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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A 433 km round trip from Valderrobres - roughly 7 h 58 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cova de Rull, Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d and back through Cova de Rull. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
People in Aragón like to call the Matarraña their Tuscany, and for once the comparison is not entirely marketing. It is a comarca of honey-coloured stone villages on hilltops, olive groves on terraces, almond trees and vineyards, with the limestone wall of the Ports de Beseit rising behind. La Fenellosa lies in this country, between Valderrobres, Fuentespalda and Mas de Barberans across the Catalan line, in the rough hills where the farmland gives way to the mountains.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
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La fenellosa is where the day begins. Next is Cova de Rull.
Cova de Rull sits in the same dry country as its neighbours in the northern Valencian interior, in the hills around Albocàsser, and it carries a different feeling from the great ravine galleries. A cova is a cave, and this one is a modest opening in the rock with painted figures that belong to the Levantine tradition recognised by UNESCO. Archers, animals and signs are rendered in the red pigment that the style is known for, and what survives gives a hint of how many more once decorated the cliffs of this region.
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Cova de Rull comes up about 111 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d.
The Guadalope river cuts a deep canyon through the limestone of the Maestrazgo in eastern Teruel, and the Abrigo del Arenal de la Fonseca lies in this wild country near the hamlet of Ladruñán, between the villages of Castellote and Cantavieja. It is one of the important rock-art shelters of Aragon, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art, with Levantine paintings of animals and human figures in red pigment on the rock. The setting is spectacular: a narrow gorge with towering cliffs, the river flowing below, and pine and holm oak clinging to the slopes. Access involves a walk, and the paintings are protected by a fence.
Read the complete Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d write-up.
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about 217 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d. Next is back through Cova de Rull.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de Rull write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cova de Rull, late in the day. Next is La fenellosa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at La fenellosa. That is the ride.
La fenellosa → Cova de Rull is 111 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de Rull → Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d is 106 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abrigo del Arenal de la fonseca ó Abrigo d → back through Cova de Rull is 106 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cova de Rull → La fenellosa is 111 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.