Why this ride
332 km from Mequinensa / Mequinenza to Mequinensa / Mequinenza, about 7 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, Abric de la Tenalla and back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Camino de la Cova Plana II and Abric de la Tenalla
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 332 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 18
- 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. Camino de la Cova Plana II
Three rivers come together near Mequinenza: the Ebro, flowing in from the west, and the Segre and Cinca, arriving together from the Pyrenees to the north. The meeting point, now swallowed by the reservoirs behind the dams, has always been a strategic place, and the much-restored castle on the hill above the town has watched over it for centuries. The Camino de la Cova Plana is a track in the hills east of town, towards the Catalan border, and the site recorded here is one of the many prehistoric rock shelters scattered across this dry, rugged landscape.
Read the complete Camino de la Cova Plana II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Camino de la Cova Plana II is where the day begins. Next is Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
2. Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Around ten kilometres from Alcañiz, in a dry ravine among olive groves and limestone ledges, a rock shelter holds one of the most celebrated scenes of Levantine rock art in Spain. The paintings at Val del Charco del Agua Amarga show archers in motion, hunting and perhaps fighting, their thin bodies drawn with a few confident strokes in red. Many experts consider it one of the finest examples in the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art, and seeing it, even protected behind a fence, gives a real jolt of connection to people who lived here several thousand years ago.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga comes up 61 km in. Next is Abric de la Tenalla.
3. Abric de la Tenalla
The Tinença de Benifassà is one of the wildest corners of the Valencian region, a cluster of tiny villages in the mountains where Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet, and the Abric de la Tenalla lies on its southeastern edge, near Rosell. It is one of the many rock shelters in this area with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and the nearby Serra de Godall and the Ulldecona shelters to the east are among the most important sites in Catalonia. The landscape is dramatic: limestone cliffs, deep gorges, pine and holm oak forests, and abandoned terraces where shepherds once grazed their flocks.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
122 km in you reach Abric de la Tenalla. Next is back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
4. back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, late in the day. Next is Camino de la Cova Plana II.
5. Camino de la Cova Plana II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Camino de la Cova Plana II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Camino de la Cova Plana II. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Camino de la Cova Plana II to Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Camino de la Cova Plana II → Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Abric de la Tenalla
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Abric de la Tenalla is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla to back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Abric de la Tenalla → back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Camino de la Cova Plana II
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Camino de la Cova Plana II is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.