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Picos de Europa

Round the Picos from Cangas de Onis: east through the La Hermida gorge to Potes, over San Glorio and the Ponton, and back through the Beyos gorge.

Distance
124 miles (199 km)
Type
Loop
Where
Asturias and Cantabria

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

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Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

AS-114N-621CA-185N-625PO-2

From the map

Longest gap between fuel
39 miles
Fuel stations near the line
6
Curvature
273 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
17
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 83 to mile 123. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 94 to mile 114, at 434 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Puerto de San Glorio (1,599 m, mile 66), Puerto del Pontón (1,296 m, mile 95).
  • One motorcycle shop is within 3 km of the line.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • A popular first tour for UK riders off the Santander and Bilbao ferries.
  • Gorge roads have rockfall. Watch the surface after rain.

On the way

  1. Cangas de Onis
  2. Arenas de Cabrales
  3. Panes
  4. Potes
  5. Puerto de San Glorio
  6. Puerto del Ponton
  7. Cangas de Onis
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Cangas de Onis

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Spain

Money
Euro
Ride on the
Right
  • Carry your insurance certificate. Check how long your UK policy covers you in Spain
  • Some cities, such as Barcelona, ask foreign vehicles to register in advance for their low emission zones
  • Using an earpiece while riding is illegal. Only completely hands-free units are allowed

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Cave · On the route

Peña del Alba cave

Cave, Cultural Interest Asset.

Boca de Huérgano Castle
Castle · On the route

Boca de Huérgano Castle

Edificio en Boca de Huérgano, España.

Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0
Puerto del Pontón
Pass · On the route

Puerto del Pontón

Mountain pass in León Province, Spain.

Photo: Totemkin, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cave · 0.9 km off the route

Los Azules cave

Cave, azilian culture.

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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