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 540 km round trip from Albarracín - roughly 9 h 19 in the saddle. On the way it passes Torre de la iglesia de San Martín, Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, Abric mas de los Perez and Balma de la fabriqueta. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Near the high plateau of the Sierra de Albarracín, a few kilometres from the red-walled town of Albarracín itself, there is a patch of pine woodland on a very particular rock. It is called rodeno, a russet sandstone that glows orange when the sun is low and has been carved by wind and water into tall fins, mushrooms and overhangs. The Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo is one of the painted shelters in these Pinares de Rodeno, and its bulls, cattle depicted in red, are part of the same body of Levantine and schematic art that UNESCO listed in 1998.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo write-up.
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Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo is where the day begins. Next is Torre de la iglesia de San Martín.
Teruel is a small provincial capital high on the Aragonese plateau, and its skyline is made of Mudéjar towers, built by Muslim craftsmen working for Christian patrons in brick and glazed ceramic tiles. The tower of San Martín, dating to the early fourteenth century, is one of the finest, a square tower straddling a street, so that traffic passes through an arch at its base. With the other Mudéjar towers of the city and the cathedral, it forms part of the World Heritage listing of Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon.
Read the complete Torre de la iglesia de San Martín write-up.
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Torre de la iglesia de San Martín comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 136 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano. Next is Abric mas de los Perez.
Between the Turia and the Palancia rivers, northwest of Valencia, the land rises into a maze of limestone mountains, pine forest and small villages that rarely see foreign visitors. The Abric del Mas de los Pérez is a rock shelter in the hills near Andilla, Viver and Alcublas, one of hundreds of painted sites in eastern Spain listed by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. These shelters were decorated by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago, and while some feature vivid hunting scenes, many are faint and hard to see without a trained eye. Respect any fences and signs, and never wet or touch the rock.
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Abric mas de los Perez, about halfway. 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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Balma de la fabriqueta sits at 180 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric mas de los Perez.
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Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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back through Abric mas de los Perez comes up about 321 km into the recorded legs. 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.
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about 400 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano. Next is back through Torre de la iglesia de San Martín.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Torre de la iglesia de San Martín write-up.
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back through Torre de la iglesia de San Martín, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo write-up.
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The route ends here after 540 km.
Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo → Torre de la iglesia de San Martín is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Torre de la iglesia de San Martín → Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 98 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → Abric mas de los Perez is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric mas de los Perez → Balma de la fabriqueta is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Abric mas de los Perez is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric mas de los Perez → back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → back through Torre de la iglesia de San Martín is 102 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Torre de la iglesia de San Martín → Abrigo de los Toros del Prado del Navazo is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.