Why this ride
From la Granja d'Escarp it runs 180 km to la Granja d'Escarp; allow about 3 h 03 of riding. The stops in between: mas de Patriciel I, mas de Torres and back through mas de Patriciel I. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume and mas de Torres
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 180 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 03
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume
Mequinenza had to move. In the 1960s and 1970s, two dams built on the Ebro created a huge reservoir known as the Mar de Aragón, and the old town at the meeting of the Ebro and the Segre was abandoned and largely demolished, its people resettled in a new town above. The story is told in the town's museums and in the novels of Jesús Moncada, who grew up in the old Mequinenza. In a ravine nearby, the Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume holds prehistoric paintings, part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume is where the day begins. Next is mas de Patriciel I.
2. mas de Patriciel I
Where the Ebro and the Segre meet near Mequinenza, the rivers have been dammed into two long reservoirs, and the result is a strange, beautiful landscape of blue water filling deep valleys among dry, terraced hills. The rock shelters of Mas de Patriciel lie in the hills between Mequinenza, Nonaspe and Fayón, part of the network of painted sites that UNESCO listed as the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia.
Read the complete mas de Patriciel I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
mas de Patriciel I comes up 21 km in. Next is mas de Torres.
3. mas de Torres
The Monegros in high summer is the closest thing Europe has to a desert, a wide, dry plateau of gypsum hills, wheat stubble and steppe scrub under a hard, white sky. Near the village of Candasnos, close to the main road between Zaragoza and Lleida, the shelter labelled Mas de Torres is one of the rock art sites of the Mediterranean Basin listed by UNESCO, a reminder that people lived and hunted here long before the land dried out to its present state.
Read the complete mas de Torres write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
43 km in you reach mas de Torres. Next is back through mas de Patriciel I.
4. back through mas de Patriciel I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete mas de Patriciel I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through mas de Patriciel I, late in the day. Next is Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume.
5. Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume to mas de Patriciel I
Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume → mas de Patriciel I is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas de Patriciel I to mas de Torres
mas de Patriciel I → mas de Torres is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas de Torres to back through mas de Patriciel I
mas de Torres → back through mas de Patriciel I is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through mas de Patriciel I to Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume
back through mas de Patriciel I → Abric del Barranc de Sant Jaume is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.