CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 260 km round trip from Jumilla - roughly 5 h 49 in the saddle. The stops in between: Abrigo del Buen Aire I, Abrigo del mediodía I, Abrigo del Buen Aire II and Cantos de la Visera I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Jumilla is wine country, and you know it as soon as you arrive. The town sits in the north of the Murcia region, surrounded by a high, dry plateau of vineyards growing the Monastrell grape, which produces powerful, dark red wines. A castle tops the hill above the old town, and the bodegas on its outskirts welcome visitors. The Abrigo del Canto Blanco, the shelter of the white stone, lies in the hills about five kilometres away.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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Abrigo del Canto Blanco is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Jumilla country is dry, wide and honest. The town sits in the far north of Murcia where it bulges up towards Albacete, surrounded by limestone sierras, almond groves and vineyards of Monastrell grapes that make some of the most powerful red wine in Spain. A few kilometres outside town, in the folds of these hills, lie a group of small rock shelters known as the Abrigos del Buen Aire. They belong to the long chain of prehistoric painted sites strung along the eastern side of the peninsula that UNESCO lists together as the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
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Abrigo del Buen Aire I comes up 22 km in. Next is Abrigo del mediodía I.
North of Yecla, where the Murcia region meets Albacete, the land rises into a series of isolated limestone hills above a wide, dry plain of vineyards and almond groves. The rock shelters scattered through this country, including the Abrigo del Mediodía, are part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean Iberian rock art. The best known cluster is on Monte Arabí, a striking, isolated rock mountain north of the town, whose Cantos de la Visera shelters hold both Levantine and schematic paintings.
Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
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43 km in you reach Abrigo del mediodía I. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire II.
Jumilla is wine country, and the hills around it hold one of the more unusual stretches of Spanish landscape. The town, a handsome place of about 25,000 people in the north of Murcia, lies on a high, dry plateau under the Sierra del Carche, and its name is on the label of bold red wines made from the Monastrell grape, a variety that thrives in poor, stony soil and fierce sun. Rows of low, gnarled bush vines stretch across the plain, with almond and olive trees and the odd fortified farmhouse, and the Carche range makes a dark backdrop to the north.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire II write-up.
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Abrigo del Buen Aire II, about halfway. Next is Cantos de la Visera I.
Monte Arabí rises from the high plain north of Yecla like a ship run aground, a lonely mass of sandstone with flat top and fluted sides, and locals have told stories about it for centuries: Moorish treasure, enchanted caves, a hidden city. The real treasure is painted. The Cantos de la Visera shelters on its slopes hold prehistoric rock art, including Levantine figures of animals and schematic signs, and they belong to the great series of Mediterranean rock art sites listed by UNESCO. There are also strange carved holes and basins in the rock, whose purpose is still debated.
Read the complete Cantos de la Visera I write-up.
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Cantos de la Visera I sits at 87 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del Buen Aire II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire II write-up.
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back through Abrigo del Buen Aire II comes up 108 km in. Next is back through Abrigo del mediodía I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
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130 km in you reach back through Abrigo del mediodía I. Next is back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
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back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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The route ends here after 260 km.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del mediodía I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del mediodía I → Abrigo del Buen Aire II is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire II → Cantos de la Visera I is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cantos de la Visera I → back through Abrigo del Buen Aire II is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire II → back through Abrigo del mediodía I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del mediodía I → back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.