CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 374 km round trip from Tuéjar - roughly 7 h 20 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I, Balma de la fabriqueta, La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia and Abric de Lambert. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
This part of the ride is 37 km of El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
The Valencia hinterland hides one of Europe's oldest art galleries in the cracks of its limestone. Corral de Silla is one of the rock shelters of the Mediterranean Basin rock art, a group of sites in eastern Spain that UNESCO listed in 1998. The paintings are in the Levantine style, small, lively figures of archers, deer and wild goats in red or black pigment, and are thought to be thousands of years old, with the exact dates still debated by specialists. Access to such shelters is often controlled, and many are reached only on foot, so it is worth checking before arriving.
Read the complete El Corral de Silla- Abric l write-up.
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El Corral de Silla- Abric l is where the day begins. Next is Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
West of Valencia, the river Turia leaves the mountains through a series of deep gorges, and around the villages of Gestalgar, Sot de Chera and Chulilla, the landscape turns dramatic: limestone cliffs, pine-covered slopes and the river winding green below. In a side ravine near Gestalgar, the Barranco de las Colochas shelters a handful of painted panels that UNESCO counts among the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia. The figures are faint, but the setting is worth the effort on its own.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I comes up 40 km in. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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81 km in you reach Balma de la fabriqueta. Next is La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.
In the heart of Valencia's old town, a Gothic building with crenellated walls and gargoyles looks more like a castle than a market, and that was rather the point. The Lonja de la Seda, the silk exchange, was built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries when Valencia was one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean, and it was meant to show the power of its merchants. Its great hall, the Sala de Contratación, is one of the masterpieces of late Gothic architecture, with slender columns that twist like palm trunks up to a ribbed vault. It was listed by UNESCO in 1996.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
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La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia, about halfway. Next is Abric de Lambert.
Cullera is not where most people would look for prehistory. It is a busy beach town at the mouth of the Júcar, with high-rise apartments along the sand, a lighthouse on the point and rice fields stretching inland toward the Albufera lagoon. But the town has a mountain at its back, a limestone outcrop crowned by a castle and a sanctuary, and in that rock there are shelters, including the one known as the Abric de Lambert.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
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Abric de Lambert sits at 162 km, about halfway. Next is back through La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
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back through La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia comes up 202 km in. Next is back through Balma de la fabriqueta.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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242 km in you reach back through Balma de la fabriqueta. Next is back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I, late in the day. Next is El Corral de Silla- Abric l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete El Corral de Silla- Abric l write-up.
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The route ends here after 374 km.
El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Balma de la fabriqueta is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia → Abric de Lambert is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Lambert → back through La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia → back through Balma de la fabriqueta is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → El Corral de Silla- Abric l is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.