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 394 km round trip from Tivissa - roughly 9 h 01 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cabra feixet, Prop de la Cova Pintada, Roca dels moros and back through Prop de la Cova Pintada. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Inland from the Costa Daurada, the Serra de Llaberia rises abruptly above the coastal plain, a jagged wall of limestone separating the sea from the valley of the Ebro. The rock shelter of Balma d'En Roc lies in this rough country, part of the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO, and like most of its kind it is small, fragile and best visited with local guidance. The nearest villages are scattered: Ginestar on the Ebro, El Perelló on the coastal side, and Mont-roig del Camp to the north-east.
Read the complete Balma d'En Roc write-up.
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Balma d'En Roc is where the day begins. Next is Cabra feixet.
El Perelló is a hill village on the old coast road between Tarragona and Tortosa, and it is famous for honey. Bees have been kept on these scrubby limestone slopes for centuries, feeding on rosemary, thyme and wild flowers, and every winter the village holds a honey fair that draws visitors from across Catalonia. In the hills around, sheltered under an overhang, is the rock art of Cabra Feixet, part of the Levantine paintings of eastern Spain inscribed together by UNESCO. The figures are small and faded, and the site is best visited with a guide or after asking at the village; please do not touch the rock.
Read the complete Cabra feixet write-up.
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Cabra feixet comes up about 44 km into the recorded legs. Next is Prop de la Cova Pintada.
The Ports massif rises abruptly at the meeting point of Catalonia, Aragón and Valencia, a tangle of limestone peaks, deep gorges and pine forest that feels surprisingly wild given how close it is to the Ebro delta and the coast. Prop de la Cova Pintada, meaning near the painted cave, sits on its southern side, between Mas de Barberans, Valderrobres and the old city of Tortosa.
Read the complete Prop de la Cova Pintada write-up.
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about 108 km into the recorded legs you reach Prop de la Cova Pintada. Next is Roca dels moros.
In 1903, a young man from Calaceite named Juan Cabré, who would go on to become one of Spain's pioneering archaeologists, found painted figures of deer and other animals in a rock shelter in the Calapatá ravine, between Calaceite and Cretas. The Roca dels Moros became one of the first sites of Levantine rock art identified in Spain, and it helped open up a whole new field of study. Today it is part of the UNESCO listing of rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and a visit here is a small pilgrimage to the beginnings of that story.
Read the complete Roca dels moros write-up.
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Roca dels moros, about halfway. Next is back through Prop de la Cova Pintada.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prop de la Cova Pintada write-up.
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back through Prop de la Cova Pintada sits at 111 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cabra feixet.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cabra feixet write-up.
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back through Cabra feixet comes up about 346 km into the recorded legs. Next is Balma d'En Roc.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma d'En Roc write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Balma d'En Roc closes the day.
Balma d'En Roc → Cabra feixet is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cabra feixet → Prop de la Cova Pintada is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Prop de la Cova Pintada → Roca dels moros is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Roca dels moros → back through Prop de la Cova Pintada is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Prop de la Cova Pintada → back through Cabra feixet is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cabra feixet → Balma d'En Roc is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.