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 Mosqueruela it runs 119 km to Mosqueruela; allow about 2 h 38 of riding. It goes by way of Racó de Nando, Racó d'en Gil and back through Racó de Nando. 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 de Nando.
Racó means corner in Valencian, and this really is a corner: a fold in the limestone hills between Benassal, Culla and Vilafranca, in the interior of Castellón where the coast's crowds feel a continent away. The rock shelter here is one of the many small sites of Levantine prehistoric painting that together make up a UNESCO World Heritage listing, and like most of them it is modest, fenced and best seen with a local guide. What lingers is less the painting than the idea of hunters choosing this exact overhang, with water close by and a view down the valley, and leaving their mark on it.
Read the complete Racó de Nando write-up.
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Racó de Nando comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Racó d'en Gil. Next is back through Racó de Nando.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de Nando write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Racó de Nando, 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Barranco de Gibert I. That is the ride.
Barranco de Gibert I → Racó de Nando is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó de Nando → Racó d'en Gil is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó d'en Gil → back through Racó de Nando is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Racó de Nando → Barranco de Gibert I is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.