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 377 km round trip from Valderrobres - roughly 6 h 39 in the saddle. It goes by way of Caídas del Salbimec, Abric del mas de Barberà, Los Estrechos I and Hocino de Chornas. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
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 Caídas del Salbimec.
The Matarraña, or Matarranya as most locals call it, is the corner of Aragón that feels Catalan, Valencian and Aragonese at once, and it has quietly become one of the most rewarding regions in Spain to explore on two wheels. The shelter known as Caídas del Salbimec lies in the hills between Valdeltormo, Mazaleón and Calaceite, one of the many prehistoric art sites along the eastern edge of the peninsula that are protected together by UNESCO. The paintings are modest, and access may involve a rough track and a walk, but the setting is typical of the region: a sandstone outcrop above olive groves and almond terraces, with the river cutting below.
Read the complete Caídas del Salbimec write-up.
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Caídas del Salbimec comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del mas de Barberà.
Alcañiz is the capital of the Bajo Aragón, a region of olive groves, cereal fields and dry hills crossed by the Guadalope river in the south-east of Aragón. The town is crowned by a castle built for the Order of Calatrava, now a parador, and its main square, with a Gothic loggia and the town hall, is one of the finest in the region. The shelter of the Mas de Barberà lies in the hills just outside town, toward Castelserás and Calanda.
Read the complete Abric del mas de Barberà write-up.
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about 83 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas de Barberà. Next is Los Estrechos I.
Los Estrechos means the narrows, and the name fits the country around Albalate del Arzobispo, in the Bajo Aragón, where the Martín river squeezes through limestone gorges on its way to the Ebro. The landscape is dry and open, a mixture of olive groves, almond terraces and low scrub, with sudden canyons and cliffs. The Martín valley is protected as a cultural park, because it holds a remarkable series of rock shelters with Levantine and Schematic paintings, some of which belong to the Mediterranean-arc group that UNESCO listed in 1998.
Read the complete Los Estrechos I write-up.
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Los Estrechos I, about halfway. Next is Hocino de Chornas.
The Martín river cuts a deep, winding gorge through the limestone hills of Teruel, and its walls are full of shelters where prehistoric people painted animals, hunters and abstract symbols. The Hocino de Chornas, near Estercuel and Montalbán, is one of these sites, a narrow gorge with rock art on its walls, part of the Río Martín Cultural Park, which protects dozens of painted shelters along the river between Montalbán, Obón, Alacón and Ariño. The sites are part of the Mediterranean rock art group listed by UNESCO, and the cultural park has interpretation centres and guided visits that make the art more accessible than at many other sites.
Read the complete Hocino de Chornas write-up.
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Hocino de Chornas sits at 147 km, about halfway. Next is back through Los Estrechos I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Los Estrechos I write-up.
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back through Los Estrechos I comes up about 240 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric del mas de Barberà.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas de Barberà write-up.
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about 291 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric del mas de Barberà. Next is back through Caídas del Salbimec.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Caídas del Salbimec write-up.
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back through Caídas del Salbimec, late in the day. Next is La fenellosa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La fenellosa write-up.
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The route ends here after 377 km.
La fenellosa → Caídas del Salbimec is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Caídas del Salbimec → Abric del mas de Barberà is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas de Barberà → Los Estrechos I is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Los Estrechos I → Hocino de Chornas is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hocino de Chornas → back through Los Estrechos I is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Los Estrechos I → back through Abric del mas de Barberà is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas de Barberà → back through Caídas del Salbimec is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Caídas del Salbimec → La fenellosa is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.