Why this ride
From Mequinensa / Mequinenza it runs 171 km to Mequinensa / Mequinenza; allow about 2 h 52 of riding. On the way it passes Val de Caballé I, mas de Torres and back through Val de Caballé I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Bco. de la Plana I and mas de Torres
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 171 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 52
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bco. de la Plana I
Mequinenza sits where the Segre and the Cinca join the Ebro, and the Barranco de la Plana, a dry gully less than a kilometre from the town, is one of the painted shelters scattered through the hills above them. The ride that includes it also touches Roca Roja, the Red Rock, and another shelter of the Abrics d'Ermites group far to the south, which shows how far these rock-art routes range. The paintings belong to the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO along with the rest of the Mediterranean rock art of Spain, and in this semi-arid corner of Aragón, where there is little to shelter a painted wall from the weather, what survives is a small miracle.
Read the complete Bco. de la Plana I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Bco. de la Plana I is where the day begins. Next is Val de Caballé I.
2. Val de Caballé I
Here the Ebro stops being a river and becomes a lake. Behind the great dams at Mequinenza and Riba-roja, the water backs up for kilometres into the dry hills of eastern Aragon, and locals call the reservoir the Mar de Aragón, the sea of Aragon. Val de Caballé is a gully in the hills south of the water, between Mequinenza, Nonaspe and Fabara, part of a scatter of prehistoric rock shelters in this corner where Aragon, Catalonia and the Matarranya meet.
Read the complete Val de Caballé I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Val de Caballé I comes up 18 km in. Next is mas de Torres.
3. mas de Torres
The Monegros in high summer is the closest thing Europe has to a desert, a wide, dry plateau of gypsum hills, wheat stubble and steppe scrub under a hard, white sky. Near the village of Candasnos, close to the main road between Zaragoza and Lleida, the shelter labelled Mas de Torres is one of the rock art sites of the Mediterranean Basin listed by UNESCO, a reminder that people lived and hunted here long before the land dried out to its present state.
Read the complete mas de Torres write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
36 km in you reach mas de Torres. Next is back through Val de Caballé I.
4. back through Val de Caballé I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Val de Caballé I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Val de Caballé I, late in the day. Next is Bco. de la Plana I, 18 km on.
5. Bco. de la Plana I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Bco. de la Plana I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Bco. de la Plana I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Bco. de la Plana I to Val de Caballé I
Bco. de la Plana I → Val de Caballé I is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Val de Caballé I to mas de Torres
Val de Caballé I → mas de Torres is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas de Torres to back through Val de Caballé I
mas de Torres → back through Val de Caballé I is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Val de Caballé I to Bco. de la Plana I
back through Val de Caballé I → Bco. de la Plana I is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
More motorcycle rides nearby
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