Route: Desierto de Las Palmas (Spain)

Submitted by escoacorrere on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 05:38am
Location
Castellón, ES
Distance
17.31 km
Vertical Gain
740 m
Description

Desert de les Palmes, also known as Serra del Desert de les Palmes is an 18.8 km long mountain range in the Plana Alta comarca, Valencian CommunitySpain. Its highest point is Bartolo (729 m).

The Desert de les Palmes stretches in a NE - SW direction in the municipal terms of BenicàssimCabanesLa Pobla TornesaBorriol and Castelló de la Plana. It is located near the Mediterranean coastline, crossed by the highway between Barcelona and Valencia.

This route is often part of la Vuelta a España, the national cycle race, famous all over the world.

It's a great route for running, very scenic and challenging.  

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