Why this ride
From Jumilla it runs 257 km to Jumilla; allow about 4 h 32 of riding. The stops in between: Los Grajos I, Cejo Cortado I, Cueva-sima de la Serreta and back through Cejo Cortado I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo del Canto Blanco and Cueva-sima de la Serreta
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 257 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 32
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abrigo del Canto Blanco
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Canto Blanco is where the day begins. Next is Los Grajos I.
2. Los Grajos I
The painted women of Los Grajos are among the most famous figures in Spanish rock art. In a shelter in the limestone hills just outside Cieza, prehistoric painters depicted a group of human figures, several of them women with wide skirts and raised arms, often interpreted as dancers, alongside animals and other motifs. The Los Grajos shelters are part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, and they are protected, so visits need to be arranged with the local tourist office in Cieza.
Read the complete Los Grajos I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Los Grajos I comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cejo Cortado I.
3. Cejo Cortado I
Mula is a town in the heart of the Murcia region, built on the slopes of a hill crowned by a sixteenth-century castle, with an old quarter of narrow streets, noble houses and churches. Around it, a dry landscape of hills, ravines and badlands opens out, with orchards and olive groves along the river. The Cejo Cortado, a name meaning the cut brow, refers to a rocky escarpment with prehistoric shelters about seven kilometres from the town, between Mula, Albudeite and Ricote.
Read the complete Cejo Cortado I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 79 km into the recorded legs you reach Cejo Cortado I. Next is Cueva-sima de la Serreta.
4. Cueva-sima de la Serreta
Calasparra is rice country, which surprises people who think of Murcia as parched and brown. The rice grows in terraced paddies fed by the clear, cold waters of the Segura, and the short-grain variety grown here has protected status and a reputation among Spanish cooks as the best for paella and slow rice dishes. Just upstream, the river squeezes through the Almadenes gorge, a narrow cleft between limestone walls where vultures soar and the water runs deep green. The Cueva-sima de la Serreta lies in the dry hills above, near the border with Cieza, in a land of rock and pine.
Read the complete Cueva-sima de la Serreta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva-sima de la Serreta, about halfway. Next is back through Cejo Cortado I.
5. back through Cejo Cortado I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cejo Cortado I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cejo Cortado I sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Los Grajos I.
6. back through Los Grajos I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Los Grajos I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Los Grajos I comes up about 223 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
7. Abrigo del Canto Blanco
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Canto Blanco closes the day.
Leg by leg
Abrigo del Canto Blanco to Los Grajos I
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Los Grajos I is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Los Grajos I to Cejo Cortado I
Los Grajos I → Cejo Cortado I is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cejo Cortado I to Cueva-sima de la Serreta
Cejo Cortado I → Cueva-sima de la Serreta is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva-sima de la Serreta to back through Cejo Cortado I
Cueva-sima de la Serreta → back through Cejo Cortado I is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cejo Cortado I to back through Los Grajos I
back through Cejo Cortado I → back through Los Grajos I is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Los Grajos I to Abrigo del Canto Blanco
back through Los Grajos I → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.