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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420 km from Valencia to Valencia, about 7 h 57 of riding. The stops in between: Balma de la fabriqueta, Abric mas de los Perez, El Corral de Silla- Abric l and Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
54 km on El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
In the heart of Valencia's old town, a Gothic building with crenellated walls and gargoyles looks more like a castle than a market, and that was rather the point. The Lonja de la Seda, the silk exchange, was built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries when Valencia was one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean, and it was meant to show the power of its merchants. Its great hall, the Sala de Contratación, is one of the masterpieces of late Gothic architecture, with slender columns that twist like palm trunks up to a ribbed vault. It was listed by UNESCO in 1996.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
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La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is where the day begins. 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.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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Balma de la fabriqueta comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. 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.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric mas de los Perez. Next is El Corral de Silla- Abric l.
The Valencia hinterland hides one of Europe's oldest art galleries in the cracks of its limestone. Corral de Silla is one of the rock shelters of the Mediterranean Basin rock art, a group of sites in eastern Spain that UNESCO listed in 1998. The paintings are in the Levantine style, small, lively figures of archers, deer and wild goats in red or black pigment, and are thought to be thousands of years old, with the exact dates still debated by specialists. Access to such shelters is often controlled, and many are reached only on foot, so it is worth checking before arriving.
Read the complete El Corral de Silla- Abric l write-up.
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El Corral de Silla- Abric l, about halfway. Next is Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
West of Valencia, the river Turia leaves the mountains through a series of deep gorges, and around the villages of Gestalgar, Sot de Chera and Chulilla, the landscape turns dramatic: limestone cliffs, pine-covered slopes and the river winding green below. In a side ravine near Gestalgar, the Barranco de las Colochas shelters a handful of painted panels that UNESCO counts among the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia. The figures are faint, but the setting is worth the effort on its own.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I sits at 150 km, about halfway. Next is back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l.
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Read the complete El Corral de Silla- Abric l write-up.
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back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l comes up about 265 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric mas de los Perez.
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Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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about 331 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric mas de los Perez. Next is back through Balma de la fabriqueta.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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back through Balma de la fabriqueta, late in the day. Next is La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
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The route ends here after 420 km.
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia → Balma de la fabriqueta is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → Abric mas de los Perez is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric mas de los Perez → El Corral de Silla- Abric l is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l → back through Abric mas de los Perez is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric mas de los Perez → back through Balma de la fabriqueta is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta → La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.