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Day Fifteen
Aranjuezto Toledo (42.4 km)
We’re not going to lie: Of all the days of the Trans-Iberian, this day may possibly be the least attractive simply becausethere’s no nice way (yet!) of getting into Toledo.This may change when the city starts work on a Vía Verde that wouldlink the town of Mocejón with the city, but until then, it’s fairly industrial. If you’re doing the second half of the Trans-Iberian, you may find it easier to take the bus directly to Toledo from Madrid’s Méndez Álvaro bus station rather than ridealong what is basically a hot, dusty, exposed ride. If it’s been raining or you’re on a road bike, consider using theshoulder of the N400 until you reach the Santa María de Benquerencia industrial estate at the 34 km point.
kmYou need to…
0.0Aranjuez Train Station. Go out the Paseo de la Estación, turn RIGHT onto the M416 (Antigua Carretera de Toledo) andride out over the bridge.
3.0M416 crosses the A4 motorway. Go over the bridge and straight through the roundabout.
7.2Pavement ends at the Las Infantas train station (abandoned). Keep following the dirt road straight ahead. This train line(which is now only used for freight trains) will be your companion until you get to Toledo itself.
9.6Pass a farm (no aggressive dogs that we’ve seen). Note the cement irrigation canal on your left; you should keep this onyour LEFT for the next ten kilometres.
12.2Path gets closer to Tagus and will start rising
12.5T-intersection: Turn RIGHT
14.5Path crosses the CM4004 regional road. Watch for heavy truck traffic. Keep going straight ahead.
18.2Path reaches a five-way junction: take RIGHT towards farm buildings.
19.4Path reaches farm. If the paths are too muddy to continue, turn RIGHT and continue along N400 for 14 km (“*” below.) Ifpaths are fine and you want to continue offroad, follow the path that goes through the farm and rises slightly to the left.
20.3Path crosses irrigation canal, so you should now have the viaduct structure on your right.
20.5Lesser path diverges to left. Keep going STRAIGHT.
20.9Path crosses irrigation canal again, so you should now have the viaduct structure on your left.
21.1Cross railway tracks.
22.0T-intersection; keep following big path so that you still go parallel to irrigation viaduct.
23.2Fork in paths; take the RIGHT path so that you’re moving away from the irrigation viaduct
23.7Four-way intersection with paths. Keep going straight ahead.
25.3Pass abandoned farm.
27.4Path comes out at intersection with CM4006, near disused Algodor Station. You will need to take the N400 towardsToledo for five kilometres.
29.2N400 goes under AVE high-speed train line.
33.4N400 expands to four lanes. (*)
34.0Just after the N400 goes to four lanes, take the first RIGHT at the first roundabout onto Avenida Vía Tarpeya to get intothe Santa María de Benquerencia industrial estate.
34.5Turn LEFT onto Calle del Río Jarama at the wind generator factory
39.5At the end of Calle del Río Jarama, the road forks. Take RIGHT fork and go over the train tracks, following the path asyou keep the train tracks to your immediate left. This path will eventually merge with the removed train tracks.
40.5Path goes under motorway cloverleaf interchange.
41.0At the first paved road after the path, turn LEFT.
41.1Immediately after you turn left, you’ll come out at the Ronda de la Rosa roundabout. Turn RIGHT and follow Paseo de laRosa for 800 metres.
42.0Roundabout in front of the Toledo train station. Cross street to get to other side to get to Calle Cabrahigos.
42.1Take first RIGHT onto Calle Subida del Hospital and ride all the way to the top.
42.5Castillo de San Servando Youth Hostel.
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