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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From Yeste it runs 481 km to Yeste; allow about 10 h 58 of riding. The stops in between: Central E. de Santonje, Abrigo de Zaén II and back through Central E. de Santonje. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Some places on a map feel remote; this one actually is. The point named Diosa Madre, mother goddess, lies in the mountains of the Sierra de Segura, in the far southwest of Albacete province, roughly sixteen kilometres from Yeste and not far from the border with Jaén. The mountains themselves are the real experience.
Read the complete Diosa madre write-up.
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Diosa madre is where the day begins. Next is Central E. de Santonje, 67 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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Central E. de Santonje comes up about 162 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 239 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo de Zaén II. Next is back through Central E. de Santonje, 67 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Central E. de Santonje write-up.
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back through Central E. de Santonje, late in the day. Next is Diosa madre.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Diosa madre write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Diosa madre. That is the ride.
Diosa madre → Central E. de Santonje is 162 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Central E. de Santonje → Abrigo de Zaén II is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Zaén II → back through Central E. de Santonje is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Central E. de Santonje → Diosa madre is 154 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.