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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An 84 km round trip from Albocàsser - roughly 1 h 42 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranc del Puig- Abric I, mas d'en Badenes and back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
L'Arc means the arch, and it is one of those place names that makes you look up. In the limestone of the Maestrat, weathering has worked on the rock for millions of years, carving ledges, hollows, pinnacles and now and then a natural arch or bridge where a thin wall has been eaten through. The shelter lies about six kilometres from Albocàsser, and carries painting in the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain. The ride links it with the Arenal de la Fonseca, a sandy ledge where the rock crumbles to grit.
Read the complete L'Arc write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
L'Arc is where the day begins. Next is Barranc del Puig- Abric I.
The Maestrat is the high, rugged interior of the province of Castellón, a land of limestone plateaus, deep ravines and stone villages that seem to grow out of the rock. Near Benassal, the Barranc del Puig cuts into the hills, and its rock shelters contain prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO serial site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. This area is one of the richest in Spain for Levantine rock art, and the nearby Valltorta gorge, between Albocàsser and Tírig, has some of the most famous paintings, including scenes of hunters chasing deer and wild goats. The Valltorta museum in Tírig explains the art and organises visits to the shelters.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc del Puig- Abric I comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. Next is mas d'en Badenes.
This is a thinly populated landscape of limestone plateaus, stone-walled terraces, holm oaks and old farmhouses, a world away from the beach resorts an hour to the east.
Read the complete mas d'en Badenes write-up.
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about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach mas d'en Badenes. Next is back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc del Puig- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I, late in the day. Next is L'Arc.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete L'Arc write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at L'Arc. That is the ride.
L'Arc → Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc del Puig- Abric I → mas d'en Badenes is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas d'en Badenes → back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc del Puig- Abric I → L'Arc is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.