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 403 km round trip from Nerpio - roughly 7 h 34 in the saddle. It goes by way of Andragulla I, Abrigo del Pozo III, Abrigo de los Cortijos and Cueva del Peliciego. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Nerpio is about as remote as it gets in southern Spain: a village in the far south-west corner of Albacete province, deep in the Sierra del Segura, close to the borders of Andalucía and Murcia. It sits in the valley of the Taibilla river, surrounded by mountains, with terraced fields, walnut trees and pine forests on the slopes. The Abrigo de la Fuente, the shelter of the spring, lies in the hills about eleven kilometres from the village.
Read the complete Abrigo de la fuente write-up.
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Abrigo de la fuente is where the day begins. Next is Andragulla I.
In the far north-west corner of the Region of Murcia, where the land climbs towards the mountains of Albacete and Jaén, lies Moratalla, a town of whitewashed houses piled up a hillside beneath a castle tower. Its countryside is surprisingly wild for Murcia: pine forests, rivers, gorges and limestone ridges, some of the greenest land in a famously dry region. The rock shelter of Andragulla is one of many painted overhangs scattered through these hills, part of the Levantine rock art sites inscribed together by UNESCO. Many are protected behind fences and need a guide; the tourist office in Moratalla can advise.
Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
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Andragulla I comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Pozo III.
The Segura river cuts through the north-west of Murcia in a series of gorges and green oases, and near Calasparra its banks hold a surprising treasure. The Abrigo del Pozo shelters, of which this is the third, contain prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style, small human and animal figures in red ochre that form part of the World Heritage rock art of the Mediterranean arc. The shelters are fragile and generally protected, often visited only with a guide, so check with the local tourist office before you count on seeing them.
Read the complete Abrigo del Pozo III write-up.
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about 111 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Pozo III. Next is Abrigo de los Cortijos.
Hellín is a town in the south-east of Albacete province, on the edge of the dry plains of La Mancha, where the landscape breaks into hills and ravines on its way down to the Segura river. Its old town climbs a hill crowned by a castle, and its streets are lined with houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Abrigo de los Cortijos lies in the hills about nine kilometres from the town, toward Albatana and Tobarra.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Cortijos write-up.
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Abrigo de los Cortijos, about halfway. Next is Cueva del Peliciego.
Jumilla is wine. This town in the north of Murcia sits in a high, dry valley surrounded by bare mountains, and its vineyards, planted with the Monastrell grape, produce powerful red wines under the Jumilla designation of origin, one of the oldest in Spain. The Cueva del Peliciego, a rock shelter in the hills near the town, holds prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style, and it has been known since the early twentieth century, when it was one of the first rock art sites studied in the region.
Read the complete Cueva del Peliciego write-up.
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Cueva del Peliciego sits at 153 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo de los Cortijos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Cortijos write-up.
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back through Abrigo de los Cortijos comes up about 238 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abrigo del Pozo III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Pozo III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 292 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abrigo del Pozo III. Next is back through Andragulla I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
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back through Andragulla I, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de la fuente.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de la fuente write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 403 km.
Abrigo de la fuente → Andragulla I is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Andragulla I → Abrigo del Pozo III is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Pozo III → Abrigo de los Cortijos is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de los Cortijos → Cueva del Peliciego is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Peliciego → back through Abrigo de los Cortijos is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de los Cortijos → back through Abrigo del Pozo III is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Pozo III → back through Andragulla I is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Andragulla I → Abrigo de la fuente is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.