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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80 km from Albocàsser to Albocàsser, about 1 h 34 of riding. On the way it passes 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. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The high, folded country behind the Valencian coast, the Maestrat, has long been a land of isolated farms, stone walls and windy ridges, and it is one of the least known parts of eastern Spain. La Cova dels Tolls Alts lies five kilometres from Albocàsser, in limestone hills dotted with holm oak, pine and almond, where the ravines run down toward the lowlands and the sea. The name means cave of the high pools, a reminder that water, even in this dry region, is what makes a place habitable.
Read the complete La Cova dels Tolls Alts write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
La Cova dels Tolls Alts 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 17 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 36 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 La Cova dels Tolls Alts.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Cova dels Tolls Alts write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at La Cova dels Tolls Alts. That is the ride.
La Cova dels Tolls Alts → Barranc del Puig- Abric I is 17 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 → La Cova dels Tolls Alts is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.