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 Sombrerete it runs 334 km to Sombrerete; allow about 5 h 36 of riding. The stops in between: Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal, Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien, Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán and back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Sombrerete is a silver town in the northwest of Zacatecas, founded in the 1550s when Spanish prospectors found rich veins of ore in the hills. The name comes from a hill nearby shaped like a small hat. In the colonial era, Sombrerete's mines produced enormous wealth, and the town grew into an important stop on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road linking Mexico City with the far north. That wealth built a remarkable collection of churches, convents and mansions, many in the pinkish local stone, and the historic ensemble is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. The Franciscan convent, the church of Santo Domingo, and the chapel of the Tercera Orden, with its unusual oval plan, are among the highlights. The town has a slightly faded, unhurried atmosphere, far from the tourist crowds of the more famous colonial cities.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret write-up.
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Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret is where the day begins. Next is Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal.
Chalchihuites is a small town in the far west of Zacatecas, on the edge of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and it lies on a stretch of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land. Its architectural ensemble, with a parish church and colonial houses around a plaza, is part of the UNESCO listing of the Camino Real. The name comes from the Nahuatl word for jade or greenstone, chalchihuitl, a reference to the turquoise-like stones found in the area, which were prized by the peoples of Mesoamerica.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal write-up.
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Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Nombre de Dios, in the state of Durango, is a small, dusty town on a dry plateau about a hundred kilometres south-east of the state capital, and it carries the distinction of having been the site of the first Franciscan mission in Durango, founded in the 1550s.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
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about 120 km into the recorded legs you reach Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien. Next is Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán.
East of the city of Durango, where the high plateau of northern Mexico stretches flat and wide under a vast sky, the old hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán stands among irrigated fields and dusty farm roads. Its buildings, with thick adobe walls, a chapel and the remains of the main house, recall the centuries when great landed estates dominated this region, raising cattle, growing wheat and supplying the mining towns of the north. The hacienda is one of the sites listed as part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the Royal Road of the Interior Land, which UNESCO inscribed in 2010. This was the long trade and colonisation route that ran from Mexico City north to Santa Fe in present-day New Mexico, more than two thousand kilometres through deserts and mountains.
Read the complete Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán write-up.
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Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán, about halfway. Next is back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien sits at 223 km, about halfway. Next is back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal comes up about 282 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret closes the day.
Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret → Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal → Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 69 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of San Diego de Navacoyán → back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Chapel of San Antonio of the Former hacien → back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal is 62 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Architectonic ensemble of the Town of Chal → Historic ensemble of the city of Sombreret is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.