Spain: N-630 Pajares Pass into Asturias

A ride down the Pajares Pass (Puerto de Pajares) on the Asturias side, which may be the steepest national road in Spain.

[@antoniosuarez1475]

I live near there, in Asturia`s capital and i used to go there to ride with the motorbike, such a cool road!!

[@luiscoutopereira2779]

This port of Pajares I lowered it in 2010 and it impressed me a lot, I had my foot on the brake constantly, it has been impressive and the landscape exceptional. LONG LIVE ASTURIAS! Greetings from Barcelona.

[@EuropeanRoads]

If you put your foot on the brake the whole time, the brakes may overheat. It's better to put it in a lower gear and use engine braking.

[@luiscoutopereira2779]

@@EuropeanRoads Tienes razón.

[@eulaliaizquierdomaestre6500]

Viva Asturias😍😍😍😍 te hecho de menos..... .. Y espero volver para my bien

[@luiscoutopereira2779]

Este puerto de Pajares lo bajé en 2010 y me impresionó un montón, tenía el pie en el freno constantemente, ha sido impresionante y el paisaje excepcional. ¡VIVA ASTURIAS! Saludos desde Barcelona.

[@javiercampabadaldou1970]

Me contaron hace ya muchos años historias, que podrían ser calificadas de "mitológicas", sobre como se llevaba el pescado hasta Madrid, en pleno invierno, en los años 40 y 50, atravesando como se podía éste puerto. Algún día quisiera visitarlo.

[@jgf722]

@@javiercampabadaldou1970 Noes ninguna mitología jajajajaja, el Puerto Payares, es uno de los puertos más peligrosos que existen " sino se conocen" de crio cuando hibamos con el 600 cargado a tope y con 4 pasajeros, había Mercedes tirados en los arcenes, porque como nose conozca y se sepa meter bien las velocidades acabas quemando el coche, en los autos de ahora sería casi imposible, que ocurriera. hay una cuesta que pone el 17% pero en realidad debe ser casi del 25% porque! por las leyes de antes que no podían tener mayor desnivel del 17% y para dar de paso la carretera ocultaron la realidad de la pendiente, es más peligroso el bajarlo que el subirlo.

[@encarnacionveronicamarti5596]

Madre mía, qué mareo. My God, what dizziness! thank you. And I agree with what Dana says. Copy and Paste: "I think that the train ride would be worth the money, just to see where they go high up in the mountains." saludos, verónica

[@guiastur]

Great video!

[@bbujnyik]

Beautiful landscape and nice video with lots of interesting information😍

[@adelosrm2218]

The railway could be considered crazy today, but at the moment of its construction, the end of XIX century, was a technical success. It broke the secular isolation of Asturias, just see the range of mountains the road is crossing, and was very important for its economy. Anyway, yes, today it is completely out of date.

[@roadsexplore]

Great drive, I love the descents from the passes into Cantabria or Asturia, did some of them during a roadtrip through the region, but not Pajares, so it was very nice to see it.

[@gylmano]

Please remember, in winter this passes usually become officially closed when the heavy snow comes. This mountains get blanketed in snows every winter, and as you see the road is steep and dangerous enough in fair weather.

[@jaimee.m4713]

great drive, there is a lot of trafic on this road, (Spaniards we hate tolls and others we still loving to drive cars in tricky roads like this). Other problem in this road, is weather, lot of times it is raining, snowing or the mist is so thick that you must drive as carefull as you can.

[@EuropeanRoads]

I bet it's a pretty challenging drive when there is snow cover on a 17% grade.

[@antoniomonreal620]

@@EuropeanRoads I did once on a AWD car with all weather tyres, the only place where the car skidded was at the end of that curve with that 17.5 grade (a bit of understeer). Fortunately, It was like 2 a.m and nobody was coming on the opposite direction. It's a fun road to drive through.

[@aveceslina]

Asturias paraíso natural 💙💛💙

[@danachappell3861]

What a ride!! That would have been fantastic to actually get into the valley from that road too. I think that the train ride would be worth the money, just to see where they go high up in the mountains. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us!!!

[@ignaciocano1366]

con vuestro permiso, lo comparto en redes sociales

[@kekoasturies]

Welcome to the paradise

[@diogorodrigues747]

Interesting road and landscapes! I'm surprised that you caught very good weather there... When I go to Asturias, I never catch great weather, even in summer! 😂

[@Breys69]

When you arrive in Asturias ask an Asturian and he will always tell you ... Well, until yesterday it was doing good.😂😂😂😂

[@PRbcn]

Gracias por el vídeo. Cuántas veces lo bajé en el coche, en los ochenta, con mi padre conduciendo camino de la playa, recuerdo desbloqueado. Lástima que sucesivos gobiernos permitan que la red nacional de carreteras esté en el estado en el que las podemos encontrar actualmente.

[@costadelsol1980]

very nice!!!!

[@premanshibuya]

Nice bro

[@simonemuginski1869]

Obrigada pela carona👏👏👏🎶🎶🎶

[@elsenderoroadadventure9515]

Good job

[@mivegar1503]

Asturias paraíso natural

[@dani_9089]

Nice video. Just one thing, the mountains that you indicate as Cordillera Cantábrica is the Ubiña Massif, whose highest point is Peña Ubiña (2417m) which is located in the Cantabrian Range, which is the entire mountain chain that goes from Galicia to the Basque Country and reaches altitudes up to 2650m.😉

[@EuropeanRoads]

The Cantabrian Mountains seems to be unknown outside of Spain. People definitely know the Pyrenees, but they have never heard of the Cantabrian Mountains when I told them of my travels. Some people also think that Basque Country spans the entire north coast of Spain (into Galicia). I'd say most people are not really aware how big Spain is east to west. From France to A Coruña is like a 7 hour drive.

[@Breys69]

@@EuropeanRoads This is because for many years the Vascongadas were news every day, unfortunately. In addition to the great institutional publicity it has. It all depends on the news or advertising that is exported. I still remember when the vision they had of the Spanish was that we were all bullfighters, because here there was only sun and bullfights. It was what was being sold.

[@sslaxx]

Honesty in tourism adverts is rarely appreciated, unfortunately...

[@Sabugo524]

Pajares, León- Asturias.

[@joellosada4575]

A mi me gusta mas subirlo que bajarlo. Ademas como soy de asturias es lo que me toca, en moto me gusta subirlo dandole caña y luego relajarme en las curvas amplias que llegan nada mas coronar

[@bundesautobahn7]

I don't want to know how hot those brakes must have been after the downhill section of that road.

[@jorgefernandez184]

Yep, engine brake is your best friend on these kind of roads

[@SeverityOne]

Like the one driving the first white car... no idea how to drive in a hilly/mountainous area. Having said that, that run-off strip halfway down the 17% decline is a reminder that brakes can and do fail.

[@jaimee.m4713]

in this road you can notice a good driver and bad drivers, you have to know how to drive a car because if you are downhill you must use your engine break (not like white scenic which was pushing the break pedal all the time!!!) uphill you must rev your engine and downshift if you want to have a quick overtake a slowly car or a truck...and, believe me, you can overtake in a lot of places in this road.

[@rozakfassah7730]

Seems you like Icehouse, I hope there will be a video where you use song "Electric Blue".

[@ackpaintdude1]

To get “ Touch The Fire “ and “ Cross The Border was a very welcome surprise. Anytime you want to play “ No Promises “ or “ Great Southern Land “, don’t let me stop you.

[@pototo1]

Going down is not as bad as going up, because going up you're next to the cliff, more so if going by bus, since you sit higher. Traveled this road several times from Madrid as a kid…could not bear to look down at the cliff when climbing.

[@carmenbautista8146]

pues no me he mareado viendo este video. Igual que si fuera en el coche.

[@manuelyanezsuarez941]

Pajares é subido y bajado muchas veces. Con camion es mejor subir que bajar llevando 🐎🐎 🏇 🐎 🏇 bajar hay que frenar lo justo y más cuando es un puerto muy largo como el pajares.

[@Jimmyholydays]

Da fuck, youtube have channels for everything.

[@carlosvictor8679]

thought spain abolished all its tolls?!

[@SierraCameros]

You thought wrong

[@carlosvictor8679]

@@SierraCameros isn't the one on the costa del sol free?

[@SierraCameros]

@@carlosvictor8679 The AP-7 along the Costa del Sol? Definitely not.

[@carlosvictor8679]

@@SierraCameros KKKKKKKKK

[@EuropeanRoads]

Some toll road concessions were ended recently: AP-1 and a substantial part of AP-7 along the east coast. On 1 September 2021, AP-2 and AP-7 from Zaragoza/Tarragona to the French border will become toll-free. This will save drivers a huge amount of money. However AP-66 won't be toll-free for the foreseeable future.

[@pedroj.n.8091]

Los extrangeros, acostumbrados a otras vias mas favorables, lo pasan mal. No habiendo trafico pesado se baja a 80kmh de promedio sin mayormente dificultad.

[@osasunaitor]

Notice how you can find huge graffiti even in the remote mountain roads. Spain has an incurable vandalism problem; as a Spaniard, driving here has become so annoying by it that I barely do it anymore. I'd rather drive in a country where beautiful views aren't systematically spoiled by vandal gangs.

[@PB22559]

Nice views. Horrible music.