Why this ride
A 271 km round trip from el Cogul - roughly 4 h 15 in the saddle. It goes by way of mas de Patriciel I, Abric del mas de Barberà and back through mas de Patriciel I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
La Roca dels moros and Abric del mas de Barberà
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 271 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 15
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. La Roca dels moros
El Cogul is a village of a few dozen houses in Les Garrigues, the low, stony plateau of western Catalonia where the whole landscape seems to be one big olive grove. Just outside it, a wall of rock above a small valley holds one of the most important prehistoric paintings in the country. The shelter is known as the Roca dels Moros, the Moors' Rock, which is simply the Catalan habit of attributing anything old and mysterious to the Moors, and it was brought to scientific attention in the early twentieth century by a local priest.
Read the complete La Roca dels moros write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Roca dels moros is where the day begins. Next is mas de Patriciel I.
2. mas de Patriciel I
Where the Ebro and the Segre meet near Mequinenza, the rivers have been dammed into two long reservoirs, and the result is a strange, beautiful landscape of blue water filling deep valleys among dry, terraced hills. The rock shelters of Mas de Patriciel lie in the hills between Mequinenza, Nonaspe and Fayón, part of the network of painted sites that UNESCO listed as the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia.
Read the complete mas de Patriciel I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
mas de Patriciel I comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del mas de Barberà.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 134 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas de Barberà. Next is back through mas de Patriciel I.
4. back through mas de Patriciel I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete mas de Patriciel I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through mas de Patriciel I, late in the day. Next is La Roca dels moros.
5. La Roca dels moros
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Roca dels moros write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at La Roca dels moros. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
La Roca dels moros to mas de Patriciel I
La Roca dels moros → mas de Patriciel I is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas de Patriciel I to Abric del mas de Barberà
mas de Patriciel I → Abric del mas de Barberà is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas de Barberà to back through mas de Patriciel I
Abric del mas de Barberà → back through mas de Patriciel I is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through mas de Patriciel I to La Roca dels moros
back through mas de Patriciel I → La Roca dels moros is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.