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 343 km round trip from Amposta - roughly 6 h 22 in the saddle. On the way it passes Calçaes del matá, Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d and back through Calçaes del matá. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Montsià range rises like a wall behind the Ebro delta in southern Catalonia, a ridge of grey limestone with steep slopes and rocky crags, and in a shelter on its flanks, near Santa Bàrbara and Masdenverge, the Abric de Masets holds traces of prehistoric paintings. It is part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are faded and fragmentary, but the site is a reminder that people have lived and hunted in this landscape for thousands of years.
Read the complete Abric de masets write-up.
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Abric de masets is where the day begins. Next is Calçaes del matá.
Ares del Maestrat sits on a crag so steep that the village seems glued to the rock, and below it, in the Gasulla gorge, the Cingle de la Mola Remigia holds some of the most famous Levantine paintings in Spain, scenes of archers, hunters and even an execution. Calçaes del Matà is a shelter in the same broad landscape near Albocàsser, and with the Gasulla and Valltorta sites it belongs to the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The shelters here are reached on foot, and guided visits can be booked through the local museums.
Read the complete Calçaes del matá write-up.
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Calçaes del matá comes up about 61 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.
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about 172 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d. Next is back through Calçaes del matá.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Calçaes del matá write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Calçaes del matá, late in the day. Next is Abric de masets.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de masets write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric de masets. That is the ride.
Abric de masets → Calçaes del matá is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Calçaes del matá → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 111 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 Calçaes del matá is 110 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Calçaes del matá → Abric de masets is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.