Fun in the Costa del Sol - bikepacking trip

[kendalpaul]

Hi,
Here is our write up of a trip we took to Costa del Soll in December. Enjoy the pictures. Some of the sections were unrideable but plenty were grand.

(Fi)

http://paulandfiadventures.blogspot.co. ... spain.html

[ScotRoutes]

Excellent. I've done a wee bit of riding in the hills around Ronda and also from there to Marbella. I've considered it as a potential winter bikepacking destination but never sat with the maps and worked out a route. This has given me some inspiration. I might come back at you with a whole list of questions, but the immediate ones I can think of are;

What did you do about bike bags (leave at airport/arrange something else)?
How was bivvying/camping (I'd likely mix it up with B&B too)?



Cheers

[kendalpaul]

Hi, we organised to leave our bike bags at the campsite in Torremolinos. Paid for storage and stayed there for our last night in a bungalow. Most towns seemed to have at least one hotel, band b or campsite with bungalows. We didn't pre-plan these, just turned up, knocked on the door and asked for a room. Going rate seemed to be 40 euros for the 2 of us. Most we paid was 70 including breakfast. If you were more orgainsed you could go on to the http://www.gransendademalaga.es/es/etapas/ website and write down some of the accommodation. Or pay for mobile data whilst out there. generally the route was well signposted and each section is graded. Hope that helps.

[kendalpaul]

Also the bivvying was fine - just found a spot in the forests, or away from towns. Hardly saw anyone on the route so it was fine.

[Cheeky Monkey]

Interesting read and info, cheers

I spend a bit of time in Gib' with work so might try and sort something out one day. Have been up to Rhonnda though which is a lovely spot. Imagine the climb up there was a bit of a killer

[Wotsits]

Good write up & pics, looks like you both had a great time

No pictures of food though, we need at least one pic of a massive paella