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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393 km from Mosqueruela to Mosqueruela, about 7 h 19 of riding. On the way it passes Racó d'en Gil, Galeria del Roure, La fenellosa and Caídas del Salbimec. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Maestrazgo is a name that should be said slowly, because it covers a huge and rugged region in the borderlands of Teruel and Castellón, and Mosqueruela lies in its heart. The village is among the highest in the province, well over a thousand metres up, in a country of pine forest, stone farmhouses and wide grassy valleys. The Barranco de Gibert, a ravine nearby, holds painted shelters with Levantine art, and one of the numbered sites is the subject here. It is part of the UNESCO listing of rock art of the Mediterranean basin, and one of the highest and most remote of its kind.
Read the complete Barranco de Gibert I write-up.
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Barranco de Gibert I is where the day begins. Next is Racó d'en Gil.
There is a small triangle of country in the Alt Maestrat, between Benassal, Catí and Albocàsser, where the hills fold into narrow ravines and the stone walls of old terraces climb every slope. Racó d'en Gil, a name meaning something like Gil's corner, lies in this landscape, and it sits within easy reach of the Valltorta gorge, the place that put Levantine rock art on the map.
Read the complete Racó d'en Gil write-up.
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Racó d'en Gil comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Galeria del Roure.
Morella rises from the plateau of the Ports like something from a dream: a walled town wrapped around a rocky hill, crowned by a castle, with the Gothic basilica of Santa María la Mayor in the middle, and two kilometres of medieval walls with towers and gates running around the base. It is one of the most impressive historic towns in Spain, and the Galeria del Roure, a rock shelter about four kilometres away, is part of the cluster of prehistoric sites around Morella, including Morella la Vella, one of the important rock-art sites of the Valencian region, all part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The shelters are small and some are protected, so ask at the tourist office in town about visits.
Read the complete Galeria del Roure write-up.
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about 90 km into the recorded legs you reach Galeria del Roure. Next is La fenellosa.
People in Aragón like to call the Matarraña their Tuscany, and for once the comparison is not entirely marketing. It is a comarca of honey-coloured stone villages on hilltops, olive groves on terraces, almond trees and vineyards, with the limestone wall of the Ports de Beseit rising behind. La Fenellosa lies in this country, between Valderrobres, Fuentespalda and Mas de Barberans across the Catalan line, in the rough hills where the farmland gives way to the mountains.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
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La fenellosa, about halfway. Next is Caídas del Salbimec.
The Matarraña, or Matarranya as most locals call it, is the corner of Aragón that feels Catalan, Valencian and Aragonese at once, and it has quietly become one of the most rewarding regions in Spain to explore on two wheels. The shelter known as Caídas del Salbimec lies in the hills between Valdeltormo, Mazaleón and Calaceite, one of the many prehistoric art sites along the eastern edge of the peninsula that are protected together by UNESCO. The paintings are modest, and access may involve a rough track and a walk, but the setting is typical of the region: a sandstone outcrop above olive groves and almond terraces, with the river cutting below.
Read the complete Caídas del Salbimec write-up.
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Caídas del Salbimec sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through La fenellosa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
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back through La fenellosa comes up about 238 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Galeria del Roure.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Galeria del Roure write-up.
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about 303 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Galeria del Roure. Next is back through Racó d'en Gil.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó d'en Gil write-up.
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back through Racó d'en Gil, late in the day. Next is Barranco de Gibert I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco de Gibert I write-up.
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The route ends here after 393 km.
Barranco de Gibert I → Racó d'en Gil is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó d'en Gil → Galeria del Roure is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Galeria del Roure → La fenellosa is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La fenellosa → Caídas del Salbimec is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Caídas del Salbimec → back through La fenellosa is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La fenellosa → back through Galeria del Roure is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Galeria del Roure → back through Racó d'en Gil is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Racó d'en Gil → Barranco de Gibert I is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.