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“ Get on yer bike.” Monthly cycling tips / advice and routes. by Gary and Lynn “Cyclogical” Quesada.
Cycle Route 11. Cycling to “The village of El Altet” Leave Quesada and head for Benijofar, pass through Benijofar towards Rojales, turn left at the second roundabout cycle over the bridge then straight on at the next roundabout and head for San Fulgencio. At the next roundabout turn left and head for Elche. Just keep heading for Elche on this road (it’s a good road quite quiet but can get busy and fast at peak times). You will come to a dual carriageway and on your left there is a new cycle track that will take you all the way to Elche (if you want to do that route sometime). Stay on the right side until you come to a roundabout with signs for Santa Pola turn right here (brilliant little Tapas bar at this roundabout we always stop here it’s called Ursulas.) Follow this road for a good 8-10 kms until you come to another roundabout where you will see The Blue Star nightclub, go straight on and head for El-Altet. (If you turn right there is a cycle track all the way into Santa Pola). Again follow this road all the way until the next roundabout which takes you under the N332 then just follow the signs to El-Altet (about another 2kms) At the traffic lights turn right and you are spoiled for choice of Tapas bars. They are all good.
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Having been watered and fed you can either retrace your tracks or, if you have plenty time, keep going in the same direction straight on at the roundabout at the edge of the town then at the end of the road turn right (straight on takes you to a beautiful beach with a bar etc) and just keep on going on into Gran Alacant. Stay on the low road (do not climb up to the high road) this is a beautiful coast road with a bit of a cycle track on your left, just follow this road all the way through Gran Alacant until you come to the single track coast road which is absolutely gorgeous, when we went there were people jumping off the cliffs Paragliding and they seemed to stay up for ages. There is plenty of places to stop and eat or drink on this road & loads of places to drop your bikes and have a swim. Follow this road into Santa Pola where you can either take the high road or the low road, we normally stay low and go under the N332 and pick up the cycle track heading for Elche stay on this track until you come to The Blue Star night club and turn left. Then just retrace your tracks and head back home. Beautiful route with lovely scenery all the way and it’s relatively flat most of the way. Well done. Total Distance: 60kms. Time: Allow 6 hours. All Routes are now available cyclogicalcostablanca.com.
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