CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 337 km round trip from Letur - roughly 7 h 15 in the saddle. On the way it passes L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, Cueva de la Plata and back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Sorbas is the name of a town in Almería, famous for its gypsum caves, and it is also the name of a cortijo, a farmhouse, in the hills south of Letur in Albacete, which is a coincidence that has confused more than one traveller. Cortijo de Sorbas is a shelter in a rough, dry upland that belongs to the municipality of Letur, about twelve kilometres from the village, and the ride that visits it also includes sites such as Los Sacristanes and the Cueva del Gitano.
Read the complete Cortijo de Sorbas I write-up.
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Cortijo de Sorbas I is where the day begins. Next is L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 62 km on.
In the mountains of northern Almería, near the village of Vélez-Blanco, the Cueva de los Letreros holds a small painted figure that has become the symbol of the province: the Indalo, a human figure holding an arc over its head, which locals paint on houses as a good luck charm. The rock shelters around Vélez-Blanco, including the one known as Tello I or Cama del Pastor, the shepherd's bed, are part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing, with paintings ranging from Levantine scenes to schematic signs. The landscape is dry and rugged, with the limestone mass of the Sierra de María rising above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor comes up 62 km in. Next is Cueva de la Plata.
Aledo is a tiny village on a rocky spur in the hills of Murcia, a place that punches well above its weight in history. In the eleventh century, it was a fortress on the frontier between Christian Castile and the Muslim taifa kingdoms, and the siege of Aledo in 1088 was a major episode in the struggle for the peninsula. A tower still stands above the village. The Cueva de la Plata, the silver cave, lies in the hills nearby, between Aledo, Totana and Alhama de Murcia.
Read the complete Cueva de la Plata write-up.
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123 km in you reach Cueva de la Plata. Next is back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 62 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, late in the day. Next is Cortijo de Sorbas I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cortijo de Sorbas I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cortijo de Sorbas I. That is the ride.
Cortijo de Sorbas I → L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → Cueva de la Plata is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Plata → back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → Cortijo de Sorbas I is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.