PiCOS DE EUROPA: Northern Spain's MOST BEAUTIFUL Nationalpark with a motorcycle

Planet Ride Stories
Planet Ride Stories
Sep 22, 2026

Join an adventurous motorcycle road trip to the Spanish mountain range Picos de Europa - the summits of Europe.
Only 20 kilometers from the Atlantic coast of Spain, there is a picturesque rugged mountain chain. A beautiful inhabited National Park - and one of the places that I visited before, but that I had a big urge to return to: The Picos de Europa.

Here are the highlights, best places to stay and best roads to travel when visiting Picos de Europa Nationalpark:

00:00 Introduction to the Picos de Europa National Park
01:50 The most scenic route for traveling to the Picos de Europa from east - CA-282
02:11 N621 in the Picos de Europa is a great motorcycle road - especially the southern section to Riano
03:39 At the village Panes we turned onto route AS 114 - and drove another curvy detour on route AS 345 on the way to our hotel
04:41 A charming village to stay over night: Las Arenas
05:40 Start of our offroad adventure!
06:35 At tLas Arenas we crossed Rio Casano and continued on route AS 264, that takes you to the starting point of one of the most famous hiking routes in Spain: Ruta del Cares
08:34 Best village to stay over night in the Picos de Europa: Sotres
09:19 Offroad from Sotres to Espinama
11:45 Bummer! We had to turn around! Find out why!

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