CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 195 km round trip from Nerpio - roughly 5 h 04 in the saddle. On the way it passes Prado del Tornero I, Diosa madre and back through Prado del Tornero I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
High in the Sierra de Segura, where Albacete, Murcia and Jaén meet, the Taibilla river cuts a deep valley through limestone mountains, and the cliffs and shelters along its banks hide some of the finest prehistoric paintings in Spain. The Abrigo de la Ventana, the window shelter, is one of them, near the village of Nerpio, and it is part of the World Heritage site of Levantine rock art.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Ventana I write-up.
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Abrigo de la Ventana I is where the day begins. Next is Prado del Tornero I.
Nerpio is the place the road seems to forget. It lies in the far south-west of Albacete province, tucked against the Sierra de Segura and the Murcian border, in a high valley where the headwaters of the Taibilla and other streams gather. It has fewer than two thousand residents and one of the densest clusters of prehistoric rock paintings in Spain, dozens of shelters scattered through the surrounding crags. These are part of the Levantine and schematic traditions, painted in red and black, and covered by the same World Heritage listing as the painted caves of the Levante coast.
Read the complete Prado del Tornero I write-up.
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Prado del Tornero I comes up 21 km in. Next is Diosa madre.
Some places on a map feel remote; this one actually is. The point named Diosa Madre, mother goddess, lies in the mountains of the Sierra de Segura, in the far southwest of Albacete province, roughly sixteen kilometres from Yeste and not far from the border with Jaén. The mountains themselves are the real experience.
Read the complete Diosa madre write-up.
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42 km in you reach Diosa madre. Next is back through Prado del Tornero I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prado del Tornero I write-up.
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back through Prado del Tornero I, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de la Ventana I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Ventana I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo de la Ventana I. That is the ride.
Abrigo de la Ventana I → Prado del Tornero I is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Prado del Tornero I → Diosa madre is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Diosa madre → back through Prado del Tornero I is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Prado del Tornero I → Abrigo de la Ventana I is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.