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La Garrofa Road – Cabo de Gata Salt Pans loop from El Parador de las Hortichuelas

La Garrofa Road – Cabo de Gata Salt Pans loop from El Parador de las Hortichuelas

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3.6

(7)

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La Garrofa Road – Cabo de Gata Salt Pans loop from El Parador de las Hortichuelas

03:59

96.1km

500m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 30, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 48.2 km for 67 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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6.78 km

Coastal Viewpoint on the Tunnel Bypass Path

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no cars and you avoid the tunnel, great view good road surface

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7.67 km

La Garrofa Road

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A beautiful road that passes through the town of La Garrofa. The route from Roquetas de Mar to Almería winds along the cliffs, offering views of the magnificent coastline of this area of Almería.

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18.5 km

Mouth of the Andarax River

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Bridge located at the mouth of the Río Andarax, a river that rises in the easternmost part of the Sierra Nevada and descends to the Gulf of Almeria itself, forming Punta del Río.

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26.1 km

Exit to the Coastal Dirt Path

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Here there is an exit that leads to a dirt road through which you can get from Costacabana to Retamar without touching the road.

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43.3 km

Cabo de Gata Salt Pans

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The Cabo de Gata Salt Flats are a group of wetlands located in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, in the province of Almería, Andalusia. These salt flats have a …

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44.6 km

San Miguel Tower, Cabo de Gata

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This tower was built in the 18th century to protect the salt pans on the ruins of a previous one that was part of the network of surveillance towers of …

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48.2 km

Las Salinas Church, Cabo de Gata

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Church of Cabo de Gata. The church was built in the 19th century, around 1855. It lacks a portal and its façade is crowned by a bell tower with three …

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66.6 km

Park with Calisthenics Area

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At this point we will go to the calisthenics park to rest, eat and we can exercise if we want.

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96.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

64.2 km

23.2 km

7.20 km

1.18 km

404 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

88.9 km

3.93 km

3.10 km

218 m

149 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Monday 8 June

28°C

21°C

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La Garrofa Road – Cabo de Gata Salt Pans loop from El Parador de las Hortichuelas

Coastal Viewpoint on the Tunnel Bypass Path

La Garrofa Road

Mouth of the Andarax River

Exit to the Coastal Dirt Path

Cabo de Gata Salt Pans

San Miguel Tower, Cabo de Gata

Las Salinas Church, Cabo de Gata

Park with Calisthenics Area

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