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Munich - Marbella Trip Details

Day1_map.gif (88281 bytes) Day 1
Munich - Chiavenna
330 km
7 hours riding
nice and easy with a bit of rain until the Fernpass - then the holiday feeling sets in.  Great views, nice curves, easy riding.
Day2_map.gif (102616 bytes) Day 2
Chiavenna - Chiavasso
270 km
10 hours riding
horrible day: lots and lots of traffic, mostly ugly industrial areas, but delicious Pasta at Lago di Varese and Pizza in Chiavasso
Day3_map.gif (72486 bytes) Day 3
Chiavasso - Rosans
280 km
6 hours riding
ĄĄĄ Spectacular !!!  Lots of motorbikes - always a good sign.  Then mine broke down - luckily in a most lovely town with a most romantic Chateau and yet another delicious diner - this time typically French.
Day4_map.gif (81383 bytes) Day 4
Rosans - Olette
430 km
8 hours riding
Beautiful (leaving the Alps) - fast (motorway) - beautiful again (crossing Corbičres and entering the Pyrenees).
Day5_map.gif (55812 bytes) Day 5
Olette - Barcelona - Peņiscola
420 km
9 hours riding
Everything in a day:  from nature and the last mountain passes into the metropole and along the coast to medieval Peņiscola.  Pescaitos fritos for diner.
Day6_map.gif (50007 bytes) Day 6
Peņiscola - Marbella
830 km
12 hours riding
Long day.  National roads so straight and empty you eat kilometers as if it was a motorway.  Scenery and odours come as an extra.