Somontano Mountain Bike Routes
The Somontano boasts a great variety of landscapes that in just a few kilo metres can change from mountain areas to Mediterranean forests, from green thickets to semi-desert areas, from dark ravines to sunny riverbanks, from the hustle and bustle of the town to the peace and quiet of the village or the solitude of a shrine along the way. The Somontano is many worlds rolled into one, all of them within easy reach on a bicycle.
Nine signposted routes cover a large part of the region and range in difficulty (green, blue, red or black) depending on the terrain, the length of the route and their technical difficulty. All the routes are two-way and circular and many of them connect up with each other, allowing cyclists to venture on journeys of between 35 and 40 kilometres long.
MTB Recommended Routes:
- Puerta de Guara route: Alberuela de Laliena - Radiquero - San Pelegrín - Alberuela de Laliena
- Promenade au pied de la Sierra: Alquézar-Radiquero-Alberuela de Laliena-Adahuesca
- Route Campos de Bierge: Bierge - San Pedro de Verona - Cabañera Bierge - Fuente Vieja
- Route Piedras de Leyenda: Abiego - Azlor - Huerta de Vero - Adahuesca - Abiego
- Route de los Pozos Fuente: Laluenga - Lacuadrada - Lagunarrota - Laperdiguera - Laluenga
- Routw Barbastro Suroeste: Barbastro - Permisán - Fornillos - Monasterio del Pueyo - Barbastro
- Route de Santa María de Dulcis: Buera - Colungo - Buera
- Route de los Viñedos: Buera - Salas Altas - Salas Bajas - Pozán de Vero - Huerta de Vero - Buera
- Route Sierra de Salinas: Colungo - Naval - Salinas de Hoz - Colungo
- Recommendations and regulations
Puerta de Guara route: Alberuela de Laliena - Radiquero - San Pelegrín - Alberuela de Laliena
Distance: 19,12 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: Hard.
Maximum height: 1.005 m.
Minimum height: 602 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 535,53 m.
Points of interest: the village of San Pelegrín, the shrine of the Virgen de Viña, the shrine of San Fabián and San Sebastián, panoramic views.
Tour at the foot of the Sierra: Alquézar-Radiquero-Alberuela de Laliena-Adahuesca
Distance: 20 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: medium.
Maximum height: 650 m.
Minimum height: 500 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 350 m.
Points of interest: the villages of Alquézar, Adahuesca, Radiquero and Alberuela de Laliena, panoramic views, farmland.
Campos de Bierge route: Bierge - San Pedro de Verona - Cabañera Bierge - Fuente Vieja
Distance: 18 km.
Estimated time: 2,5 hours.
Difficulty rating: medium.
Maximum height: 765,99 m.
Minimum height: 517,00 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 410,99 m.
Points of interest: the shrine of San Pedro de Verona, avantage point for watching vultures, the Sierra Visitor Centre and the Guara canyons.
Ancient Stones route: Abiego - Azlor - Huerta de Vero - Adahuesca - Abiego
Distance: 27,59 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: medium.
Maximum height: 642,79 m.
Minimum height: 132,21 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 583,75 m.
Points of interest: Cabañera, Ulrich Rükriem’s monument to the 20th Century, the convent of San Joaquín (Abiego),
the Romanesque shrine of Treviño, Crucelós (Adahuesca), panoramic views.
Well-Springs route: Laluenga - Lacuadrada - Lagunarrota - Laperdiguera - Laluenga
Distance: 36,05 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: easy.
Maximum height: 528,89 m.
Minimum height: 409,19 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 425,41m.
Points of interest: the well-springs of Laluenga and Laperdiguera, the Way of St James, the shrine of Santa Águeda, the Greenwich Meridian line, panoramic views, the spring and shrine of San Gregorio (Berbegal).
Barbastro South West route: Barbastro - Permisán - Fornillos - Monastery of Pueyo - Barbastro
Distance: 34,67 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: medium.
Maximum height: 670,01 m.
Minimum height: 301,39 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 676,47 m.
Points of interest: the monastery of Pueyo, the countryside, the villages in the south of the Somontano, ancient Moorish
cisterns and archaeological sites.
Santa María de Dulcis route: Buera-Colungo-Buera
Distance: 18,53 km.
Estimated time: 2 hours.
Difficulty rating: easy.
Maximum height: 717,99 m.
Minimum height: 520,99 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 356,07 m.
Points of interest: the sanctuary of Santa María de Dulcis (Buera) and the Cave Art Visitor Centre in Colungo.
Vineyards routes: Buera - Salas Altas - Salas Bajas - Pozán de Vero - Huerta de Vero - Buera
Distance: 27,68 km.
Estimated time: 3 hours.
Difficulty rating: easy.
Maximum height: 687,51 m.
Minimum height: 425,50 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 560,92 m.
Points of interest: The sanctuary of Santa María de Dulcis, the D’os Moros ice well, the Somontano olive mill and museum in Buera, La Candelera shrine (Salas Altas), panoramic views, and the vineyards of the Somontano Designation of Origin.
Sierra de Salinas route: Colungo - Naval - Salinas de Hoz - Colungo
Distance: 33,07 km.
Estimated time: 4 hours.
Difficulty rating: Hard.
Maximum height: 859,84 m.
Minimum height: 536,75 m.
Cumulative ascent/descent: 1185,06 m.
Points of interest: The shrine of Santa Eulalia, the Cave Art Visitor Centre in Colungo, the salt beds of La Rolda, the
Pottery Visitor Centre in Naval, vineyards and panoramic views.
Information provided by Tourism Somontano.
