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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500 km from Gestalgar to Gestalgar, about 9 h 20 of riding. It goes by way of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the, Abric mas de los Perez, Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga and La Joquera. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
54 km on Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Rock Art of the Mediterranean Bas.
West of Valencia, the river Turia leaves the mountains through a series of deep gorges, and around the villages of Gestalgar, Sot de Chera and Chulilla, the landscape turns dramatic: limestone cliffs, pine-covered slopes and the river winding green below. In a side ravine near Gestalgar, the Barranco de las Colochas shelters a handful of painted panels that UNESCO counts among the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia. The figures are faint, but the setting is worth the effort on its own.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is where the day begins. Next is Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the.
Tuéjar, Chelva and Alpuente are small towns in the Serranía, the rugged highland of inland Valencia, where the rivers cut deep valleys between pine-clad ridges. It is a corner of the province that most visitors to the coast never see. The name on the stop refers to the UNESCO listing of 1998 for the rock art of the Mediterranean basin on the Iberian peninsula, and the paintings of Barranco de las Colochas, the ravine nearby, belong to it. The ravine and the surrounding woods are worth the trip on their own.
Read the complete Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the write-up.
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Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric mas de los Perez.
Between the Turia and the Palancia rivers, northwest of Valencia, the land rises into a maze of limestone mountains, pine forest and small villages that rarely see foreign visitors. The Abric del Mas de los Pérez is a rock shelter in the hills near Andilla, Viver and Alcublas, one of hundreds of painted sites in eastern Spain listed by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. These shelters were decorated by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago, and while some feature vivid hunting scenes, many are faint and hard to see without a trained eye. Respect any fences and signs, and never wet or touch the rock.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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about 120 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric mas de los Perez. Next is Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga.
The Serra Calderona runs between Valencia and Castellón like a green ridge behind the coast, and Náquera sits on its southern flank, a village of nearly four thousand people with views across the Camp de Túria orchards. A short way into the hills, a ravine with the name Aigua Amarga, bitter water, opens beside the Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga, a small shelter with prehistoric paintings, part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998. The figures are modest and the shelter is small, so it is a place for a patient look.
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Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga, about halfway. Next is La Joquera.
Just behind Castelló de la Plana, where the coastal plain meets the first hills, the ravine of La Joquera cuts into the limestone near the village of Borriol. Its shelters hold prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean basin, and the area has been studied for its archaeology for decades. It is unusual to find such ancient art so close to a large modern city, and the contrast between the busy plain below, with its orange groves, factories and motorways, and the quiet hills above is striking.
Read the complete La Joquera write-up.
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La Joquera sits at 195 km, about halfway. Next is back through Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga.
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Read the complete Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga write-up.
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back through Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga comes up about 317 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric mas de los Perez.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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about 381 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric mas de los Perez. Next is back through Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the, late in the day. Next is Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 500 km.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the → Abric mas de los Perez is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric mas de los Perez → Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga → La Joquera is 63 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
La Joquera → back through Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga is 67 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga → back through Abric mas de los Perez is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric mas de los Perez → back through Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.