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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An 84 km round trip from Albocàsser - roughly 1 h 42 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barranc del Puig- Abric I, mas d'en Badenes and back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Cova de la Taruga sits in the same part of the Maestrat as the Coves del Civil, six kilometres from Albocàsser and ten from Cuevas de Vinromá, in a landscape of low limestone hills, dry-stone walls and scattered almond and olive trees. The cave belongs to the painted shelters of the Valencian Maestrat, which are part of the Mediterranean rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998, and the nearby sites of Abric de la Tenalla and Cabra Feixet are on the same route.
Read the complete Cova de la Taruga write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cova de la Taruga is where the day begins. Next is Barranc del Puig- Abric I.
The Maestrat is the high, rugged interior of the province of Castellón, a land of limestone plateaus, deep ravines and stone villages that seem to grow out of the rock. Near Benassal, the Barranc del Puig cuts into the hills, and its rock shelters contain prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO serial site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. This area is one of the richest in Spain for Levantine rock art, and the nearby Valltorta gorge, between Albocàsser and Tírig, has some of the most famous paintings, including scenes of hunters chasing deer and wild goats. The Valltorta museum in Tírig explains the art and organises visits to the shelters.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc del Puig- Abric I comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is mas d'en Badenes.
This is a thinly populated landscape of limestone plateaus, stone-walled terraces, holm oaks and old farmhouses, a world away from the beach resorts an hour to the east.
Read the complete mas d'en Badenes write-up.
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about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach mas d'en Badenes. Next is back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Cova de la Taruga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Taruga write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cova de la Taruga. That is the ride.
Cova de la Taruga → Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc del Puig- Abric I → mas d'en Badenes is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas d'en Badenes → back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I → Cova de la Taruga is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.