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July 16, 2026

El Sur Bikepacking Event: A New Way Into Andalucía

A new bikepacking event just landed on my radar, and it’s the kind of thing that makes me want to book flights before the route’s even fully confirmed. The El Sur bikepacking event launches its first edition in March 2027, running roughly 800km and 15,000m of climbing out of Málaga, deep into the mountains of […]

Bikepacking Portugal — Orbitur campsite at sunset

June 24, 2026

Bikepacking Portugal: Lisbon to Pontevedra in 6 days

The plan was simple enough: pedal 540 kilometres before the 26th of May and arrive in Pontevedra, Galicia. Simple on paper, anyway. I started where every bikepacking trip through Portugal should start — under the Ponte 25 de Abril, the bridge that towers over the Tagus with the kind of scale that makes you feel […]