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Badlands of Gorafe – Los Coloraos Desert loop from Cuevas Los Balcones de Piedad

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Spain
Andalusia
Granada
Comarca de Guadix
Guadix

Badlands of Gorafe – Los Coloraos Desert loop from Cuevas Los Balcones de Piedad

Hard

11

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Badlands of Gorafe – Los Coloraos Desert loop from Cuevas Los Balcones de Piedad

05:33

56.4km

890m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 16, 2026

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Waypoints

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177 m

Abandoned Houses at Los Balcones

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Abandoned houses - it's exciting to roam through the ruins with your camera

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2

19.3 km

Badlands of Gorafe

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The Gorafe Badlands are a unique landscape due to their characteristic reddish and ocher geological formations. It is an ideal place for cycling and discovering the geological and archaeological wealth …

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28.0 km

Los Coloraos Desert

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The Los Coloraos Desert is a landscape of intense colors and capricious shapes, the result of erosion and sedimentation of the materials that make it up. It is a desert …

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31.7 km

Beautiful views and a nice climb

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Gravel as it couldn't be more beautiful. Take your time and enjoy this unique landscape

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34.4 km

Gorafe Desert - Gravel Paradise 🏜️

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The Gorafe desert is a particularly beautiful place that - very different from the Sahara, for example - does not consist of loose sand, but a high stone plain that …

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38.9 km

Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint

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From here the Desierto Gorafe lies at your feet. Great panoramas at any time of the day or year. Absolute must on gravel and mountain bike tours.

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40.3 km

Gorafe Desert

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The Gorafe Desert is located in La Hoya de Guadix, a natural plain plenty of gullies and badlands in the northern part of the province of Granada.

La Hoya de …

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55.2 km

Los Balcones — Up and Down the Canyon

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Los Balcones is a small village with many abandoned cave houses built on both sides of a natural gorge. To get from one side to the other, you will have …

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56.4 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.1 km

233 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.1 km

4.30 km

1.93 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,130 m)

Lowest point (610 m)

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Monday 12 October

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