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avatar Grandes Villas SL 3 years ago

The biker route of "La carretera de La Cabra"

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Dear guest, the “Carretera de La Cabra” is one of the most beautiful roads in the province of Granada and on which many bikers circulate. The route runs along the old coastal highway, the national highway 323. From there you have to go to Almuñécar to take the popularly known as ‘Carretera de La Cabra’, which means “Goat road. This road runs through the municipalities of Jete to Otívar. The route continues through Padul until it reaches’ Puerto del Suspiro del Moro’. It can also be done in the opposite direction.

The popular ‘Carretera de la Cabra’ runs along the A-4050 road, this road connects ‘Puerto del  Suspiro del Moro’ with the Granada town of Almuñécar. It is 59.13 kilometers long, and runs through the municipalities of Villa de Otura, El Padul, Albuñuelas, Otívar, Lentegí, Jete and finally in Almuñécar.

Today it is a famous means of communication used by cyclists and motorcyclists to go from the Metropolitan Area of ​​Granada to the coast. It begins at a link with the old N-323 in’ Puerto del Suspiro del Moro’, continues towards Almuñécar, before crossing a connection with El Padul and the A-44 highway, where it becomes a two-lane road with a hard shoulder until it reaches to Venta del Fraile, where it once again loses the shoulder, and thus enters the natural park of the Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama in the west of the municipality of Albuñuelas.

After crossing the road to the Bermejales and Jayena reservoir, it passes the ‘Puerto de la Cabra’, entering the municipality of Otívar, descending to it, crossing the Sierra de Cázulas and passing under Lentegí (there is a road that goes up to that town ), and then enter Jete after crossing a link to Ítrabo.

Finally, it enters Almuñécar through the municipal district of Torrecuevas, descending until it crosses the N-340.

Next to the ‘Puerto del Suspiro del Moro’, where the legend states that King Boabdil heard from his mother say "cry like a woman what you have not known how to defend as a man", part of the so-called La Cabra highway, which served for years as a connection between Granada capital and the coast. Of those tortuous trips there are still testimonies, like some sale that has survived time and remains open. It was used already before 1940 for the few people who could afford a vacation in Almuñecar from the city of Granada and its stone walls as well as the tunnels were once dynamited by the brave road workers of years ago.

Dear guest, if you are thinking of renting a motorcycle during your stay, I recommend you try this motorcycle route. You will love it!

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