Cantabria by Bike

Valleys of Zamanza and Manzanedo and Pesquera de Ebro

Route 88

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

Map

Basic Data




Kilometers/Miles
49
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
977
Maximum height: meters/feet
930
Total duration
4 hours
Time moving
3:28 hours
Beginning and end location
Near Gallejones
Difficulty
Low
Month
November  2008
Recommended period
All year round

Profile

Pictures


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The village of Bascones de Zamanzas, surrounded by forest
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The village of Población de Arreba

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  The romanesque church of Ailanes
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A large beach tree with its autum colours

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  The bridge over the Ebro river, at Villanueva Rampalay

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  An area of shallow water created by the river at Tudanca de Ebro
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We cross the river by a narrow bridge
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  River Ebro forms a beautiful canyon

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The trees by the river

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  The canyon of river Ebro in Tudanca
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A footpath at the bottom of the canyon

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The ascent from Pesquera de Ebro to Turzo
is through a nice path

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  The village of Turzo with the canyon of river Ebro in the background
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We approach the end of the route by a moorland

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Instructions

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