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 294 km round trip from Tormón - roughly 5 h 49 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, Balma de la fabriqueta and back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Sierra de Albarracín is one of the highest and emptiest corners of eastern Spain, a limestone and sandstone country at the headwaters of the Tagus and the Turia, and it holds an exceptional concentration of rock art. The Barranco de las Olivanas shelter is one of many painted sites in these hills, and it is part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO. The pictures of bulls and hunters belong to a tradition of red paintings made thousands of years ago, though the exact age is still debated, and the shelter is far from the nearest village, so reaching it takes planning and a walk.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol write-up.
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Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano.
High in the interior of Valencia province, where the coastal orange groves give way to limestone plateaus and pine forest, the village of Titaguas sits on the road towards the Rincón de Ademuz. Close by lies the Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of the hundreds of sites that make up the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, listed by UNESCO in 1998.
Read the complete Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano write-up.
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Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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about 147 km into the recorded legs you reach Balma de la fabriqueta. Next is back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol. That is the ride.
Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol → Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → Balma de la fabriqueta is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → Abrigo de los Toros del Barranco de las Ol is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.