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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From Baeza it runs 359 km to Baeza; allow about 7 h 07 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo del.melgar, Úbeda, Cueva del Clarillo and back through Úbeda. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Baeza is a town of honey-coloured stone set on a ridge above a sea of olive trees. From its edge, the view drops over the Guadalquivir valley to the dark line of the Sierra Mágina, and in every direction the hills are covered with orderly rows of olives, millions of them, the source of more olive oil than almost anywhere on earth. The town's Renaissance palaces, churches and squares, together with those of neighbouring Úbeda, make up a World Heritage site.
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Baeza is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del.melgar, 49 km on.
Quesada is a white town at the foot of the Sierra de Cazorla, in the province of Jaén, surrounded by an ocean of olive trees. The groves stretch to the horizon in every direction, a landscape that makes Jaén the world's largest producer of olive oil. Behind the town, the mountains rise steeply, with pine forest and limestone cliffs, and the Guadalquivir river has its source not far away. The Abrigo del Melgar lies in the hills just outside the town.
Read the complete Abrigo del.melgar write-up.
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Abrigo del.melgar comes up about 55 km into the recorded legs. Next is Úbeda.
In the middle of an ocean of olive trees, Úbeda rises on a ridge like a Renaissance city that took a wrong turn on its way to Florence. This town in the province of Jaén, along with its neighbour Baeza, was listed by UNESCO in 2003 for its sixteenth-century architecture, much of it the work of Andrés de Vandelvira, who built palaces, churches and chapels for wealthy noble families and royal officials. The Plaza Vázquez de Molina is the showpiece, a harmonious square lined with palaces and the extraordinary Sacra Capilla del Salvador, a funerary chapel built for Francisco de los Cobos, secretary to Emperor Charles V.
Read the complete Úbeda write-up.
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about 122 km into the recorded legs you reach Úbeda. Next is Cueva del Clarillo.
To understand this part of Jaén, you need to remember that it was a border. For two and a half centuries after the great Christian victory at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, the frontier between Castile and the Muslim kingdom of Granada ran through the mountains to the south and east of here, and the towns of Quesada and Cazorla were fortified outposts. Castle towers still crown hills all over the province, and the old name for the area, Adelantamiento de Cazorla, tells you that it was ruled for a long time by the archbishops of Toledo as a military lordship.
Read the complete Cueva del Clarillo write-up.
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Cueva del Clarillo, about halfway. Next is back through Úbeda.
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Read the complete Úbeda write-up.
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back through Úbeda sits at 195 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del.melgar, 49 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del.melgar write-up.
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back through Abrigo del.melgar comes up about 283 km into the recorded legs. Next is Baeza.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Baeza write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Baeza closes the day.
Baeza → Abrigo del.melgar is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del.melgar → Úbeda is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Úbeda → Cueva del Clarillo is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Clarillo → back through Úbeda is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Úbeda → back through Abrigo del.melgar is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del.melgar → Baeza is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.