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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A 197 km round trip from Albocàsser - roughly 4 h 39 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric del mas dels Ous, Galeria del Roure, Abric de la Tenalla and back through Galeria del Roure. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Coves del Civil, also known as Ribasals, is one of the great concentrations of Levantine rock art in the Valltorta gorge area of Castellón province, and the number I beside its name marks the first shelter in the series. The Valltorta, a deep dry ravine running through limestone near the village of Tírig, was one of the first places where scholars recognised that this painting tradition existed, and a museum in Tírig tells how the paintings came to light. The paintings show archers, hunting scenes and animals, with a vividness that surprises anyone who expects scratchy marks on a wall.
Read the complete Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric del mas dels Ous.
Xert is the kind of village you pass through on the way to somewhere else and then wonder why you did not stop. It lies in the Baix Maestrat in northern Castellón, below a ridge of bare limestone, with the old village climbing the slope and a newer part down by the road. The shelter called the Abric del Mas dels Ous, the shelter of the farmhouse of the eggs, is out in the dry hills nearby, between Xert, Canet lo Roig and Rosell.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric del mas dels Ous comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Galeria del Roure.
Morella rises from the plateau of the Ports like something from a dream: a walled town wrapped around a rocky hill, crowned by a castle, with the Gothic basilica of Santa María la Mayor in the middle, and two kilometres of medieval walls with towers and gates running around the base. It is one of the most impressive historic towns in Spain, and the Galeria del Roure, a rock shelter about four kilometres away, is part of the cluster of prehistoric sites around Morella, including Morella la Vella, one of the important rock-art sites of the Valencian region, all part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The shelters are small and some are protected, so ask at the tourist office in town about visits.
Read the complete Galeria del Roure write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 55 km into the recorded legs you reach Galeria del Roure. Next is 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric de la Tenalla, about halfway. Next is back through Galeria del Roure.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Galeria del Roure write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Galeria del Roure sits at 109 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del mas dels Ous.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric del mas dels Ous comes up about 175 km into the recorded legs. Next is Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I closes the day.
Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I → Abric del mas dels Ous is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas dels Ous → Galeria del Roure is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Galeria del Roure → Abric de la Tenalla is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla → back through Galeria del Roure is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Galeria del Roure → back through Abric del mas dels Ous is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas dels Ous → Coves del Civil o Ribasals- Abric I is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.