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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Calasparra it runs 346 km to Calasparra; allow about 7 h 11 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo de Zaén II, Central E. de Santonje and back through Abrigo de Zaén II. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,300 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
North-west of Cieza, the Segura river cuts through a dry landscape of limestone ridges, almond and fruit orchards, and rice fields that look out of place in arid Murcia. The Cueva de los Pucheros, a rock shelter in these hills between Cieza and Calasparra, is one of the many sites in the region holding prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Like most of these shelters, it is fragile and often protected by a fence, and access may require a guided visit arranged through the local authorities.
Read the complete Cueva de los Pucheros write-up.
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Cueva de los Pucheros is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de Zaén II.
Zaén is a quiet valley in the north-western corner of the Murcia region, in the municipality of Moratalla, where pine-covered sierras close in and the streams run clear and cold. The Abrigo de Zaén II is one of several painted rock shelters here, and like the others it belongs to the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin, inscribed in 1998. Levantine art, found along the eastern side of the Iberian Peninsula, shows lively figures of humans and animals, often in scenes of hunting, gathering and, sometimes, conflict.
Read the complete Abrigo de Zaén II write-up.
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Abrigo de Zaén II comes up about 89 km into the recorded legs. Next is Central E. de Santonje, 61 km on.
The Indalo, a little stick figure holding an arc over its head, is now the symbol of the whole province of Almería, painted on houses, cars and souvenirs, and it comes from a rock shelter here in the hills around Vélez-Blanco. The Cueva de los Letreros, a few kilometres from this point, holds the original among other paintings of the Levantine and schematic styles, and the shelters of the Sierra de María are part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, inscribed in 1998. Santonje, as the area is called, is one of a cluster of sites in these mountains.
Read the complete Central E. de Santonje write-up.
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about 177 km into the recorded legs you reach Central E. de Santonje. Next is back through Abrigo de Zaén II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de Zaén II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo de Zaén II, late in the day. Next is Cueva de los Pucheros.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de los Pucheros write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cueva de los Pucheros. That is the ride.
Cueva de los Pucheros → Abrigo de Zaén II is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Zaén II → Central E. de Santonje is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Central E. de Santonje → back through Abrigo de Zaén II is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de Zaén II → Cueva de los Pucheros is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.