About Chus

Chus Blázquez is the founder and project coordinator of Rutas Pangea, a Madrid-based cycling travel agency operating since 1993. A pioneer of organized cycle tourism in Spain, he has spent over 30 years designing and leading routes across four continents and more than 50 countries. As a consultant specializing in itinerary design, destination specialization, and tourism product development, he has worked with numerous autonomous communities and regions throughout Spain and collaborated with international destination management companies. He is a regular participant in industry fairs, conferences, workshops, and seminars, both in Spain and abroad, where he speaks about bicycle tourism as an economic activity and a driver of rural development. He is the creator of the podcast Viajando Despacio (Traveling Slowly) and a leading voice in specialized and general media outlets, including Ciclosfera, Cadena SER, Radio Viajera, El País, El Asombrario, and others. Through Rutas Pangea, he promotes initiatives for active tourism, sustainability, and rural culture through cycling.

ALMUDENA BRIDGE – QUINTO REAL AND IRATI BEECH groves BY BIKE (Navarra)

By |2019-08-19T17:56:33+02:004th September, 2015|2015|

Autumn in one of the best forests on the Peninsula: Los Montes de Quinto Real and the Irati Valley. Mountain bike tours to enjoy the landscape that the gentle Navarrese mountains offer us.

Palace of Santona

By |2015-09-02T15:12:42+02:00September 2nd, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG, HIGHLIGHTS|

The Santoña Palace sits on a building built in the 16th century, in the last years of the reign of Charles V, on the corner of Huertas and Príncipe streets, and has a long history behind it. It was later renovated in the 18th century by the architect Pedro de Ribera, to whom we owe its magnificent façade and its current exterior image, and another major renovation in the 19th century by Antonio Ruiz de Salces.

Casa de las Abejas, the residential building for Don Antonio Garay

By |2015-08-31T19:06:07+02:00August 31st, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG, HIGHLIGHTS|

The commission was for a building intended for rental housing on the recently renamed Doctor Esquerdo Street. It was known as the Housing Building for Don Antonio Garay.

Bicycle trip at the end of the year, Lanzarote by mountain bike

By |2019-08-19T17:58:54+02:00August 31st, 2015|2015|

The island of Lanzarote, volcanic like the rest of the Canary Islands, offers us a mosaic of colors, from green to blue, from ocher to black. On our bike tours we will cross through lava, jable, sand or picón, under a special light that will quickly make us forget the cold of December. A route suitable for people who have an average level of cycling.

Church of the Conception

By |2015-08-30T21:12:36+02:0030th August, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG, HIGHLIGHTS|

The first stone of the temple was laid on December 26, 1902. The person in charge of the design was the architect Eugenio Jiménez Correa, also the designer of the Church of San Fermín de los Navarros. Jiménez Correa was in charge of the work until his death in 1910. The architect Jesús Carrasco completed the church in the Salamanca district.