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The Alpujarras and Puerto de la Ragua

From Granada along the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada through the white villages of the Alpujarras, up to Trevelez, then over the Puerto de la Ragua to Guadix.

Distance
121 miles (194 km)
Type
Point to point
Where
Andalucia, Sierra Nevada

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

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Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

N-323AN-323aA-348A-4132A-4130A-4126A-337GR-5201A-92A-4102A-4101

From the map

Longest gap between fuel
21 miles
Fuel stations near the line
44
Curvature
321 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
17
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 50 to mile 71. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 25 to mile 45, at 482 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Puerto de la Ragua (2,040 m, mile 100).
  • 13 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • Puerto de la Ragua is high and can close with snow in winter. Check before you go.
  • The Alpujarras roads are narrow and slow, with goats and farm traffic.

On the way

  1. Granada
  2. Lanjaron
  3. Orgiva
  4. Pampaneira
  5. Trevelez
  6. Cadiar
  7. Ugijar
  8. Puerto de la Ragua
  9. La Calahorra
  10. Guadix
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

Compare every crossing

2Places to stay

Search beds in Granada

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Spain

Money
Euro
Ride on the
Right
  • Carry your insurance certificate. Check how long your UK policy covers you in Spain
  • Some cities, such as Barcelona, ask foreign vehicles to register in advance for their low emission zones
  • Using an earpiece while riding is illegal. Only completely hands-free units are allowed

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Castillo-Palacio de los Condes de Padul
Castle · 0.4 km off the route

Castillo-Palacio de los Condes de Padul

Cultural property in El Padul, Spain.

Photo: Jadelmo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Castle · 0.6 km off the route

Castillo de Chite

Cultural property in Lecrín, Spain.

Castillo de Lanjarón
Castle · 0.4 km off the route

Castillo de Lanjarón

Cultural property in Lanjarón, Spain.

Photo: bodoklecksel, CC BY-SA 3.0
El Fuerte (Juviles)
Fort · 0.6 km off the route

El Fuerte (Juviles)

Cultural property in Juviles, Spain.

Photo: Quiebrajano, CC BY-SA 3.0

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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