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 378 km round trip from Bullas - roughly 5 h 54 in the saddle. On the way it passes Fuensanta II, Tejera and back through Fuensanta II. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Bullas is wine country, and the vineyards of Monastrell grapes roll over the hills around the town in the northwest of Murcia, producing robust red wines under their own denomination of origin. The Abrigo del Milano, the kite's shelter, named after the bird of prey that circles over these hills, lies in the countryside between Bullas, Mula and Pliego. It is one of the many rock shelters in Murcia with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art, though access to many shelters is restricted to protect them, so ask locally before trying to visit.
Read the complete Abrigo del milano write-up.
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Abrigo del milano is where the day begins. Next is Fuensanta II.
Fuensanta II is the sort of name only an archaeologist could love, a numbered rock shelter in the hills of northwest Murcia where prehistoric painters left a handful of figures on the stone. It is one of the hundreds of sites grouped under UNESCO's listing of rock art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula, and the Moratalla area is unusually rich in them. The paintings are small, faint to the untrained eye and protected, so the real value of coming is to understand the landscape that drew people here thousands of years ago: springs, shelter and game in rough, broken country.
Read the complete Fuensanta II write-up.
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Fuensanta II comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tejera.
A tejera is a tile works, a kiln where roof tiles were baked from local clay, and the name is common across the dry south-east of Spain. The Tejera on your map is near Vélez-Blanco, about two kilometres from the village, in the country that falls away from the Sierra María towards the plain, where red soil, almond terraces and clumps of pine and juniper make up the view.
Read the complete Tejera write-up.
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about 184 km into the recorded legs you reach Tejera. Next is back through Fuensanta II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fuensanta II write-up.
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back through Fuensanta II, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del milano.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del milano write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo del milano. That is the ride.
Abrigo del milano → Fuensanta II is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fuensanta II → Tejera is 124 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tejera → back through Fuensanta II is 136 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fuensanta II → Abrigo del milano is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.