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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From l'Ametlla de Mar it runs 272 km to l'Ametlla de Mar; allow about 3 h 32 of riding. It goes by way of Tower of the Scipios, Albi II / Balma dels Punts and back through Tower of the Scipios. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
South of Tortosa the Ebro river slows down and spreads into one of the great wetlands of the western Mediterranean, but a few kilometres inland the country is hilly and dry, with limestone outcrops and terraced olives. Cova del Taller sits somewhere in this landscape of the Baix Ebre, near El Perelló and L'Ampolla, and is one of the shelters that carry prehistoric paintings in Catalonia.
Read the complete Cova del Taller write-up.
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Cova del Taller is where the day begins. Next is Tower of the Scipios.
Rome built a road through Spain, and this tower stands beside what was left of it. The Torre dels Escipions, the Tower of the Scipios, is a tall, square funerary monument, about nine metres high in its present state, on the old line of the Via Augusta a few kilometres from Tarragona. It was built in the first century AD, and for a long time people thought it was the tomb of the Scipio brothers, the Roman generals who died fighting the Carthaginians in Spain around 211 BC. That story is almost certainly false, but the name stuck.
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Tower of the Scipios comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Albi II / Balma dels Punts.
L'Albi is a small village on a hill in Les Garrigues, the dry, olive-covered district southeast of Lleida, and its name appears in the archaeological record thanks to rock shelters in the area, including the Balma dels Punts, the shelter of the dots. The name suggests schematic paintings in the form of dots and lines, typical of the later phase of prehistoric art in the region, and the site is part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The shelters are small and fragile, and some can only be visited with a guide, so check with the town hall or a local interpretation centre before heading out.
Read the complete Albi II / Balma dels Punts write-up.
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about 127 km into the recorded legs you reach Albi II / Balma dels Punts. Next is back through Tower of the Scipios.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tower of the Scipios write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Tower of the Scipios, late in the day. Next is Cova del Taller.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del Taller write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cova del Taller. That is the ride.
Cova del Taller → Tower of the Scipios is 62 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Tower of the Scipios → Albi II / Balma dels Punts is 65 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Albi II / Balma dels Punts → back through Tower of the Scipios is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Tower of the Scipios → Cova del Taller is 57 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.