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George55 wrote on Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:31pm:
I am assuming by cycle path you mean a track/path which is distinct and separated from the road.
As an example, if you were to look on the CV905 road from Quesada to Torrevieja, there is a cycle path (also used by pedestrians) which runs alongside the road but is separated by a clear gap of vegetation/drainage ditch of varying width but probably at least a couple of metres.
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This is very different than say for example the CV91 from near Rojales to Guardamar where cyclists would be on the road itself (even if there is maybe a c3ft gap from the white line on the side of the road to the end of the tarmac). Note - depending on the bike, it is possible to cycle this element on the paths (on both side of the river) by the Rio Segura (possible to do this pretty much from Murcia city if you wanted) but they are more compacted dirt rather than tarmac.
I'm not aware of any "catch all" place for cycle paths - I've largely found routes I'm comfortable with by exploring rather than requiring cycle paths - especially during winter alot of the roads are so quiet that you may have them to yourself. Using the above example of the CV91, I'm fairly sure sometimes when I've done that stretch I've neither seen an oncoming car or been overtaken by one!
I often start my routes by joining the canal service road between Los Dolses and La Rioja commercial centre. You can head one way along this through to Vistabella or head the other way down a fair bit into Murcia.
One route I take is to follow the canal path down to El Mirador where you can then join the signposted Eurovelo 8 route which while a mix of on-road and off-road paths works out as about 100miles (if you follow it through Sucina to Murcia to Orihuela to Guardamar and back down to Villamartin (note the signage stops when you come back into Valencia but the route is pretty straightforward after that).
I'd find restricting myself just to cycle paths or vias verdes would limit the opportunity to get out and about and fully explore the area. (There may be some apps that show the vias verdes but I've not looked for them but Google might be your friend in this).
>I'd find restricting myself just to cycle paths or vias verdes would limit the opportunity to get out and about and fully explore the area.
I also like living by avoiding psychopathic drivers whizzing past me at ungodly speeds.
