CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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A 320 km round trip from Ulldecona - roughly 6 h 23 in the saddle. On the way it passes Coveta de montegordo, Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d and back through Coveta de montegordo. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
In the dry hills behind Ulldecona, near the southern tip of Catalonia, small figures painted in red ochre run, hunt and gather across the walls of shallow rock shelters. These are the paintings of Levantine rock art, made by prehistoric people some seven to eight thousand years ago, and the shelters of the Serra de Godall, including the Abric d'Esquarterades, are among the best examples. They are part of the World Heritage site that covers rock art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Abric d'Esquarterades I write-up.
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Abric d'Esquarterades I is where the day begins. Next is Coveta de montegordo.
Up in the dry limestone uplands of inland Castellón, the Valltorta and Gasulla ravines hold one of the densest concentrations of Levantine rock art in Spain, and the Coveta de Montegordo is one of its many small shelters. Painted under rock overhangs some seven or eight thousand years ago, perhaps more, the figures here are tiny, often no taller than a finger, yet astonishingly alive: archers running with bows drawn, goats and deer leaping, hunters following wounded animals. The whole region is part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing inscribed by UNESCO in 1998, and the famous Cova dels Cavalls in the Valltorta shows a deer hunt with a line of archers waiting in ambush.
Read the complete Coveta de montegordo write-up.
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Coveta de montegordo comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
The Guadalope river cuts a deep canyon through the limestone of the Maestrazgo in eastern Teruel, and the Abrigo del Arenal de la Fonseca lies in this wild country near the hamlet of Ladruñán, between the villages of Castellote and Cantavieja. It is one of the important rock-art shelters of Aragon, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art, with Levantine paintings of animals and human figures in red pigment on the rock. The setting is spectacular: a narrow gorge with towering cliffs, the river flowing below, and pine and holm oak clinging to the slopes. Access involves a walk, and the paintings are protected by a fence.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d. Next is back through Coveta de montegordo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coveta de montegordo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Coveta de montegordo, late in the day. Next is Abric d'Esquarterades I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric d'Esquarterades I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric d'Esquarterades I. That is the ride.
Abric d'Esquarterades I → Coveta de montegordo is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de montegordo → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 103 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → back through Coveta de montegordo is 103 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Coveta de montegordo → Abric d'Esquarterades I is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.