Why this ride
From Villafamés it runs 322 km to Villafamés; allow about 4 h 46 of riding. It goes by way of Abric del mas dels Ous, Cueva de mas del Abogat and back through Abric del mas dels Ous. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Castell de Villafamés and Cueva de mas del Abogat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 322 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 46
- 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. Castell de Villafamés
Villafamés announces itself from a long way off: a village of white and ochre houses stacked up a hill of reddish rock, with the remains of a castle crowning the top. It stands a little inland from the coast of Castellón, roughly between Borriol, Cabanes and the beach town of Benicàssim, close enough to the sea that you can smell salt on a westerly breeze turning, yet already in that rumpled hill country that leads up into the Maestrat.
Read the complete Castell de Villafamés write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Castell de Villafamés is where the day begins. Next is Abric del mas dels Ous.
2. Abric del mas dels Ous
Xert is the kind of village you pass through on the way to somewhere else and then wonder why you did not stop. It lies in the Baix Maestrat in northern Castellón, below a ridge of bare limestone, with the old village climbing the slope and a newer part down by the road. The shelter called the Abric del Mas dels Ous, the shelter of the farmhouse of the eggs, is out in the dry hills nearby, between Xert, Canet lo Roig and Rosell.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del mas dels Ous comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de mas del Abogat.
3. Cueva de mas del Abogat
Calaceite is the kind of village that makes you slow down without being asked: honey-coloured stone, arcaded squares, a big baroque church and grand old houses with carved doorways, all perched on a ridge in the Matarraña, the corner of Teruel where Aragón meets Catalonia and Valencia. A few kilometres from it lies the Cueva de Mas del Abogat, one of the painted rock shelters that belong to the UNESCO listing of prehistoric art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula. As with its sisters across eastern Spain, the paintings are small and often hard to read; the setting is what you take away.
Read the complete Cueva de mas del Abogat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 161 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de mas del Abogat. Next is back through Abric del mas dels Ous.
4. back through Abric del mas dels Ous
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric del mas dels Ous, late in the day. Next is Castell de Villafamés.
5. Castell de Villafamés
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castell de Villafamés write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Castell de Villafamés. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Castell de Villafamés to Abric del mas dels Ous
Castell de Villafamés → Abric del mas dels Ous is 60 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric del mas dels Ous to Cueva de mas del Abogat
Abric del mas dels Ous → Cueva de mas del Abogat is 101 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de mas del Abogat to back through Abric del mas dels Ous
Cueva de mas del Abogat → back through Abric del mas dels Ous is 102 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas dels Ous to Castell de Villafamés
back through Abric del mas dels Ous → Castell de Villafamés is 59 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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