Why this ride
122 km from Maó to Maó, about 2 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: C4: Central-south area of ravines, C2: Southwest Area and back through C4: Central-south area of ravines.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
C7: South-east area-Maó and C2: Southwest Area
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 122 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. C7: South-east area-Maó
Menorca is the quieter of the Balearic islands, and Maó, at the eastern end, is its capital and main port. It sits on one of the longest natural harbours in the Mediterranean, a deep inlet that has been fought over by Britons, French and Spanish and that has left the town with Georgian sash windows next to Catalan balconies. The island itself is a UNESCO biosphere reserve, and the south-east, around Maó and Sant Lluís, is where its prehistoric remains are most thickly spread.
Read the complete C7: South-east area-Maó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
C7: South-east area-Maó is where the day begins. Next is C4: Central-south area of ravines.
2. C4: Central-south area of ravines
Menorca is the quiet island of the Balearics, and its south coast is cut by ravines, the barrancs, that run down from the limestone plateau to the sea in narrow, green clefts. The central-south area is where they are most impressive: Algendar, Trebalúger, Binigaus and others, each a steep-sided channel with wild olive, holm oak and a trickle of water in the bottom, ending in a small beach. The whole island was declared a Biosphere Reserve in 1993, and the old walking path that circles it, the Camí de Cavalls, passes by the mouths of most of them.
Read the complete C4: Central-south area of ravines write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
C4: Central-south area of ravines comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is C2: Southwest Area.
3. C2: Southwest Area
Ciutadella is the old capital of Menorca, a handsome town of nearly thirty thousand people at the western end of the island, with a small harbour lined with fish restaurants and a cathedral built on the site of a mosque. The south-west corner of the island, below the town, holds some of the finest prehistoric remains on Menorca, including the burial chamber known as the Naveta des Tudons, a stone structure shaped like an upturned boat that is among the oldest roofed buildings in Europe. It belongs to the talayotic culture that built towers and T-shaped sanctuaries across the island over many centuries.
Read the complete C2: Southwest Area write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 60 km into the recorded legs you reach C2: Southwest Area. Next is back through C4: Central-south area of ravines.
4. back through C4: Central-south area of ravines
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete C4: Central-south area of ravines write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through C4: Central-south area of ravines, late in the day. Next is C7: South-east area-Maó.
5. C7: South-east area-Maó
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete C7: South-east area-Maó write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at C7: South-east area-Maó. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
C7: South-east area-Maó to C4: Central-south area of ravines
C7: South-east area-Maó → C4: Central-south area of ravines is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
C4: Central-south area of ravines to C2: Southwest Area
C4: Central-south area of ravines → C2: Southwest Area is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
C2: Southwest Area to back through C4: Central-south area of ravines
C2: Southwest Area → back through C4: Central-south area of ravines is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through C4: Central-south area of ravines to C7: South-east area-Maó
back through C4: Central-south area of ravines → C7: South-east area-Maó is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.