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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143 km from Nerpio to Nerpio, about 3 h 00 of riding. It goes by way of Cueva del Gitano, Abrigo del Sabinar and back through Cueva del Gitano. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The ride follows Abrigo de la Llagosa → Cueva del Gitano for 20 km.
The upper Segura valley, south of Nerpio, is a world of cliffs and reservoirs, and the place called La Llagosa lies in the middle of it. This is the Sierra de Segura, a limestone massif that forms part of one of Spain's biggest natural parks, the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas, a UNESCO biosphere reserve. It is a land of pine forest and rocky ridges, where the Segura and its tributaries cut deep valleys, and the landscape is dotted with small villages like Yeste and Letur, whose white houses cluster on rocky spurs.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Llagosa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo de la Llagosa is where the day begins. Next is Cueva del Gitano.
Some places are remote on the map and remote in the gut, and the country around the Cueva del Gitano is both. It lies in the Sierra de Segura on the southern fringe of Albacete province, in the municipality of Nerpio, where the mountains of Albacete, Murcia, Jaén and Granada all run into one another. This is one of the richest areas for prehistoric rock art in Spain, with dozens of painted shelters along the valley of the Taibilla river and its side ravines, and the Cueva del Gitano is one of the smaller sites in that dense cluster. The art is faint, the walk can be rough, and the setting does most of the talking.
Read the complete Cueva del Gitano write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cueva del Gitano comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Sabinar.
The Abrigo del Sabinar lies in the remote mountains of north-western Murcia, near Moratalla, where the Sierra de Segura and the Sierra del Taibilla meet, and its paintings of human figures and animals, including deer and goats, are among the finest examples of Levantine rock art in the region. The shelter is part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing, and the area around Moratalla and Nerpio is particularly rich in painted shelters. The landscape is wild and rugged, with pine forests, limestone cliffs and deep river valleys, and the villages are few and far between.
Read the complete Abrigo del Sabinar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Sabinar. Next is back through Cueva del Gitano.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva del Gitano write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cueva del Gitano, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de la Llagosa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Llagosa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo de la Llagosa. That is the ride.
Abrigo de la Llagosa → Cueva del Gitano is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Gitano → Abrigo del Sabinar is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Sabinar → back through Cueva del Gitano is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva del Gitano → Abrigo de la Llagosa is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.