Why this ride
From El Perelló it runs 409 km to El Perelló; allow about 7 h 43 of riding. The stops in between: Abric de la Tenalla, Val del Charco del Agua Amarga and back through Abric de la Tenalla.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova de les Calobres and Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 409 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 43
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cova de les Calobres
The Ebro is near its end here. South of Tortosa the river spreads into a flat delta of rice fields, lagoons and sand spits, and the coast of the Baix Ebre curves out into the sea. The Cova de les Calobres, the Cave of the Snakes, is a shelter inland from El Perelló, in the dry limestone hills of the Serra de Cardó. The rock paintings of this area belong to the Mediterranean-arc group that UNESCO listed in 1998, and the nearby shelters have given their names to the ride titles.
Read the complete Cova de les Calobres write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de les Calobres is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Tenalla.
2. Abric de la Tenalla
The Tinença de Benifassà is one of the wildest corners of the Valencian region, a cluster of tiny villages in the mountains where Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet, and the Abric de la Tenalla lies on its southeastern edge, near Rosell. It is one of the many rock shelters in this area with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and the nearby Serra de Godall and the Ulldecona shelters to the east are among the most important sites in Catalonia. The landscape is dramatic: limestone cliffs, deep gorges, pine and holm oak forests, and abandoned terraces where shepherds once grazed their flocks.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Tenalla comes up 62 km in. Next is Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
3. Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Around ten kilometres from Alcañiz, in a dry ravine among olive groves and limestone ledges, a rock shelter holds one of the most celebrated scenes of Levantine rock art in Spain. The paintings at Val del Charco del Agua Amarga show archers in motion, hunting and perhaps fighting, their thin bodies drawn with a few confident strokes in red. Many experts consider it one of the finest examples in the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art, and seeing it, even protected behind a fence, gives a real jolt of connection to people who lived here several thousand years ago.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
123 km in you reach Val del Charco del Agua Amarga. Next is back through Abric de la Tenalla.
4. back through Abric de la Tenalla
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de la Tenalla, late in the day. Next is Cova de les Calobres.
5. Cova de les Calobres
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de les Calobres write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova de les Calobres. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova de les Calobres to Abric de la Tenalla
Cova de les Calobres → Abric de la Tenalla is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla to Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Abric de la Tenalla → Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to back through Abric de la Tenalla
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → back through Abric de la Tenalla is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Tenalla to Cova de les Calobres
back through Abric de la Tenalla → Cova de les Calobres is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.