Quintín Windmill – View of the Mar Menor loop from Urbanización Mil Palmeras
Quintín Windmill – View of the Mar Menor loop from Urbanización Mil Palmeras
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Quintín Windmill – View of the Mar Menor loop from Urbanización Mil Palmeras
02:18
41.9km
80m
Mountain biking
Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 16, 2026
Tips
Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route
After 13.0 km for 59 m
After 13.3 km for 127 m
After 20.5 km for 149 m
After 27.0 km for 71 m
After 27.8 km for 70 m
After 28.3 km for 96 m
After 34.6 km for 158 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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8.03 km
Coastal and Nature Reserve Walk
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
9.51 km
Mud Baths at Villananitos Beach
Highlight • Beach
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9.58 km
Quintín Windmill
Highlight • Monument
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13.1 km
Airplane Sculptures on Lo Pagán Beach Promenade
Highlight • Monument
20.5 km
View of the Mar Menor
Highlight • Beach
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27.0 km
Mar Menor Seafront and San Javier Seaplane Memorial
Highlight • Monument
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28.3 km
Colón Promenade, Santiago de la Ribera
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36.2 km
Playa de las Higuericas
Beach
37.5 km
Playa de las Villas
Beach
38.7 km
Torre de la Horadada Watchtower
Highlight • Historical Site
In the town of Torre de la Horadada in Alicante, on the border that marks the boundary between the beaches of the Region of Murcia and those of the Valencian Community, part of the municipality of Pilar de la Horadada, we find one of the watchtowers.
Place and tower, built in 1580 on a previous tower, share the same name. The term "horadada" is based on two different facts, the first refers to the enclave of the tower itself, the Punta de la Horadada, a protrusion from land to the sea whose numerous caves, which are the product of erosion and sea winds, giving a pierced aspect to the landscape.
The structure, with a truncated conical base, has several windows and is topped by a battlement. The interior is accessed through a private residence and the floors through a central space that crosses it from top to bottom. Until the nineteenth century, the tower was used as a transmitter of optical telegraph signals, and despite certain alterations, its state of conservation is good. In 1905 it became the Palace of the Counts of Roche, a title of nobility of Castile, which, presented at the Town Hall of June 15, 1815, was issued in favor of D. Jose Antonio López de Oliver and his son, D. Antonio López de Oliver Tejedo de Teruel, owners of the Roche farm, in the Murcian municipality of La Unión, which has since been passed on to his successors.
The descendants of the Counts are the current owners of the tower, which was declared a Property of Cultural Interest and is under the protection of the Spanish Historical Heritage Act of 1985.
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41.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
22.3 km
13.1 km
2.48 km
1.92 km
1.75 km
403 m
Surfaces
24.9 km
13.5 km
1.74 km
917 m
453 m
368 m
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