Alozaina – Guaro (Bicycle)

  • Total length: 9.5 km
  • National Topographic Map of Spain 1:25.000. Sheets. 1051-4, 1052-3 y 1066-1
    Estimated time: 2 hours Observations:
  • Difficulty: Medium-High This is a stage in which most of the route runs
  • alongside private estates, and it is very important to respect the property.
  • Difference in altitude: 255 metres
  • Upper altitude: 402 metres above sea level.
  • Lower altitude: 147 metres above sea level.
  • Notable ecosystems and landscapes: Rio Grande Valley. Riverside vegetation.
  • Olive groves. Orchards. Almond groves.
  • Starting and finishing points:
  • Alozaina: Start of the Camino Alto de Guaro, next to the Cemetery in Calle Camino del Mercado.
  • Guaro: Roundabout at the main entrance to the town of Guaro, on the A-7100 road.

With this route, which runs along the old road between Alozaina and Guaro, we cross the entire middle basin of a typical Mediterranean river: Río Grande.

Areas of different crops, rain-fed fruit trees such as olive and almond trees, cereal crops, and irrigated crops on the banks of the river, allow us to enjoy and appreciate the different agricultural uses.

The route starts next to the Alozaina cemetery, from where we set off along the Camino Alto de Guaro. The first stretch is very comfortable, as the old road is asphalted and in very good condition, and it dominates the descent, only interrupted by a steep but short climb to the Puerto del Viento.

A little further on, and still between olive groves, we enter the area of Ardite, just where the tarmac ends and the road turns to dirt. A little further on we come to the Triguero-Ardite crossroads, where we take the branch that leads us to the bottom of the Río Grande valley, on a steep and exciting descent.

Once we have crossed the bridge over the Río Grande, we come out onto the A-366, where we turn left (towards Coín) and drive some 500 metres until we cross the bridge over the Arroyo Santo, just after which, and to the right, we find the so-called Camino de Alozaina, to go up towards Guaro.

This climb is quite a challenge for good mountain bike enthusiasts, as we have to add to the existing gradient, more than 250 metres in just 2 kilometres, the state of the ground, a dirt track with some loose stones, which makes it necessary to give the right cadence to each pedal stroke if we do not want to have to put our foot down during this stretch.

The ascent culminates at the Ermita de la Cruz del Puerto, from where we have a slight descent until we reach the sports area of El Puerto, and then just a few metres from the main centre of Guaro.