Traveling Slowly, program 58 bicycle vacations
We begin the route, with some destination recommendations to enjoy this time of year, ideal for enjoying pedaling. It is time to explore fantastic forests of beech trees, oaks or the banks of our rivers. We have with us Anna Carrera, Brand Manager of Activo and Natura of the Catalan Tourism Agency who is going to tell us how they are in charge of promoting bicycle tourism in Catalonia. We introduce you to Juan Manuel Buzón Cabrera, a cycle traveler friend, who will tell us why he likes bike trips. We bring you a book "From Alcarria to the Himalayas" and we are lucky enough to chat with its author Miguel Ángel Díaz Martínez so he can tell us things about the book and the great trip he made.
Winter time in Pangea Routes
Although the weather seems to contradict it, we are approaching winter and the time change has already occurred. Starting tomorrow we start with the winter schedule on Rutas Pangea. We will remain closed on Sundays and our hours will be from 10 a.m. to 14 p.m. and from 16 p.m. to 19 p.m. from Monday to Saturday.
Traveling Slowly, program 57 bicycle vacations
Before starting, a mention of the worrying situation of air pollution in Madrid. As always we are going on the road, today south, to Tarifa, to visit the Strait Natural Park and the Campo de Gibraltar, in Cádiz. We will find out how the day went on cycle logistics as a last mile transport solution with Javier Esquillor from Mar Movilidad. In our most practical part we want to present you a very special rack, El Burro. José Luis from the Cycle Tourism Federation talks to us about why this federation was born and what its objectives are. We end with Ulises and María, two cycle travelers who began their cycling adventure through the Andes and have now expanded their dream to all of South America.
Traveling Slowly, program 56 bicycle vacations
Viajandodespacio with many cycloviajer@s, we tell you what 100×100 CiclaMadrid will be like, a solidarity event to publicize CICLAMADRID and the territories through which it travels. Laura from Pekebikers tells us about the bike trips they have taken this summer. Our French friend Jean Luc Soriano tells us about his bike trip through Cuba and we chat with Fernando from Ciclotraveling who tells us about his travel philosophy
Traveling Slowly, program 55 bicycle vacations
We are going to the north of the Peninsula, to discover a mythical land. Guti Martín from Sherpa Project to tell us about the MTB Centers in Galicia. David García tells us about a solidarity project called Bicis para Nicaragua and that we loved. We will meet a traveler who has already traveled many kilometers, Josetxo from A Bird Without a Nest. Josetxo will tell us about his last trip and the next one. And finally, a book that for now is only available in Catalan, Pedals i plomes by Ponç Feliu. Ponç tells us about his love for cycling and birds and about a personal challenge, to see the greatest number of different species of birds in Catalonia in a year but traveling only by bike, that is Green Birding.
Traveling Slowly, program 54 bicycle vacations
Traveling Slowly brings you closer to the Vía Verde de la Sierra, one of the most beautiful Greenways in our country and which has just won an award, another one, awarded by the European Association of Greenways. Some listeners have asked us to talk about an important element on our bikes, the suspension fork. Víctor from Rutas Pangea tells us about the different types of suspension and especially its maintenance. Almudena from the Nzuri Daima Foundation is going to tell us a beautiful story where the bike is the protagonist and a tool for change towards a better life and with more opportunities. And we will also have Javier Lillo from Pata de Cabra, a sister radio with many contents related to the bike. We finish with a book that talks about the great promise of Dutch cycling in the 2000s, Thomas Dekker, and his fall into the abyss.
Traveling Slowly, program 53 bicycle vacations
Traveling Slowly goes to Cap de Creus, we spoke with Ruben Carbonero from Mejor en Bici, Mariana Salvador from Santa Fe by bike and we told you how the UNIBIKE 2017 fair went.
Pangea Routes and Traveling Slowly at the UNIBIKE 2017 Fair
UNIBIKE 2017, the bicycle fair, has ended, Pangea Routes and Traveling Slowly were there. In the coming weeks, the audience figures and comparisons on whether the fair has grown compared to previous years will come, here we tell you our feelings.
Traveling Slowly, program 52 bicycle vacations
Traveling Slowly takes you today to the Vía Verde de Ojos Negros, an old mining train that takes us from the Sierra Menera in the interior of Teruel to the Mediterranean Sea. We will speak with Iván Villarrubia who will tell us about a By Bike through Madrid project in which they are mapping the Cycle Routes of Madrid. We are in the middle of the UNIBIKE fair, the largest showcase of the bicycle sector in our country, we will talk about how the fair is going and the bicycle tourism forum. In addition, we will have the opportunity to speak with Xavi Narro, bicycle traveler and writer. We highly recommend the novel in which he tells of his trip around the world by bicycle: Vagabundo.
Traveling Slowly, program 51 bicycle vacations
Today at Viajando Despacio we connect with the Camino de Santiago and talk to the people who are participating in the Camino de Santiago from Madrid organized by Rutas Pangea. Very current, the second edition of Trans-Nomad Powered by Fox is underway. Today the European Mobility Week begins and La Celeste begins in Madrid City Hall, with the motto 'Sharing takes you further'. This weekend one of the big events of the season will take place at the Matadero: the Festibal con B de Bici. And we finish the mobility week with UNIBIKE. We ended up with a great bike traveler Bart Bloem.
Traveling Slowly, program 50 bicycle vacations
Program number 50 of Viajando Despacio, already a year accompanying your Friday mornings. Thank you very much to all the people who listen to us for allowing us to get here. We celebrated a year of programs with a special program to talk about travelers, bikes and to talk a lot about radio, with many radio people like Roge Blasco from Levando Anclas, Dani Cabezas from La Ciudad Secreta on Darwinians Radio Bike, Iñaki Makazaga from Piedra de Toque, we also managed to speak with Paco Nadal, while he was packing to leave on a trip to Africa.
A map of the most sustainable Madrid
Surely there are not all that should appear, but it is certainly a good compilation. Good Goal makes independent guides with lists of places in Europe that are sustainable with the environment, they are more than a business, companies that care about society, innovative, committed to society and the cities in which they are located, organizations who have "a good goal", a good goal. We are very happy to appear on the map of Madrid, together with another Sannas company
Traveling Slowly, episode 49 bicycle vacation
At Viajandodespacio today we spoke with Esther Anaya who tells us what the next Cycling&Society Symposium will be like, with Chema Rabasa from Itinerantur to get to know the province of Castellón. Eneko from Libros de Ruta tells us about the new book they have published about Lance Armstrong, “The Wheel of Lies” and a bicycle traveler that we love Albert Sans, a bicycle nomad, musician, excellent photographer and great conversationalist.
Traveling Slowly, episode 46 bicycle vacation
Today on Viajando Despacio we want to introduce you to a social project with commitment. We will talk to David Saiz who, together with his friend Loumkoua, will cycle from Ceuta to Brussels demanding a more supportive Europe. We will talk again with Andrea María Navarrete after her tour of Spain and we will find out what impressions she has of the citizen movement around the bike in our country. We will get to know a dream destination, Tanzania, with Pepe from SafariBikeAfrica. This week our book is a new magazine, BiciTravel, we talk to Javier Bañon, its coordinator. We will introduce you to a traveller and friend, Antonio from Monte Holiday Ecotourism, who will tell us about a great bike trip.
Traveling Slowly, episode 45 bicycle vacation
We start the month of August in Traveling Slowly, and with many interesting topics. Ángel Planas, manager of the Girona Greenways Consortium, tells us about the Pirinexus route. Xandra Troyano from Another tourism is possible tells us the results of the study on the economic impact of cycle tourism in Catalonia. Victor González Linares presents us with Tim Krabbé's latest book, “The Fourteenth Stage.” And we will meet a traveler, Javi on a bike with wings, who will tell us about his next adventure, the Camino de Santiago from Madrid.
Closed for cycling holidays
As is traditional at Rutas Pangea we are closed for a few days in August. Most of us are cycling around Europe, organizing cycling holidays so that you can enjoy the summer cycling, as we like best. The office will be closed from August 1st to 16th, both inclusive.
Traveling Slowly, episode 44 bicycle vacation
Today at Viajando Despacio we say goodbye to the month of July with a special on bicycle trips and travel books. Recommending readings for the month of August that is already arriving. A conversation between Chus Blazquez and Jezabel Ramírez uniting two passions: bicycle trips and books. In addition, we will meet Jesús Marrufo, a bicycle traveler, and some of his projects, such as Spain from Cape to Cape. This is how it's nice to learn geography
Traveling Slowly, episode 43 bicycle vacation
Viajando Despacio returns to one of our favourite routes, La Ruta del Cid, to learn about Jorge de Vicente's charity project. Kevin from Gatos Mensajeros brings us up to date on the employment situation for bicycle messengers in Madrid. Manu, from Biciteca, brings us the book of the week, Las Leyendas del Tour. We will meet a Galician traveller, Alba, Sol del Norte.
Traveling Slowly, episode 42 bicycle vacation
Today on Viajando Despacio we are going to Flanders with Ángeles Alonso from VisitFlanders. It's the middle of summer and we'll talk about cycling in the heat and how to protect ourselves. We'll meet Pablo Mandado from The Crazy Travel, a great bicycle traveller. And we'll introduce you to the book Nomadismos by Albert Sans.
The Irta Mountains
The main value of the Sierra de Irta is to show that the conservation of nature, the safeguarding of the territory, offers greater possibilities for the tourist development of a region, allowing the implementation of tourist initiatives with greater added value, with tourism of more quality and aligned with the sustainable tourism proposals that are trending for the most demanding markets.