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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Montealegre del Castillo it runs 108 km to Montealegre del Castillo; allow about 2 h 06 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo del Buen Aire I, Abrigo del Canto Blanco and back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Monte Arabí rises from the high plain north of Yecla like a ship run aground, a lonely mass of sandstone with flat top and fluted sides, and locals have told stories about it for centuries: Moorish treasure, enchanted caves, a hidden city. The real treasure is painted. The Cantos de la Visera shelters on its slopes hold prehistoric rock art, including Levantine figures of animals and schematic signs, and they belong to the great series of Mediterranean rock art sites listed by UNESCO. There are also strange carved holes and basins in the rock, whose purpose is still debated.
Read the complete Cantos de la Visera I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cantos de la Visera I is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Jumilla country is dry, wide and honest. The town sits in the far north of Murcia where it bulges up towards Albacete, surrounded by limestone sierras, almond groves and vineyards of Monastrell grapes that make some of the most powerful red wine in Spain. A few kilometres outside town, in the folds of these hills, lie a group of small rock shelters known as the Abrigos del Buen Aire. They belong to the long chain of prehistoric painted sites strung along the eastern side of the peninsula that UNESCO lists together as the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
Jumilla is wine country, and you know it as soon as you arrive. The town sits in the north of the Murcia region, surrounded by a high, dry plateau of vineyards growing the Monastrell grape, which produces powerful, dark red wines. A castle tops the hill above the old town, and the bodegas on its outskirts welcome visitors. The Abrigo del Canto Blanco, the shelter of the white stone, lies in the hills about five kilometres away.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Canto Blanco. Next is back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I, late in the day. Next is Cantos de la Visera I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cantos de la Visera I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cantos de la Visera I. That is the ride.
Cantos de la Visera I → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 14 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Cantos de la Visera I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.