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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Montealegre del Castillo it runs 107 km to Montealegre del Castillo; allow about 2 h 03 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo del Buen Aire I, Abrigo del Canto Blanco and back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo del mediodía I 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Canto Blanco. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del mediodía I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo del mediodía I. That is the ride.
Abrigo del mediodía I → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del mediodía I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.