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 352 km round trip from Nerpio - roughly 7 h 00 in the saddle. The stops in between: Gabar, Cueva de las Palamas and back through Gabar. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Far inland in the south-east of Spain, in the folded highlands of the Sierra de Segura, there is a small village called Nerpio, and around it cliffs hold some of the most remarkable prehistoric paintings in Europe. Jutia is one of several shelters here, the overhangs where hunter-gatherers painted red figures of animals and people thousands of years ago. This is Levantine rock art, a tradition that runs along the Mediterranean side of the Iberian peninsula and is protected as a World Heritage group. Many of the shelters are fenced and some are reached only on foot, so check access before you go.
Read the complete Albrigo de Jutia II write-up.
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Albrigo de Jutia II is where the day begins. Next is Gabar.
High in the north of Almería province, far from the beaches most people associate with the name, the Sierra de María rises in grey limestone above a plateau of almond orchards and cereal fields. Gabar is a point in the hills between the villages of María and Vélez-Blanco, part of a cluster of rock-art shelters in the Los Vélez district. This corner of Spain is famous for one painted figure in particular: the Indalo, a little stick man holding an arc over his head, found in the Cueva de los Letreros just outside Vélez-Blanco. It has become the emblem of the whole province, painted on doors and sold as a lucky charm, which is a remarkable career for a prehistoric doodle.
Read the complete Gabar write-up.
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Gabar comes up about 108 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de las Palamas.
Cehegín, in the north-west of the Murcia region, is a town of two faces: a modern lower town, and an old town on a hill, with steep streets, noble houses and churches, declared a historic site. The Cueva de las Palomas, the cave of the doves, lies on the edge of the town, less than a kilometre from the centre, with the larger town of Caravaca de la Cruz about five kilometres away.
Read the complete Cueva de las Palamas write-up.
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about 176 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de las Palamas. Next is back through Gabar.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Gabar write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Gabar, late in the day. Next is Albrigo de Jutia II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Albrigo de Jutia II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Albrigo de Jutia II. That is the ride.
Albrigo de Jutia II → Gabar is 108 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gabar → Cueva de las Palamas is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de las Palamas → back through Gabar is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gabar → Albrigo de Jutia II is 108 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.