Why this ride
114 km from Hellín to Hellín, about 1 h 31 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo del Canto Blanco, Abrigo del Buen Aire I and back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo Grande de minateda and Abrigo del Buen Aire I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 31
- 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 Grande de minateda
The Abrigo Grande de Minateda is the big one, the name says so, and for once the name is accurate. It is among the most important rock art shelters in the south-east of Spain, a wide overhang in the soft rock outside Hellín in Albacete, where layers of painting from different periods sit one on top of the other. Hunters, deer, goats and strange, elongated human figures were drawn here over thousands of years, and the site is covered by World Heritage protection. The country around it is dry, broken and beautiful, a land of badlands, gullies and flat-topped hills that looks almost like another continent.
Read the complete Abrigo Grande de minateda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo Grande de minateda is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
2. 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 comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 56 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Buen Aire I. Next is back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
4. back through 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
back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco, late in the day. Next is Abrigo Grande de minateda.
5. Abrigo Grande de minateda
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo Grande de minateda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abrigo Grande de minateda. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abrigo Grande de minateda to Abrigo del Canto Blanco
Abrigo Grande de minateda → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco to Abrigo del Buen Aire I
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I to back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco to Abrigo Grande de minateda
back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Abrigo Grande de minateda is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.