We left Zuheros hoping we would have stayed one more night. The town is mystical and has lots to offer. Our hotel was fantastic and so was the brekkie they offered for 4 Euros. Lots of jam, chorizo, goat’s cheese, “tostadas with tomate”, etc. The personnel at this hotel were very nice, especially Antonio from the restaurant.
We had drinks at the Palenque at the top with a majestic view last night and ended up having dinner at our hotel: spinach with chick peas and chorizo, a majestic salad with flambeed goat’s cheese and feed-fried eggplant with honey – all three were an absolute delight. Cheese is big in this region, so make sure you get your fix!
As far as the ride today, it was only ~30 Km with gentle climbs and almost no traffic. Getting out Zuheros was very easy (thought the steep hills out of the hotel with the huge brekkie was not a good combo!). Throughout the ride you are surrounded but the “Parque Natural de las Sierras Subbéticas”, which offers incredible views of mountains.
We did stop through Antonio’s hometown, “Luque”, and it’s definitely wort visiting with its maze of streets and beautiful plaza next to the church.
Arriving Priego was easy and we found our hotel next to the church very easily. I would not recommend the hotel, the owner has a restaurant as well and has a hard time balancing the service between the two. Our bikes had to sleep outside even though we were told that there was a place to safely store them.
As a general comment I would only recommend doing this ride before the time we did it. We’ve been told it’s not unusual for these days to be 40+ degrees C but today we’ve had a max of 24 and will continue like so for at least a week.
