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Gravel: Puerto de la Torre
No beauty queen, but a mostly car-free gravel loop straight from the city center, with a rough descent to Puerto de la Torre and an easy return via the tracks next to the airport.
Dune Costiere run to the sea
From the trulli country around Cisternino all the way down to the Adriatic and back. Quiet lanes between drystone walls drop 380 metres past the Dolmen di Montalbano into the olive plain, then reach the beaches and dunes of the Parco Naturale Regionale Dune Costiere at Pilone. A bit of everything underwheel: good tarmac, bad tarmac, gravel roads, dirt and sand. The return is the sting in the tail, a long gravel drag through Speziale and a 2.4 km climb at 7% back up the escarpment to Caranna.
Smeraldo Trail loop
A popular Komoot mountain bike loop from Cisternino down the Murgia escarpment towards Ostuni, past Santa Maria di Agnano and the Sant'Oronzo sanctuary. Red dirt roads through ancient olive groves and great views of the coast and the white city. More adventurous than advertised, with a good 10 to 15 km of pushing on overgrown and rocky trails.
Ciclovia dell'Acqua loop
A very fun loop from Contrada Marangiulo via Cisternino onto the Ciclovia dell'Acqua: traffic-free gravel, ever so slightly downhill, past the Galante bridge and countless trulli to Ceglie Messapica, then back north on narrow broken lanes and gravel through the olive groves. Hilly all the way, no killer climbs.
Gravel: Coín
One of the few true gravel routes departing from Málaga: no killer climbs, thin traffic, and some nice stretches of gravel through the Guadalhorce valley to Coín.
Gorafe desert gravel loop
A brutal off-road loop through the Gorafe desert: dolmens, canyons and the badlands of Los Coloraos, with relentless steep ramps on rock and sand. Epic, remote and best ridden on an MTB.
Vía Verde del Almanzora: Baúl to Serón
A gentle, almost entirely downhill rail-trail ride from Baúl through Baza to the beautifully restored railway station of Serón, following the old Guadix - Almendricos iron ore railway.
Collado Bermejo from Totana
A 42 km loop from Totana straight up the Collado Bermejo climb (8.44 km at 6.7%) into the Parque Regional de Sierra Espuña, returning via the traffic-free Canal Principal de la Margen Derecha service road and a stinging punchy climb back to the sanctuary.
Sierra Espuña loop
A 130 km loop from Totana into the Parque Regional de Sierra Espuña, with the big Collado Bermejo climb between km 95 and 119.
Velefique & Collado del Ramal
A brutal desert double-header linking Alto de Velefique with the savage Collado del Ramal.
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