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Gorafe Desert – Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint loop from Playa de Freila

Gorafe Desert – Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint loop from Playa de Freila

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Gorafe Desert – Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint loop from Playa de Freila

05:30

66.0km

1,320m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 3, 2026

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Geoparque de Granada

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21.8 km

Gorafe Desert

Highlight • Natural

The Gorafe Desert is located in La Hoya de Guadix, a natural plain plenty of gullies and badlands in the northern part of the province of Granada.

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23.1 km

Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

From here the Desierto Gorafe lies at your feet. Great panoramas at any time of the day or year. Absolute must on gravel and mountain bike tours.

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23.2 km

Gorafe Desert - Gravel Paradise 🏜️

Highlight (Segment) • Canyon

The Gorafe desert is a particularly beautiful place that - very different from the Sahara, for example - does not consist of loose sand, but a high stone plain that …

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30.1 km

View of the Badlands in Geoparque de Granada

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice little place with the best view.

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33.3 km

Los Coloraos Badlands

Highlight • Canyon

This beautiful place located in Gorafe owes its name to the predominant color in the geological formations of its clay soils.

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38.2 km

Badlands of Guadix (Geoparque de Granada)

Highlight • Canyon

38.3 km

Cerro de la Bandera

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

If you're hiking the Gorafe desert trail counterclockwise, this is the first spectacular point.
Enjoy the fantastical forms, carved by wind and water into towers and walls.

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42.8 km

The Gorafe Badlands are a unique landscape due to their characteristic reddish and ocher geological formations. It is an ideal place for cycling and discovering the geological and archaeological wealth …

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66.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.7 km

15.6 km

3.21 km

505 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

48.0 km

10.00 km

8.03 km

< 100 m

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Lowest point (610 m)

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Wednesday 20 May

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Gorafe Desert – Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint loop from Playa de Freila

Gorafe Desert

Puntal de Don Diego Viewpoint

Gorafe Desert - Gravel Paradise 🏜️

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Los Coloraos Badlands

Badlands of Guadix (Geoparque de Granada)

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