Why this ride
A 328 km round trip from Albocàsser - roughly 5 h 58 in the saddle. It goes by way of Els figuerals, Cabra feixet and back through Els figuerals. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I and Cabra feixet
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 328 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 58
- 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. Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I
In 2018, UNESCO added the art of dry stone walling to its list of the intangible heritage of humanity, a joint listing by Spain and several other countries. Anyone who has ridden the lanes around Albocàsser will understand why. Every slope is stepped with terraces, every field is edged with a wall, and the walls, built without a speck of mortar, have stood for centuries. Small huts with corbelled roofs, called barraques in Valencian, shelter farmers from sun and rain. It is a vast, unsigned work of art, made by thousands of people over hundreds of years, and the hillsides would wash away without it.
Read the complete Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Els figuerals.
2. Els figuerals
The Matarraña, or Matarranya in Catalan, is the corner of Teruel that tourism brochures like to call Spain's Tuscany, and for once the comparison is not silly. Olive groves and almond orchards climb rolling hills topped by stone villages with church towers, while to the south the limestone wall of the Ports de Beseit rises abruptly, cut by gorges and clear rivers. Near the village of Fuentespalda, a painted shelter called Els Figuerals adds this valley to the long UNESCO roll of Iberian rock art.
Read the complete Els figuerals write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Els figuerals comes up about 83 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cabra feixet.
3. 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
about 163 km into the recorded legs you reach Cabra feixet. Next is back through Els figuerals.
4. back through Els figuerals
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Els figuerals write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Els figuerals, late in the day. Next is Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I.
5. Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I to Els figuerals
Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I → Els figuerals is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Els figuerals to Cabra feixet
Els figuerals → Cabra feixet is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cabra feixet to back through Els figuerals
Cabra feixet → back through Els figuerals is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Els figuerals to Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I
back through Els figuerals → Cingle de l'Ermità -Abric I is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.