Cantabria by Bike

Tour around the Valley of Liendo

Route 113

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

Laredo
The beach and the port of Laredo and Mount Buciero as seen from the Vantage Point of Laredo

Map

Basic Data




Kilometers/Miles
40 / 25
Cumulative ascent: meters/feet
1153 / 3781
Maximum height: meters/feet
547 / 1794
Total time 5 hours and a quarter
Time moving
4:14 hours
Beginning and end location
Laredo
Difficulty
Medium
Month
April 2010
Recommended period
All year round

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Pictures


foto 1
The new port of Laredo and the beach of Salvé,
as seen from the vantage point of Laredo

foto2
We ca see some ancient artillery battery for the defense of the bay.
In the distance we can see Mount Buciero

foto 3
We are close to the vulture colony of Sonabia and that is why we find many
vultures
foto 4
From the cliffs we can see Laredo and Santoña

foto5
The cliff is very tall

foto 6
The path gets us close to the cliffs

foto 7
The cove of Erillo, with Mount Buciero in the distance

foto 8
The cove of Yesera, near the hermitage of San Julián

foto 9
We go around the valley of Liendo through a footpath

foto 10
In the peak of Alto de Guriezo we find a menhir laying on the ground


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Instructions

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