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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From Alacón it runs 354 km to Alacón; allow about 7 h 47 of riding. It goes by way of Hocino de Chornas, friso Abierto del Pudial, Coveta de la Cornisa and back through friso Abierto del Pudial. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Teruel province has some of the darkest skies in Europe. With so few people and so little light, the stars on a clear night over the plateau are astonishing, thick as spilled salt, with the Milky Way arching overhead. The province has taken this seriously: the Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory, high in the mountains to the south, is one of the most modern in Spain. If you are staying overnight in this area, go outside after dark and look up. You will remember it.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Encebros write-up.
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Abrigo de los Encebros is where the day begins. Next is Hocino de Chornas.
The Martín river cuts a deep, winding gorge through the limestone hills of Teruel, and its walls are full of shelters where prehistoric people painted animals, hunters and abstract symbols. The Hocino de Chornas, near Estercuel and Montalbán, is one of these sites, a narrow gorge with rock art on its walls, part of the Río Martín Cultural Park, which protects dozens of painted shelters along the river between Montalbán, Obón, Alacón and Ariño. The sites are part of the Mediterranean rock art group listed by UNESCO, and the cultural park has interpretation centres and guided visits that make the art more accessible than at many other sites.
Read the complete Hocino de Chornas write-up.
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Hocino de Chornas comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is friso Abierto del Pudial.
Deep in the Maestrazgo of Teruel, where the Guadalope river carves its way between limestone walls, the rock shelters around Castellote and Molinos hold painted figures left by prehistoric communities. The Friso Abierto del Pudial is one of them, an open frieze on a sheltered rock face, part of the extraordinary chain of Levantine art sites listed by UNESCO. The figures are faint, and visiting typically means a walk on rough ground, but the setting alone is worth the effort.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
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about 97 km into the recorded legs you reach friso Abierto del Pudial. Next is Coveta de la Cornisa.
Morella is one of the most dramatic towns in Spain: a walled medieval city wrapped around a conical hill, with a castle on the summit and its walls running unbroken around the base. It stands in the mountains of the Ports in the north of Castellón province, at around a thousand metres, and its silhouette, seen from the roads that climb toward it, is unforgettable. The Coveta de la Cornisa, the little cave of the ledge, lies in the hills about four kilometres away.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
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Coveta de la Cornisa, about halfway. Next is back through friso Abierto del Pudial.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
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back through friso Abierto del Pudial sits at 148 km, about halfway. Next is back through Hocino de Chornas.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hocino de Chornas write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Hocino de Chornas comes up about 319 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo de los Encebros.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Encebros write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo de los Encebros closes the day.
Abrigo de los Encebros → Hocino de Chornas is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hocino de Chornas → friso Abierto del Pudial is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
friso Abierto del Pudial → Coveta de la Cornisa is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de la Cornisa → back through friso Abierto del Pudial is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through friso Abierto del Pudial → back through Hocino de Chornas is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hocino de Chornas → Abrigo de los Encebros is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.