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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84 km from Albocàsser to Albocàsser, about 1 h 42 of riding. 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.
Cova de Rull sits in the same dry country as its neighbours in the northern Valencian interior, in the hills around Albocàsser, and it carries a different feeling from the great ravine galleries. A cova is a cave, and this one is a modest opening in the rock with painted figures that belong to the Levantine tradition recognised by UNESCO. Archers, animals and signs are rendered in the red pigment that the style is known for, and what survives gives a hint of how many more once decorated the cliffs of this region.
Read the complete Cova de Rull write-up.
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Cova de Rull 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.
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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.
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back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Cova de Rull.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de Rull write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cova de Rull. That is the ride.
Cova de Rull → 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 Rull is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.