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Cantoria Tunnel – Almanzora loop from Estación de Fines-Olula

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Cantoria Tunnel – Almanzora loop from Estación de Fines-Olula

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Cantoria Tunnel – Almanzora loop from Estación de Fines-Olula

02:34

41.1km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.5 km

Cantoria Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

VIA VERDE DEL VALLE DE ALMONZORA is a spectacular route of a total of 98 km through the southeast of the peninsula between the highlands of Granada in the Baza area towards the district of Almendricos, already in the region of Murcia, and passes through the Almanzora Valley in Almería. A route that for decades crossed a railway line that transported tons of iron and other merchandise.

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15.1 km

Almanzora

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The Vía Verde crosses the town and invites you to stop to rest, have a drink and enjoy the views of the palace, the old train station and the curious arrangement of its streets in the form of a checkerboard.

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20.3 km

Arboleas Station

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Unfortunately it’s fenced off, so not a good photo. It looks in reasonable condition so would make a great bar / café / resto at this end of the Via Verde de Almanzora.

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20.3 km

Arboleas

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The cycling trip is distributed in three established stages mainly because each day is totally different in landscapes, history and content. The first day is the Vía Verde Valle del Almanzora Natural Trail, in the province of Almería, full of railway constructions, fertile meadows of orchards and fruit trees, marble sculptures and remains of the iron ore culture that for a century was produced by tons. towards the ports of Murcia. The second stage is the Sierra de Baza Greenway, between El Hijate and the famous iron bridge of Baúl, traveling through the steppe landscapes of the Baza plateau and the edge of the filmy badlands of the Gorafe desert, famous for its magical beauty. and because in the middle of the last century they were the setting for countless spaghetti westerns. And the third day seems like another world, starting from Gor the gravel adventure enters the peaks and mountains of the Sierra de Baza through immense pine forests and oak forests to the radars of Calar Alto, exceeding the level of two thousand meters of altitude with extraordinary views of the northern slope of the Sierra Nevada, closing the loop at the Tíjola station and a section back to Arboleas along the Natural Trail.

The beginning is in the San Roque neighborhood of the municipality of Arboleas, at the beginning of the conditioned section of the Almanzora Valley on the route of the Guadix-Almendricos Greenway Natural Trail. The place is a simple road crossing with a guardhouse of the old railway level crossing. The continuation of the old mining railway towards Murcia through Zurgena and Huércal-Overa is not yet ready for bicycle traffic. The small Arboleas railway stop is in the direction of Baza about eight hundred meters later, arranged with gardens on the platforms, the Natural Trail panel, signs with names and distances and a good place to park, it can be an alternative starting point. The residential neighborhoods of Las Caleras, La Perla and El Prado disguise the whitish and steppe environment of the valley slopes, formed mainly by hills of marl, gypsum and other quirks of geology that favor the development of very exclusive and curious plants known as soap dishes.

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25.7 km

Almanzora Station

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The station has been renovated and now houses a cozy restaurant with a terrace.

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32.2 km

Dragonfly Sculpture at Cantoria Roundabout

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Deserves a photo

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40.5 km

Fines-Olula Station

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It is a pity that this station, which was once one of the most important on the line, has not been maintained and restored. Even so, pedaling through here evokes the importance that the railway once had in the entire area.

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40.6 km

Almanzora Greenway Bridge in Olula del Río

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41.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.3 km

6.75 km

5.39 km

4.35 km

1.01 km

191 m

Surfaces

20.5 km

9.55 km

9.14 km

1.88 km

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

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Tuesday 19 May

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Cantoria Tunnel – Almanzora loop from Estación de Fines-Olula

Cantoria Tunnel

Almanzora

Arboleas Station

Arboleas

Almanzora Station

Dragonfly Sculpture at Cantoria Roundabout

Fines-Olula Station

Almanzora Greenway Bridge in Olula del Río

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