duration
4 hours and a quarter
Beginning and end location
Santa Cruz de Bezana
Difficulty
Low
Month
December 2007
Recommended period
All year round

Profile

Pictures of December 2007


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  The cliffs and lighthouse of Cabo Mayor

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Devil's bridge

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  Monument to the English man

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The path goes close to the sea, in an area of virgin coast
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The path crosses the wall of the old tidal mill of La Maruca

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The estuary of La Maruca

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  The hermitage of la Virgen del Mar
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  The beach of San Juan de la Canal

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The beach of Covachos, almost without sand because of the last sea storms

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The beach of la Arnía

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The beach of Portio, and the beach of Cerrias in the background

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The beach of Somocuevas
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The massif of  Picos de Europa can be seen in the back of this image
close to the beach of Canallave

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The small beach of Pedruquíos
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The estuary of river Pas, with the beach of Valdearenas,
seen from la Picota of Liencres

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Mortera and Santander seen from la Picota of Liencres

Pictures of July 2009


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Cycling by the coast near Ciriego

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The cliffs near the beach of Portio
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The small rocky islands called  Los Urros de Liencres

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The beach of Pedruquíos

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Instructions

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