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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386 km from Alacón to Alacón, about 7 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d, Centelles- Abric I and back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Covacho de Eudoviges
The Bajo Aragón is a country of gypsum cliffs, olive groves and slow rivers, and the Río Martín cuts through it in a series of gorges that shelter some of the finest rock art in Aragon. Covacho de Eudoviges, near the village of Alacón, is one of the painted sites of the Río Martín Cultural Park, and it forms part of the Levantine art that UNESCO recognised in 1998. The paintings are small, red, and sometimes faint, but in the right light the figures stand out sharply from the rock.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Covacho de Eudoviges is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
2. Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d
The Guadalope river cuts a deep canyon through the limestone of the Maestrazgo in eastern Teruel, and the Abrigo del Arenal de la Fonseca lies in this wild country near the hamlet of Ladruñán, between the villages of Castellote and Cantavieja. It is one of the important rock-art shelters of Aragon, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art, with Levantine paintings of animals and human figures in red pigment on the rock. The setting is spectacular: a narrow gorge with towering cliffs, the river flowing below, and pine and holm oak clinging to the slopes. Access involves a walk, and the paintings are protected by a fence.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d comes up about 96 km into the recorded legs. Next is Centelles- Abric I.
3. Centelles- Abric I
Albocàsser and Catí are two quiet stone towns in the inland hills of Castellón, and between them, in a rocky ravine, the Centelles shelters hold some of the prehistoric paintings that make this corner of Spain a capital of Levantine rock art. The style is distinctive: small human figures, often archers, painted in red with long legs and dynamic poses, hunting deer, ibex and boar, sometimes in groups, sometimes in battle. The sites are part of the UNESCO listing of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Nearby, the Valltorta gorge, near Tírig, holds some of the most famous examples, and its museum explains the art and the people who made it.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Covacho de Eudoviges. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Covacho de Eudoviges to Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d
Covacho de Eudoviges → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d to Centelles- Abric I
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → Centelles- Abric I is 105 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Centelles- Abric I to back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d
Centelles- Abric I → back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d to Covacho de Eudoviges
back through Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → Covacho de Eudoviges is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.