Why this ride
From Vilafranca del Penedès it runs 127 km to Vilafranca del Penedès; allow about 2 h 26 of riding. On the way it passes Cova de Vallmajor, The and back through Cova de Vallmajor.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Can Castellví and The
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 127 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 26
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abric de Can Castellví
The Penedès is wine country, and the landscape around Vilafranca del Penedès is a patchwork of vineyards rolling away toward the Montserrat massif in the north and the limestone hills of the Garraf in the south. Abric de Can Castellví is a small rock shelter in this landscape, one of the many sites of Levantine and schematic rock art scattered across Catalonia and included in the UNESCO serial site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Like many such sites, it is modest in appearance, a hollow in the rock where faint painted figures have survived thousands of years, and access is often limited to protect the art.
Read the complete Abric de Can Castellvi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Can Castellví is where the day begins. Next is Cova de Vallmajor.
2. Cova de Vallmajor
Inland from the Costa Daurada, behind the beach towns of El Vendrell and Calafell, the land rises into the low hills of the Baix Penedès, a landscape of vineyards, almond and olive groves, pine woods and small villages. The Cova de Vallmajor, near Albinyana and Bonastre, is a rock shelter in these hills with prehistoric paintings, part of the Levantine rock art of the Mediterranean that is recognised as a World Heritage Site. The paintings are faint and the shelter is protected, so visits are usually by arrangement.
Read the complete Cova de Vallmajor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de Vallmajor comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is The.
3. The
Just inland from the beach at Altafulla, on the Costa Daurada north of Tarragona, the remains of a grand Roman villa look out over the Mediterranean. This is the Villa dels Munts, one of the finest Roman country houses in Catalonia, built in the first and second centuries AD, with baths, gardens, mosaics and painted walls. It is thought to have belonged to an important citizen of Tarraco, the Roman capital of the province of Hispania Tarraconensis, and it is part of the World Heritage inscription of the Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, inscribed in 2000. The villa's setting, on a gentle slope above the sea, makes it easy to see why a wealthy Roman would choose it for a retreat.
Read the complete The write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach The. Next is back through Cova de Vallmajor.
4. back through Cova de Vallmajor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de Vallmajor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova de Vallmajor, late in the day. Next is Abric de Can Castellvi.
5. Abric de Can Castellví
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Can Castellvi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric de Can Castellvi. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de Can Castellví to Cova de Vallmajor
Abric de Can Castellví → Cova de Vallmajor is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de Vallmajor to The
Cova de Vallmajor → The is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The to back through Cova de Vallmajor
The → back through Cova de Vallmajor is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de Vallmajor to Abric de Can Castellvi
back through Cova de Vallmajor → Abric de Can Castellvi is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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