La TransAndalus NO está señalizada. En algunos tramos que se coincide con senderos de Gran Recorrido (GR) o Pequeño Recorrido (GR) podremos aprovecharnos de sus pintadas roja y blanca o amarilla y blanca características. Por ello la TransAndalus nos exigirá prestar atención a la orientación. Por nuestra parte hemos puesto a disposición de todos los viajeros elementos más que suficientes para facilitar la tarea de seguir el camino: rutómetros, mapas y tracks para GPS.

Desde el comienzo nuestro objetivo ha sido facilitar la mayor información posible al viajero para poder planificar y realizar la ruta. Para ello ponemos a disposición de los "alforjeros" una variada documentación y recursos:

We have considered the end of each route to coincide with some type of establishment where a traveller can stay to eat and rest until de next day. Details about these establishments, names, address and web, are in each province´s roadmap. On the other hand those of you that travel with sleeping bag and tent can sleep anywhere as long as you respect the camping areas available.

There isn't an established start point for the TransAndalus. It´s a circular route and everyone, depending on their preference, fitness and time available, can chose where to begin and end.

The TransAndalus is a route designed by bikers and for bikers. The level of difficulty, physically and tecnically would be halfway between de level of the French Way (Way of Santiago) and the Transpyrenean, though a bit closer to the second. It's not indicated for beginners to mountainbiking. For them the  Silver Route or the French Way would be a better option.

Although it's really a personal matter and  some like to travel warmer or colder than others, what´s unquestionable is the low rain pattern in Andalucía that makes it a destination like no other for cyclotourists, it's mild weather makes it a route you can do all year round. That said, we must specify that:

• in the months of July and August it can be very hot, specialy between the 15th of July and the 15th of August.
• in the winter months we can find snow at the mountain pass of Sierra de los Filabres (Almería) and in Campos de Hernán Perea (Jaén)

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The end of each route has been established in towns with accommodation for cyclotourists, therefore you won't need to carry that extra weight, although travellers that take sleeping basg and tent can mark their own end of  route each day (obeying the rules of campsites). In each town at the end of the route there is either a hotel, a camping or a bed&breakfast waiting for you. In the roadbook you will find names, addresses, telephone number and webpage of these establishments.

In a nearby future, our intention is to publicize a travel guide to help you orientate during the route. Meanwhile with the roadbooks and maps that are in the web we can make our own guide, want to know how? Open this PDF document where we give advise on how to make your own travel guide.

No es cuestión de ir cambiando de bici. La mejor bici es la que estemos acostumbrados a montar. Pero es cierto que el terreno, el firme, los porcentajes,... "piden" un tipo de bici u otro. En el caso de la Transandalus con muchas partes que ya harían las delicias de cualquier biker incluso sin alforjas, pensamos que se disfrutará más de la ruta con una bici con doble suspensión.

La cantidad de cosas para llevar dependerá del tipo de ruta que nos hayamos planteado, de los gustos en la pernoctación/alimentación, del presupuesto,...

Como norma general recomendamos para poder disfrutar de la TA viajar ligeros de equipaje. Eso implica nuestra preferencia por dormir en alojamientos (nos ahorramos tienda, saco, aislante, toalla, comida,...)

También recomendamos no llevar cosas "por si...". Los "por si" pesan mucho y casi nunca se usan.

Más recomendaciones sobre equipaje en los consejos sobre cicloturismo de montaña de Richi y de Jaime

The TransAndalus is NOT signposted. Some parts of the route that coincide with tracks from different GRs we can use either the red and white marks or the yellow and white marks that are caracteristic of these routes. Therefore to do the TransAndalus we must pay attention to our orientation. As for us, we have put to the travelers disposal enough elements to help follow the route:  roadbook, maps and  GPS tracks.