Lisbon to Chartres

Ride 5 – Lisbon to Chartres – October 2024

Here are the posts written about this trip:

• Day 1 – Toronto to Lisbon
• Day 2 – Lisbon to Setubal
• Day 3 – Setubal to Santiago do Cacem, Alentejo
• Day 4 & 5 – Santiago de Cacem to Aljustrel & Mertola
• Days 6 & 7 – Mertola to El Rocio
• Days 8, 9 & 10 – El Rocio to Sevilla (Oct 21, 22 & 23)
• Days 11, 12 & 13 – Sevilla, Palma del Rio, Almodovar del Rio & Cordoba(Oct 23, 24 & 25)

• Days 14 & 15 – Cordoba (Oct 26 & 27)
• Days 16, 17, 18 – Cordoba, Malaga & Nerja (Oct 28 – 30)
• Days 19-25 – Granada, Almeria, Alcabendas & San Sebastian (Oct 31 – Nov 5)

• Days 25, 26 and 27. San Sebastián, Bayonne (France!) and Dax. November 5, 6 and 7.
• Days 28 and 29. November 8th and 9th. Mont-de-Marsan and Bazas, France.
• Days 30 and 31. November 10th and 11th. Libourne and Barbizieux, France.
• Day 32, November 12, 75 km Barbezieux to Aubigné
• Days 33 and 34. Wed Nov 13 and Thu Nov 14. Aubigné to Poitier to Nouâtre.
• Friday November 15 through Sunday the 17th, Days 35, 36, 37. Nouâtre to Tours for one night, Amboise for two nights.
• Monday Nov. 18, Tuesday Nov. 19, Wednesday Nov. 20. Days 38, 39, 40 two nights at Chef Christophe Hay’s Fleur de Loire Hotel and Michelin starred restaurants followed by a night at the Brit Hotel, Chateaudun.
• Days 41 and 42. Chateaudun to Chartres on Thursday November 21st through a raging blizzard: the toughest day of riding, EVER. Chartres to Paris to Toronto on Friday. The fabulous end of a fabulous trip.