Why this ride
217 km from Vilafranca del Penedès to Vilafranca del Penedès, about 3 h 05 of riding. It goes by way of Paleochristian cemetery, Cova del Cingle and back through Paleochristian cemetery.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova dels Segarulls and Cova del Cingle
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 217 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 05
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cova dels Segarulls
The vineyards of the Penedès roll out in every direction from Vilafranca, and the Cova dels Segarulls lies among them, a few kilometres outside the town in the low hills toward the coastal range.
Read the complete Cova dels Segarulls write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova dels Segarulls is where the day begins. Next is Paleochristian cemetery.
2. Paleochristian cemetery
When the Roman city of Tarraco converted to Christianity, its people began burying their dead beside the Francolí river, west of the town, and the necropolis that grew up there over the fourth and fifth centuries is now one of the most important early Christian burial sites in the western Mediterranean. Hundreds of tombs were found, from simple graves to carved marble sarcophagi, along with remains of a basilica. Tradition links the site with Saint Fructuosus, the bishop of Tarraco burned in the amphitheatre in the year 259 along with two deacons.
Read the complete Paleochristian cemetery write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Paleochristian cemetery comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova del Cingle.
3. Cova del Cingle
The Ebro still has rope ferries. At Miravet, a flat boat attached to a cable across the river carries cars, bikes and walkers from bank to bank, driven only by the current and the skill of the ferryman, as such ferries have done for centuries. Above the village, on a rocky hill, stands one of the great Templar castles of Catalonia, a stern stone fortress that controlled the river. Nearby, among the hills of the Ribera d'Ebre near Ginestar and Rasquera, the Cova del Cingle is a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Cova del Cingle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 109 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova del Cingle. Next is back through Paleochristian cemetery.
4. back through Paleochristian cemetery
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Paleochristian cemetery write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Paleochristian cemetery, late in the day. Next is Cova dels Segarulls.
5. Cova dels Segarulls
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova dels Segarulls write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova dels Segarulls. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova dels Segarulls to Paleochristian cemetery
Cova dels Segarulls → Paleochristian cemetery is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Paleochristian cemetery to Cova del Cingle
Paleochristian cemetery → Cova del Cingle is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del Cingle to back through Paleochristian cemetery
Cova del Cingle → back through Paleochristian cemetery is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Paleochristian cemetery to Cova dels Segarulls
back through Paleochristian cemetery → Cova dels Segarulls is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.