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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411 km from Benassal to Benassal, about 7 h 41 of riding. The stops in between: Abrigo del Arquero, Abrigo de los Trepadores and back through Abrigo del Arquero. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Maestrat is the high, rugged interior of the province of Castellón, a land of limestone plateaus, deep ravines and stone villages that seem to grow out of the rock. Near Benassal, the Barranc del Puig cuts into the hills, and its rock shelters contain prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO serial site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. This area is one of the richest in Spain for Levantine rock art, and the nearby Valltorta gorge, between Albocàsser and Tírig, has some of the most famous paintings, including scenes of hunters chasing deer and wild goats. The Valltorta museum in Tírig explains the art and organises visits to the shelters.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc del Puig- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Arquero.
Castellote is a small, grey village in the Maestrazgo, the high, dry upland of eastern Teruel, built round a ruined castle that once belonged to the Templars. The Abrigo del Arquero, the Archer's Shelter, is one of the rock shelters in the cliffs of the area, with painted figures in the Levantine style, including archers, from which it takes its name. It belongs to the Mediterranean Basin rock art group that UNESCO listed in 1998. The shelter lies in the hills several kilometres from Castellote, and the walk in takes some effort.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arquero write-up.
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Abrigo del Arquero comes up about 110 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo de los Trepadores.
The Río Martín runs through the dry hills of Teruel province in northern Spain, and the villages along its banks, Alacón, Oliete and Muniesa among them, are tiny places that seem to belong to a calmer century. The Abrigo de los Trepadores is one of the rock shelters of the area, part of a cultural park that protects the paintings found in the cliffs and gorges of the valley. Many belong to the Levantine tradition, small red figures of hunters and animals, and others are schematic, simple signs and stick-like human forms, painted by later peoples. The paintings can be hard to find without a guide, and access is regulated, so plan ahead.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Trepadores write-up.
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about 203 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo de los Trepadores. Next is back through Abrigo del Arquero.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arquero write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo del Arquero, late in the day. Next is Barranc del Puig- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Barranc del Puig- Abric I. That is the ride.
Barranc del Puig- Abric I → Abrigo del Arquero is 110 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Arquero → Abrigo de los Trepadores is 93 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de los Trepadores → back through Abrigo del Arquero is 98 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Arquero → Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 110 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.