Free Motorcycle Touring Routes North West Spain

On this page, you will find a selection of motorcycle touring routes for northwest Spain. Often overlooked by the more famous Picos de Europa or the N260, the routes are based around the coastal town of Navia and offer some of the most invigorating motorcycle roads Spain has to offer.

There is more information on this region of Spain in the Touring Northern Spain article.

The motorway route to the hotel isn’t one of the most exciting motorcycle touring routes in northwest Spain. It is an efficient and practical way to get to Navia, even if it is a little boring.

If you are using this route in reverse to get to the early morning ferry, the morning sun will be directly in your eyes. Taping the top of your visor as a sun shield helps, just make sure you can still see.

Alternatively, in the middle of summer with long daylight hours, this route is a great cure to having spent 28 hours on a ferry.

Two hundred forty miles along unlit twisting roads in the dark with the temperate dropping and the fog starting to form, however, can be challenging. We disembarked the ferry in early April, one year full of enthusiasm and made that mistake.

Riano is an excellent choice for a night stop. Drinking coffee and looking over the lake in the morning sunshine is an idyllic start to your first full day.

The Loop West, at 120 Miles, is the shortest route and uses part of the LU-P5501, which you may prefer to ride on an adventure bike rather than a sports bike. That said, the Fireblade made it without difficulty. It was just hard on the wrists in places.

A couple of people have kindly reported that their GPS decided to “optimise” some of the routes when they loaded them. Something worth checking to ensure an exhilarating day riding doesn’t turn into a dull day on a motorway.