CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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404 km from Nerpio to Nerpio, about 8 h 46 of riding. On the way it passes Lavadero Tello III, Abrigo del molino de Bagil and back through Lavadero Tello III. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Nerpio is about as far from anywhere as Spain gets. The village sits in the southern corner of the province of Albacete, where the Sierra de Segura and the mountains of Murcia and Granada meet, in a high valley cut by the Taibilla river. Around it, in the ravines and rock walls, are some of the most important prehistoric painted shelters in the country, and the Abrigo de Jutia is one of them. The Nerpio sites belong to the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and several of them, including the famous shelters of the Solana de las Covachas, show hunters, archers and animals painted in the Levantine style. Guided visits are organised from the village; ask locally about access and opening times, because the sites are protected and not all are open.
Read the complete Albrigo de Jutia I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Albrigo de Jutia I is where the day begins. Next is Lavadero Tello III.
Los Vélez is a corner of Almería that most visitors to the coast never see: a high, dry country of pine forest, almond groves and pale limestone peaks, with the Sierra de María rising above two thousand metres. The Lavadero Tello, the washing place at Tello, is on the edge of that mountain land, near María and Vélez-Blanco, and the shelters of the area hold some of the most famous paintings in southern Spain. At the Cueva de los Letreros, near Vélez-Blanco, a small figure with outstretched arms holding a rainbow-like shape is the Indalo, adopted as the symbol of Almería and painted on houses across the province.
Read the complete Lavadero Tello III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Lavadero Tello III comes up 61 km in. Next is Abrigo del molino de Bagil.
The northwest of Murcia is a world away from the coastal resorts. Around Moratalla, the land rises into the mountains that form the southern edge of the Sierra de Segura, a rugged country of pine forests, deep river valleys, terraced hillsides and white villages perched on rocks. The Abrigo del Molino de Bagil is one of the many rock shelters in this area that contain prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO listing of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. Moratalla and its neighbours have an especially rich collection, with scenes of hunters, archers and animals painted in the Levantine style thousands of years ago. Many shelters are protected by fences, and visits are possible only with guides or by arrangement.
Read the complete Abrigo del molino de Bagil write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
123 km in you reach Abrigo del molino de Bagil. Next is back through Lavadero Tello III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lavadero Tello III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Lavadero Tello III, late in the day. Next is Albrigo de Jutia I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Albrigo de Jutia I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Albrigo de Jutia I. That is the ride.
Albrigo de Jutia I → Lavadero Tello III is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lavadero Tello III → Abrigo del molino de Bagil is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del molino de Bagil → back through Lavadero Tello III is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lavadero Tello III → Albrigo de Jutia I is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.