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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319 km from Palanques to Palanques, about 7 h 19 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d, Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla, Racó d'en Gil and back through Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Els Ports is the high, empty country in the north of Castellón province, a land of stone-walled terraces, deep gorges, juniper and pine, and villages that cling to ridges above the river valleys. Palanques is one of the smallest of them, and above it, in a long cliff band known as the Cingle de Palanques, are shelters with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The Levantine paintings here show human figures and animals in the expressive style typical of this coast's mountainous interior, and like most such sites, they are protected and usually visited with a local guide.
Read the complete Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A write-up.
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Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
The Guadalope river cuts a deep canyon through the limestone of the Maestrazgo in eastern Teruel, and the Abrigo del Arenal de la Fonseca lies in this wild country near the hamlet of Ladruñán, between the villages of Castellote and Cantavieja. It is one of the important rock-art shelters of Aragon, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art, with Levantine paintings of animals and human figures in red pigment on the rock. The setting is spectacular: a narrow gorge with towering cliffs, the river flowing below, and pine and holm oak clinging to the slopes. Access involves a walk, and the paintings are protected by a fence.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
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Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d comes up about 52 km into the recorded legs. Next is Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla.
This is high Maestrat country, where Castellón's mountains roll into Teruel's, and the small rock shelter called the Covatina del Tossalet del Mas de la Rambla belongs to a family of sites that UNESCO lists together as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Under overhangs like this one, hunters and early farmers painted small, lively figures in red and black: archers in mid-stride, deer and ibex, scenes of hunting and gathering. The style, called Levantine art, is unusual for its movement and its storytelling, and many of the shelters are tiny, fragile and kept behind fences. Access is often by guided visit only, so check with the local tourist office before you count on seeing the paintings.
Read the complete Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla write-up.
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about 114 km into the recorded legs you reach Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla. Next is Racó d'en Gil.
There is a small triangle of country in the Alt Maestrat, between Benassal, Catí and Albocàsser, where the hills fold into narrow ravines and the stone walls of old terraces climb every slope. Racó d'en Gil, a name meaning something like Gil's corner, lies in this landscape, and it sits within easy reach of the Valltorta gorge, the place that put Levantine rock art on the map.
Read the complete Racó d'en Gil write-up.
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Racó d'en Gil, about halfway. Next is back through Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla write-up.
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back through Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla sits at 119 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d comes up about 267 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A closes the day.
Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla → Racó d'en Gil is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó d'en Gil → back through Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Covatina del Tossalet del mas de !a Rambla → back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → Cingle de Palanques- Abrigo A is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.