Routes to go by mountain bike in the province of Ceuta
Routes to go by mountain bike in the province of Ceuta
Ceuta is one of the two autonomous cities of the Kingdom of Spain in North Africa. Although it is a city with a small municipal term, between the border with Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea, the truth is that it has a wide tradition of BTT marches and routes, such as the rise to the forts, the BTT police championship or The San Urban Cycotourist march. Around the Sierra de Bullones you can enjoy XC sections with which to squeeze your mountain bike. Passing the border there are also attractive marathon routes that unite Ceuta and Tetuán.
Local Police BTT Championship Routes
This route is carried out on the tour of the XXI BTT Spanish Championship for local police, a test that is held annually in La Ceuta and local police from all over Spain participate. It is a short -distance XC circuit, with less than 13 kilometers on clues. However, despite the low length of the layout, in just over 12 kilometers a slope is saved superior At 500 meters, testing our physical state. Most of the route is false flat and climb.
The route passes through some points of interest, such as the viewpoint of Isabel II and the strong Neomedieval of Isabel II and Francisco de Asis. It is a route that you can do throughout the year.
This route starts from Ceuta and crosses the Moroccan territory to the vicinity of Tetuán, next to the Smir reservoir, and then returned to the Ceuta city. The views of the reservoir and mountains that surround it are worth it. It is a long distance route (more than 70 kilometers), but it passes mostly by tracks without asphalting in good condition without great technical demands. The toughest section is the second third of the route, where most of the repeches and climbs are concentrated. In any case it would also be possible to make this route with a serious bicycle.
This route starts from the city and borders the north face of the coast along the Benzú road to take the so -called path of the strong border in the Altos of the Sierra de Bullones and the Barranco de Anyera. It is a path that joins the strong neomedieval forts that were built in the last third of the nineteenth century and monitored the border between Spain and Morocco established by the Wad Ras Treaty of 1860. This fortifications, already in disuse, are still standing And it is worth visiting them by bicycle.
