CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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268 km from Hellín to Hellín, about 5 h 07 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo del Canto Blanco, Abrigo del Buen Aire I, Abrigo del mediodía I and Abrigo del Buen Aire II. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 800 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Hellín sits on a ridge between the plains of La Mancha and the dry valleys of Murcia, and the countryside around La Higuera is a lesson in how many shades of ochre a landscape can have. The region is cut by gorges and low sierras of red and yellow rock, with almond trees, esparto grass and pale scrub. The shelters of this part of Albacete, particularly those near Minateda, are among the most important sites of Levantine rock art in Spain, and they form part of the Mediterranean-arc ensemble UNESCO listed in 1998.
Read the complete La Higuera write-up.
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La Higuera is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
Jumilla is wine country, and you know it as soon as you arrive. The town sits in the north of the Murcia region, surrounded by a high, dry plateau of vineyards growing the Monastrell grape, which produces powerful, dark red wines. A castle tops the hill above the old town, and the bodegas on its outskirts welcome visitors. The Abrigo del Canto Blanco, the shelter of the white stone, lies in the hills about five kilometres away.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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Abrigo del Canto Blanco comes up 23 km in. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
Jumilla country is dry, wide and honest. The town sits in the far north of Murcia where it bulges up towards Albacete, surrounded by limestone sierras, almond groves and vineyards of Monastrell grapes that make some of the most powerful red wine in Spain. A few kilometres outside town, in the folds of these hills, lie a group of small rock shelters known as the Abrigos del Buen Aire. They belong to the long chain of prehistoric painted sites strung along the eastern side of the peninsula that UNESCO lists together as the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
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47 km in you reach Abrigo del Buen Aire I. Next is Abrigo del mediodía I.
North of Yecla, where the Murcia region meets Albacete, the land rises into a series of isolated limestone hills above a wide, dry plain of vineyards and almond groves. The rock shelters scattered through this country, including the Abrigo del Mediodía, are part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean Iberian rock art. The best known cluster is on Monte Arabí, a striking, isolated rock mountain north of the town, whose Cantos de la Visera shelters hold both Levantine and schematic paintings.
Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
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Abrigo del mediodía I, about halfway. Next is Abrigo del Buen Aire II.
Jumilla is wine country, and the hills around it hold one of the more unusual stretches of Spanish landscape. The town, a handsome place of about 25,000 people in the north of Murcia, lies on a high, dry plateau under the Sierra del Carche, and its name is on the label of bold red wines made from the Monastrell grape, a variety that thrives in poor, stony soil and fierce sun. Rows of low, gnarled bush vines stretch across the plain, with almond and olive trees and the odd fortified farmhouse, and the Carche range makes a dark backdrop to the north.
Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire II write-up.
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Abrigo del Buen Aire II sits at 93 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del mediodía I.
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Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
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back through Abrigo del mediodía I comes up 116 km in. Next is back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I.
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Read the complete Abrigo del Buen Aire I write-up.
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140 km in you reach back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I. Next is back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
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Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco, late in the day. Next is La Higuera.
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Read the complete La Higuera write-up.
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The route ends here after 268 km.
La Higuera → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire I → Abrigo del mediodía I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del mediodía I → Abrigo del Buen Aire II is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Buen Aire II → back through Abrigo del mediodía I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del mediodía I → back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Buen Aire I → back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco → La Higuera is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.