Day 09 Carrocera to Braganza
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Last edit: 21-10-2025
Route Summary This route runs from Carrocera to Bragança. You'll ride through beautiful natural parks with lovely winding roads, such as the Sierra de la Culebra and Montesinho.
A beautiful ride that deserves 5 stars because of the beautiful winding roads through wonderful natural areas.
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Duration
7h 5m
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Car or motorcycle
Distance
338.19 km
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RouteXpert Review There are no scheduled stops for fuel, food, or drinks. Whenever you have the opportunity, stop at one of the points marked with a POI. Along the way, there are several small villages with restaurants and cafes.
Hotels, landmarks and recommended places to stop to enjoy the view are also indicated with a POI.
On day 9, we leave Spain and head to Bragança, Portugal. You'll drive through two beautiful nature parks, where you can enjoy stunning panoramas, scenery, and winding roads along the way.
The Sierra de la Culebra, a 95-kilometer-long, regular mountain range of medium height, forms a natural border with the Portuguese region of Tras os Montes to the west. Its slopes are forested and occasionally ravaged by forest fires. The peaks of the range are often snow-capped in winter and feature unusual-looking, rocky quartzite outcrops.
A nice town to visit is Puebla de Sanabria, for some sightseeing and perhaps lunch in one of the cafes or restaurants
At the border with Portugal, we enter Montesinho National Park. This park is located in the northwestern region of Portugal, near Bragança, and is a beautiful nature reserve with several small towns such as Franca, Meixedo, Carragosa, and Vinhais. These require a slight detour, but they are certainly lovely towns for a stroll. Hiking is also possible. The park is located in the northwest of Portugal, in the Trás-os-Montes region, and is one of the largest nature parks in Portugal. The slate and granite mountains form deep valleys, and the clear river waters flowing through them provide the perfect habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals.
The last part of the ride takes us along a beautiful road with many bends and stunning panoramas to the finish in Braganca.
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Route Collections in this region Ten Day Roadtrip from Spain to Portugal
This route collection describes a 10-day Road trip in the north of Spain and Portugal, a true paradise for motorcycling.
You drive over beautiful mountain ridges and through beautiful valleys. Along the way you drive through beautiful villages and countless nature reserves, great passes with countless curves, tunnels cut out of the mountains and azure blue reservoirs. The roads are fair to good, sometimes unpaved.
What you get to see along the way;
Spanish Pyrenees
Parc Naturel del Cadi-Moixero
Serra del Cadí
Serra de Moixeró
Pedraforca
Serra del Monsec
Collada de Clarà
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Collados del Asón Natural Park.
Parque natural Saja-Besaya
Parque natural de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre
Parque natural de la Montana de Riano y Mampodre
Picos de Europa
El Parque regional Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre
El Parque natural de Redes
The Sierra de la Culebra
Parque natural Montesinho
Along the routes there are more than enough nice places to stop for a short or longer period, these are described in the review and with a waypoint and POI included in the routes.
Have fun reading and planning your next motorcycle vacation.
If you have ridden these routes I would like to hear your feedback.
You drive over beautiful mountain ridges and through beautiful valleys. Along the way you drive through beautiful villages and countless nature reserves, great passes with countless curves, tunnels cut out of the mountains and azure blue reservoirs. The roads are fair to good, sometimes unpaved.
What you get to see along the way;
Spanish Pyrenees
Parc Naturel del Cadi-Moixero
Serra del Cadí
Serra de Moixeró
Pedraforca
Serra del Monsec
Collada de Clarà
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Collados del Asón Natural Park.
Parque natural Saja-Besaya
Parque natural de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre
Parque natural de la Montana de Riano y Mampodre
Picos de Europa
El Parque regional Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre
El Parque natural de Redes
The Sierra de la Culebra
Parque natural Montesinho
Along the routes there are more than enough nice places to stop for a short or longer period, these are described in the review and with a waypoint and POI included in the routes.
Have fun reading and planning your next motorcycle vacation.
If you have ridden these routes I would like to hear your feedback.
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