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 Bordón it runs 287 km to Bordón; allow about 5 h 37 of riding. The stops in between: Coveta de la Cornisa, Abric del mas dels Ous, Calçaes del matá and back through Abric del mas dels Ous. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Deep in the Maestrazgo of Teruel, where the Guadalope river carves its way between limestone walls, the rock shelters around Castellote and Molinos hold painted figures left by prehistoric communities. The Friso Abierto del Pudial is one of them, an open frieze on a sheltered rock face, part of the extraordinary chain of Levantine art sites listed by UNESCO. The figures are faint, and visiting typically means a walk on rough ground, but the setting alone is worth the effort.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
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friso Abierto del Pudial is where the day begins. Next is Coveta de la Cornisa.
Morella is one of the most dramatic towns in Spain: a walled medieval city wrapped around a conical hill, with a castle on the summit and its walls running unbroken around the base. It stands in the mountains of the Ports in the north of Castellón province, at around a thousand metres, and its silhouette, seen from the roads that climb toward it, is unforgettable. The Coveta de la Cornisa, the little cave of the ledge, lies in the hills about four kilometres away.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
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Coveta de la Cornisa comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 120 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas dels Ous. Next is Calçaes del matá.
Ares del Maestrat sits on a crag so steep that the village seems glued to the rock, and below it, in the Gasulla gorge, the Cingle de la Mola Remigia holds some of the most famous Levantine paintings in Spain, scenes of archers, hunters and even an execution. Calçaes del Matà is a shelter in the same broad landscape near Albocàsser, and with the Gasulla and Valltorta sites it belongs to the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The shelters here are reached on foot, and guided visits can be booked through the local museums.
Read the complete Calçaes del matá write-up.
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Calçaes del matá, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del mas dels Ous.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
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back through Abric del mas dels Ous sits at 123 km, about halfway. Next is back through Coveta de la Cornisa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Coveta de la Cornisa comes up about 204 km into the recorded legs. Next is friso Abierto del Pudial.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
friso Abierto del Pudial closes the day.
friso Abierto del Pudial → Coveta de la Cornisa is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de la Cornisa → Abric del mas dels Ous is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas dels Ous → Calçaes del matá is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Calçaes del matá → back through Abric del mas dels Ous is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas dels Ous → back through Coveta de la Cornisa is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Coveta de la Cornisa → friso Abierto del Pudial is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.