Why this ride
223 km from Fuentespalda to Fuentespalda, about 3 h 51 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de la Tenalla, Abric del mas dels Ous and back through Abric de la Tenalla.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Els figuerals and Abric del mas dels Ous
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 223 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 51
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Els figuerals
The Matarraña, or Matarranya in Catalan, is the corner of Teruel that tourism brochures like to call Spain's Tuscany, and for once the comparison is not silly. Olive groves and almond orchards climb rolling hills topped by stone villages with church towers, while to the south the limestone wall of the Ports de Beseit rises abruptly, cut by gorges and clear rivers. Near the village of Fuentespalda, a painted shelter called Els Figuerals adds this valley to the long UNESCO roll of Iberian rock art.
Read the complete Els figuerals write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Els figuerals is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Tenalla.
2. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Tenalla comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del mas dels Ous.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas dels Ous. Next is back through Abric de la Tenalla.
4. back through Abric de la Tenalla
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de la Tenalla, late in the day. Next is Els figuerals.
5. Els figuerals
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Els figuerals write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Els figuerals. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Els figuerals to Abric de la Tenalla
Els figuerals → Abric de la Tenalla is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla to Abric del mas dels Ous
Abric de la Tenalla → Abric del mas dels Ous is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas dels Ous to back through Abric de la Tenalla
Abric del mas dels Ous → back through Abric de la Tenalla is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Tenalla to Els figuerals
back through Abric de la Tenalla → Els figuerals is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.