Why this ride
A 292 km round trip from Albocàsser - roughly 5 h 55 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric d'Esquarterades I, Cueva de mas del Abogat and back through Abric d'Esquarterades I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Coveta de montegordo and Cueva de mas del Abogat
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 292 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 55
- 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. Coveta de montegordo
Up in the dry limestone uplands of inland Castellón, the Valltorta and Gasulla ravines hold one of the densest concentrations of Levantine rock art in Spain, and the Coveta de Montegordo is one of its many small shelters. Painted under rock overhangs some seven or eight thousand years ago, perhaps more, the figures here are tiny, often no taller than a finger, yet astonishingly alive: archers running with bows drawn, goats and deer leaping, hunters following wounded animals. The whole region is part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing inscribed by UNESCO in 1998, and the famous Cova dels Cavalls in the Valltorta shows a deer hunt with a line of archers waiting in ambush.
Read the complete Coveta de montegordo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Coveta de montegordo is where the day begins. Next is Abric d'Esquarterades I.
2. Abric d'Esquarterades I
In the dry hills behind Ulldecona, near the southern tip of Catalonia, small figures painted in red ochre run, hunt and gather across the walls of shallow rock shelters. These are the paintings of Levantine rock art, made by prehistoric people some seven to eight thousand years ago, and the shelters of the Serra de Godall, including the Abric d'Esquarterades, are among the best examples. They are part of the World Heritage site that covers rock art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Abric d'Esquarterades I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric d'Esquarterades I comes up about 60 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de mas del Abogat.
3. Cueva de mas del Abogat
Calaceite is the kind of village that makes you slow down without being asked: honey-coloured stone, arcaded squares, a big baroque church and grand old houses with carved doorways, all perched on a ridge in the Matarraña, the corner of Teruel where Aragón meets Catalonia and Valencia. A few kilometres from it lies the Cueva de Mas del Abogat, one of the painted rock shelters that belong to the UNESCO listing of prehistoric art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula. As with its sisters across eastern Spain, the paintings are small and often hard to read; the setting is what you take away.
Read the complete Cueva de mas del Abogat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 149 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de mas del Abogat. Next is back through Abric d'Esquarterades I.
4. back through Abric d'Esquarterades I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric d'Esquarterades I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric d'Esquarterades I, late in the day. Next is Coveta de montegordo.
5. Coveta de montegordo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coveta de montegordo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Coveta de montegordo. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Coveta de montegordo to Abric d'Esquarterades I
Coveta de montegordo → Abric d'Esquarterades I is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric d'Esquarterades I to Cueva de mas del Abogat
Abric d'Esquarterades I → Cueva de mas del Abogat is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de mas del Abogat to back through Abric d'Esquarterades I
Cueva de mas del Abogat → back through Abric d'Esquarterades I is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric d'Esquarterades I to Coveta de montegordo
back through Abric d'Esquarterades I → Coveta de montegordo is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.