CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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374 km from María to María, about 7 h 03 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo de la fuente, Andragulla I, Las Cabritas and Andragulla II. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
In the mountains of northern Almería, near the village of Vélez-Blanco, the Cueva de los Letreros holds a small painted figure that has become the symbol of the province: the Indalo, a human figure holding an arc over its head, which locals paint on houses as a good luck charm. The rock shelters around Vélez-Blanco, including the one known as Tello I or Cama del Pastor, the shepherd's bed, are part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing, with paintings ranging from Levantine scenes to schematic signs. The landscape is dry and rugged, with the limestone mass of the Sierra de María rising above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de la fuente.
Nerpio is about as remote as it gets in southern Spain: a village in the far south-west corner of Albacete province, deep in the Sierra del Segura, close to the borders of Andalucía and Murcia. It sits in the valley of the Taibilla river, surrounded by mountains, with terraced fields, walnut trees and pine forests on the slopes. The Abrigo de la Fuente, the shelter of the spring, lies in the hills about eleven kilometres from the village.
Read the complete Abrigo de la fuente write-up.
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Abrigo de la fuente comes up 35 km in. Next is Andragulla I.
In the far north-west corner of the Region of Murcia, where the land climbs towards the mountains of Albacete and Jaén, lies Moratalla, a town of whitewashed houses piled up a hillside beneath a castle tower. Its countryside is surprisingly wild for Murcia: pine forests, rivers, gorges and limestone ridges, some of the greenest land in a famously dry region. The rock shelter of Andragulla is one of many painted overhangs scattered through these hills, part of the Levantine rock art sites inscribed together by UNESCO. Many are protected behind fences and need a guide; the tourist office in Moratalla can advise.
Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
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69 km in you reach Andragulla I. Next is Las Cabritas.
Nerpio sits at the edge of the world, or at least at the edge of Albacete province, a small village in the Sierra de Taibilla close to where Murcia, Granada and Jaén come together. Its walnuts are famous, grown in old orchards along the river, and the hills around it hold some of the finest Levantine rock art in Spain. Las Cabritas, the little goats, is a shelter just over a kilometre from the village, named after the animals painted on its walls, and it is part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Las Cabritas write-up.
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Las Cabritas, about halfway. Next is Andragulla II.
Moratalla is a big, rough municipality, with a rugged interior of pine ridges, rocky gullies and scattered hamlets, and Andragulla is one of those hamlets, twelve kilometres from the town. The shelters are in the folds of the hills south of the village. The surrounding country is one of the least known parts of Murcia, and it is a joy for a rider who likes silence, because the roads are narrow, winding and almost deserted.
Read the complete Andragulla II write-up.
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Andragulla II sits at 138 km, about halfway. Next is back through Las Cabritas.
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Read the complete Las Cabritas write-up.
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back through Las Cabritas comes up 173 km in. Next is back through Andragulla I.
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Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
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207 km in you reach back through Andragulla I. Next is back through Abrigo de la fuente.
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Read the complete Abrigo de la fuente write-up.
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back through Abrigo de la fuente, late in the day. Next is L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 34 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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The route ends here after 374 km.
L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → Abrigo de la fuente is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de la fuente → Andragulla I is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Andragulla I → Las Cabritas is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Las Cabritas → Andragulla II is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Andragulla II → back through Las Cabritas is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Las Cabritas → back through Andragulla I is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Andragulla I → back through Abrigo de la fuente is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de la fuente → L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.