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Riding a Swabia with c G-One 45mm tubeless and gearing, we chose late May and June to avoid the intense heat of the Iberian summer. Merida was the northerly end of our Andalusian ride and San Sebastian was the southern end of the France ride. This was a link ride. We have previously also ridden from Nice to Cordoba and, overall, have developed an affection for riding in this corner of Europe.
Google allows you to quickly check out riding and driving routes.
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Or at least for sections. The bike option may not suggest the N road and checking the car option does. In Spain and Portugal, the traffic is mostly on motorways and the N roads are often not at all busy. They have shoulders. I divide days into two or three stages and for each one plot a route and email it to myself. The final stage has the night accommodation as the end point.
When using the bike option, you must have the screen open to watch for corners. A new motorway provides a bridge over a deep ravine in Guarda province in Portugal. The old highway N16 goes right down to the Cao River, is superb and has no traffic at all. Sometimes the bike route Google gives is pretty hectic.
This is north of Palencia. A 25km stage overgrown track. Other times, especially in and around the big cities, google knows the bike routes. This is in Bilbao. This ride took me into eastern Portugal. Cobblestones are marble. The buildings are marble. The vanity basin was carved out of marble. The cemetery is marble. They even grind marble up and mix it with paint.
Portugal is experiencing the over-tourism problem, especially in the south the Algarve and on the west coast Lisbon and Porto. House prices are too high. Populist anti-immigrant parties are winning elections.