From Rutas Pangea we join the #Biciscontraelvirus initiative, launched by other companies such as Todobici and DoYouBike in Valencia and La Ciclería in Zaragoza. Starting Monday, April 13, we make our fleet of urban bicycles available to those who have to work during the State of Alarm free of charge.
One more year we continue with our video contest and there are now ten calls. With this contest we want to reward and spread the creativity in video art of people who take bicycle trips and hiking routes.
By bike to the Valencian Community with Manuela Soares from Mediterranian Bike Tours. Chemi from Viajando con Gofio tells us about the great trip that is being marked with Marta pedaling a Trike from the Canary Islands to Norway. We asked Raymon from Another Life, is it possible for him to get off the bike to tell us how his bike tour through Spain is going to promote his book Take Me on a Trip. And we end the program with some book recommendations in which we pay tribute to publishers and stores that are committed to this pedal-powered literature.
After the presentation of the bicycle sector in figures and the AMBE awards, we listened to Gregorio Serrano, Director of the DGT, at the awards ceremony and Javier Villalba from the DGT talking to us about the State Strategic Plan for Bicycles. We are going on the route again to the Santander Mediterranean Greenway, but this time we are staying in Burgos, in the Arlanza Valley to tell you the story of the Sad Hill cemetery. Mythical setting of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Javi Collado tells us what the Second Bicycle Week will be like in Tarancón, Cuenca. We chat again with Didac Illa, a digital nomad by bicycle who has begun his trip around the world by bicycle with no return date.
Traveling Slowly takes you this week to New Aquitaine, a French region that awaits you with a lot to offer to enjoy your cycling holidays. We spoke with Palma Chillón who, in addition to traveling by bike, works at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at the University of Granada. For the last 10 years, her research has focused on "promoting active travel (mainly walking and cycling) to school and work. Elena Krause, whom we were fortunate enough to meet in Valencia Ciutat Amable, talks to us about cycle tourism from the point of view of ecology, and she defines herself as a very convinced environmentalist. And we will end with a great event around cycling that is being held this weekend in Girona, Sea Otter Europe.
In our program this week we continue sharing stories that we brought back from Valencia Ciutat Amable. Albert explains to us a very special project that mixes health and the Eurovelo 8 route: PH Challenge EuroCycling. From Cádiz to Athens; 5.888 KM in the fight against Pulmonary Hypertension. Evelyn Villegas tells us about a trip through Europe. She presented it as a communication at the La Bicicleta y la Ciudad congress with the title of the Beauty of the Simple. We introduce you to Antonio, to talk about his bike trip through Latin America and his relationship with the world of cycling. We want to talk to you about a Greenway, which has just been recovered and is part of a great project, the railway from Santander to the Mediterranean.
We are going on a trip to the Winter Camino de Santiago, we will learn what the Dien Chan is with Anna Roca and Amparo Redondo. Iria Prendes and Fede Andrés tell us about their bike trips. And we dedicate our closing to saying goodbye to two cycle travelers who have left us, Holger Franz Hagenbusch and Krzysztof Chmielewski, murdered while cycling through Mexico.
We know the Smugglers' Route through the north of Navarra in Baztan and Bidasoa. We tell you how we live Valencia Ciutat Amable. Patricia, Iria and Jezebel tell us what the Third Meeting of Women Cyclists was like. We say goodbye to Josetxo from Getafe and Gorka from Hondarribia who are already cycling towards Africa from Getafe with their project "Afreeka". You can follow them on a Bird without a Nest.
One of the great events of the year around cycling is already underway, Valencia Ciutat Amable and Viajando Despacio will be in Valencia to listen a lot and tell you interesting things that are happening around the world of cycle tourism. And in this week's program, Ana Vicente, deputy general director of Promotion of Rural Development tells us about the Natural Paths Program. Pedro Jiménez tells us about an exciting proposal, the Ciclovía del Tren de Arganda, and we end the program with Sofía de la Torre, better known as: La Guaytamba, who will tell us about her Warmifonias project and her new bicycle trip.
This week the topics of the program have been the EuroVelo network with Fran from SnailTouring, Belén Calahorro tells us what València Ciutat Amable will be like, the great call for the bike movement and some travelers with whom we loved chatting: Cyclotherapy. Don't miss the interview to get to know them better.
This week our program begins in France twice, we will get to know the Luberon and we will tell you about a proposal that reminds us of Perrodil's feat that he collected on his Bike! Toro!, a route from Paris to Madrid by bicycle. Pablo Strubell tells us about the IATI Conference on Great Trips that are being held in Bilbao and Javier Esquillor tells us about the cyclologistics congress that will be held soon, sponsored by Mares Madrid. And we end up with a bike traveler who has made traveling his way of life, Lorenzo Rojo, whom we interviewed while he is in Ukraine waiting for the winter to pass. Now he is back on his way to Vitoria to finish a trip around the world by bike that has lasted more than 20 years.
