Why this ride
A 419 km round trip from Chert/Xert - roughly 9 h 41 in the saddle. On the way it passes Prop de la Cova Pintada, Abrigo del Plano del Pulido and back through Prop de la Cova Pintada. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric mas de la Roca and Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 419 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 9 h 41
- 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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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 mas de la Roca
Northern Castellón is a hard, empty, beautiful part of Valencian Spain, a country of limestone ridges and terraced slopes some thirty kilometres back from the Mediterranean, and the Abric Mas de la Roca belongs to it, about six kilometres from the village of Xert, whose name is spelled Chert in Catalan and Valencian. Xert has fewer than a thousand people, Canet lo Roig and Catí are similar, and everything here is small and old.
Read the complete Abric mas de la Roca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric mas de la Roca is where the day begins. Next is Prop de la Cova Pintada.
2. Prop de la Cova Pintada
The Ports massif rises abruptly at the meeting point of Catalonia, Aragón and Valencia, a tangle of limestone peaks, deep gorges and pine forest that feels surprisingly wild given how close it is to the Ebro delta and the coast. Prop de la Cova Pintada, meaning near the painted cave, sits on its southern side, between Mas de Barberans, Valderrobres and the old city of Tortosa.
Read the complete Prop de la Cova Pintada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Prop de la Cova Pintada comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Plano del Pulido.
3. Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
South of Caspe, the lower Aragón country is a dry, sculpted landscape of ochre hills, flat-topped mesas and gullies cut into soft sandstone, with almond and olive groves clinging to the valley floors. In these sandstone outcrops, prehistoric people found shelter and left paintings, and the Abrigo del Plano del Pulido is one of the rock shelters of the area included in the World Heritage site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The painted figures, in the reddish tones of Levantine art, are small and faded, and as at most of these sites, access is controlled and visits may need to be arranged in advance.
Read the complete Abrigo del Plano del Pulido write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 214 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Plano del Pulido. Next is back through Prop de la Cova Pintada.
4. back through Prop de la Cova Pintada
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prop de la Cova Pintada write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Prop de la Cova Pintada, late in the day. Next is Abric mas de la Roca.
5. Abric mas de la Roca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric mas de la Roca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric mas de la Roca. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric mas de la Roca to Prop de la Cova Pintada
Abric mas de la Roca → Prop de la Cova Pintada is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Prop de la Cova Pintada to Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
Prop de la Cova Pintada → Abrigo del Plano del Pulido is 134 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Plano del Pulido to back through Prop de la Cova Pintada
Abrigo del Plano del Pulido → back through Prop de la Cova Pintada is 116 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Prop de la Cova Pintada to Abric mas de la Roca
back through Prop de la Cova Pintada → Abric mas de la Roca is 90 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.