CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 576 km round trip from Villargordo del Cabriel - roughly 10 h 29 in the saddle. On the way it passes La Peña del Castellar, Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, Abric mas de los Perez and Balma de la fabriqueta. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
The Cabriel is one of the few rivers in Spain that still runs clean and fast through a deep canyon, and the Hoz de Vicente stands on its upper stretch, where Cuenca meets Valencia. The Hoces del Cabriel are a natural park of limestone gorges, pine woods and river flats, with kingfishers, otters and, on the rock faces, griffon vultures. The Hoz de Vicente shelter is one of the painted places of this wild corner, a Levantine rock art site listed within the UNESCO group of the Mediterranean Basin.
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La Hoz de Vicente is where the day begins. Next is La Peña del Castellar.
Villar del Humo is a tiny village in the Serranía of Cuenca, the high, forested mountain country east of the city of Cuenca. Around it, sandstone outcrops rise from pine forests, and on their faces prehistoric painters left images of animals and people. The Peña del Escrito and La Peña del Castellar are among the most important shelters here, and they are part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings include deer, horses and human figures, some in the dynamic Levantine style and others more schematic.
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La Peña del Castellar comes up 50 km in. Next is Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano.
High in the interior of Valencia province, where the coastal orange groves give way to limestone plateaus and pine forest, the village of Titaguas sits on the road towards the Rincón de Ademuz. Close by lies the Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano, a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of the hundreds of sites that make up the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, listed by UNESCO in 1998.
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100 km in you reach Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano. Next is Abric mas de los Perez.
Between the Turia and the Palancia rivers, northwest of Valencia, the land rises into a maze of limestone mountains, pine forest and small villages that rarely see foreign visitors. The Abric del Mas de los Pérez is a rock shelter in the hills near Andilla, Viver and Alcublas, one of hundreds of painted sites in eastern Spain listed by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. These shelters were decorated by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago, and while some feature vivid hunting scenes, many are faint and hard to see without a trained eye. Respect any fences and signs, and never wet or touch the rock.
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Abric mas de los Perez, about halfway. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
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Balma de la fabriqueta sits at 199 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric mas de los Perez.
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back through Abric mas de los Perez comes up 249 km in. Next is back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano.
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299 km in you reach back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano. Next is back through La Peña del Castellar.
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back through La Peña del Castellar, late in the day. Next is La Hoz de Vicente.
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The route ends here after 576 km.
La Hoz de Vicente → La Peña del Castellar is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Peña del Castellar → Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → Abric mas de los Perez is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric mas de los Perez → Balma de la fabriqueta is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Abric mas de los Perez is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric mas de los Perez → back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Rincón del Tío Escribano → back through La Peña del Castellar is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Peña del Castellar → La Hoz de Vicente is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.