CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Villafranca del Cid it runs 68 km to Villafranca del Cid; allow about 1 h 31 of riding. It goes by way of Abric del.mas Blanc, Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I and back through Abric del.mas Blanc. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Maestrat is the old Valencian highland, a country of bare limestone, stone-walled fields and farmhouses called masos, and the name of this shelter refers to one of them: the mas of the mill at the cave. It is a very long way from the beaches that most people associate with Castellón. The shelter lies a few kilometres from Villafranca del Cid, known in Valencian as Vilafranca, which sits at roughly a thousand metres on a plateau where the winters are cold and the summers are mercifully fresh.
Read the complete Abric del mas del moli de la Cova write-up.
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Abric del mas del moli de la Cova is where the day begins. Next is Abric del.mas Blanc, 17 km on.
Benassal is a stone village on a high plateau in the Alt Maestrat, in the interior of Castellón, at around eight hundred metres above sea level, and it is known throughout the region for its spring water, the Font d'en Segures, which is bottled and sold across Spain. The Abric del Mas Blanc, the shelter of the white farmhouse, is one of the many rock-art sites in the area, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art. The nearby Valltorta gorge, about twenty kilometres to the east, has some of the most famous Levantine paintings, including dramatic hunting scenes, and the Valltorta museum in Tírig is the best place to learn about them.
Read the complete Abric del.mas Blanc write-up.
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Abric del.mas Blanc comes up 17 km in. Next is Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I.
The Valltorta is the name that matters in this corner of Castellón, and everything about this shelter makes more sense once you know why. The Barranc de la Valltorta, a deep, narrow gorge cut through the limestone of the Alt Maestrat, holds one of the great concentrations of Levantine rock art, including scenes of hunting and fighting that were among the first to make archaeologists understand that these paintings tell stories. A small museum in nearby Tírig explains the gorge and its art, and it is a sensible starting point before you set out.
Read the complete Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I write-up.
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33 km in you reach Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I. Next is back through Abric del.mas Blanc, 17 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del.mas Blanc write-up.
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back through Abric del.mas Blanc, late in the day. Next is Abric del mas del moli de la Cova.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas del moli de la Cova write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric del mas del moli de la Cova. That is the ride.
Abric del mas del moli de la Cova → Abric del.mas Blanc is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del.mas Blanc → Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mas d'en Salvador- Abric I → back through Abric del.mas Blanc is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del.mas Blanc → Abric del mas del moli de la Cova is 10 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.