La Vuelta Stage 11 travels from Cartagena to Lorca through Portmán, Los Nietos, Los Urrutias, Los Alcázares and the Mar Menor. See the official estimated local passage times for Wednesday 2 September 2026.
Ride from Los Alcázares along the Mar Menor to La Manga Club, Portmán and La Unión on one of Stuart Mitchell’s favourite local road cycling routes.
A local guide to road cycling from San Pedro del Pinatar, combining Mar Menor starts with quieter inland route options.
Five different road-cycling route styles to help riders plan a varied week from La Manga Club.
Stuart looks back at years of delivering premium road bikes to Mar Menor Golf Resort and helping visiting cyclists discover the surrounding roads.
In 2021, OriMar Bikes owner Stuart Mitchell was invited to introduce Bike Magazine readers to road cycling around the Mar Menor and wider Murcia Region.
Why Los Alcázares makes a flexible road-cycling base for steady Mar Menor kilometres and longer inland rides.