Why this ride
From El Perelló it runs 155 km to El Perelló; allow about 2 h 51 of riding. On the way it passes Cova del Taller, Abric de masets and back through Cova del Taller.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cabra feixet and Abric de masets
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 155 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 51
- 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. Cabra feixet
El Perelló is a hill village on the old coast road between Tarragona and Tortosa, and it is famous for honey. Bees have been kept on these scrubby limestone slopes for centuries, feeding on rosemary, thyme and wild flowers, and every winter the village holds a honey fair that draws visitors from across Catalonia. In the hills around, sheltered under an overhang, is the rock art of Cabra Feixet, part of the Levantine paintings of eastern Spain inscribed together by UNESCO. The figures are small and faded, and the site is best visited with a guide or after asking at the village; please do not touch the rock.
Read the complete Cabra feixet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cabra feixet is where the day begins. Next is Cova del Taller.
2. Cova del Taller
South of Tortosa the Ebro river slows down and spreads into one of the great wetlands of the western Mediterranean, but a few kilometres inland the country is hilly and dry, with limestone outcrops and terraced olives. Cova del Taller sits somewhere in this landscape of the Baix Ebre, near El Perelló and L'Ampolla, and is one of the shelters that carry prehistoric paintings in Catalonia.
Read the complete Cova del Taller write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova del Taller comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de masets.
3. Abric de masets
The Montsià range rises like a wall behind the Ebro delta in southern Catalonia, a ridge of grey limestone with steep slopes and rocky crags, and in a shelter on its flanks, near Santa Bàrbara and Masdenverge, the Abric de Masets holds traces of prehistoric paintings. It is part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are faded and fragmentary, but the site is a reminder that people have lived and hunted in this landscape for thousands of years.
Read the complete Abric de masets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 76 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de masets. Next is back through Cova del Taller.
4. back through Cova del Taller
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del Taller write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova del Taller, late in the day. Next is Cabra feixet.
5. Cabra feixet
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cabra feixet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cabra feixet. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cabra feixet to Cova del Taller
Cabra feixet → Cova del Taller is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del Taller to Abric de masets
Cova del Taller → Abric de masets is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de masets to back through Cova del Taller
Abric de masets → back through Cova del Taller is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova del Taller to Cabra feixet
back through Cova del Taller → Cabra feixet is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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