Why this ride
381 km from Albalate del Arzobispo to Albalate del Arzobispo, about 7 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, Abric de la Tenalla and back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Los Chaparros and Abric de la Tenalla
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 381 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Los Chaparros
Albalate del Arzobispo takes its name from its former masters, the archbishops of Zaragoza, and from an Arabic word for a paved road, which suggests the place has been a crossing point for a very long time. It sits in the Bajo Aragón on the Río Martín, a river that has cut a deep, dry gorge through the limestone on its way to the Ebro, and the Los Chaparros shelter, the Holm-Oak Shelter, lies about five and a half kilometres from the town. It belongs to a group of painted shelters, in the Levantine style, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain and managed locally as a cultural park along the river.
Read the complete Los Chaparros write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Los Chaparros is where the day begins. Next is Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
2. Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Around ten kilometres from Alcañiz, in a dry ravine among olive groves and limestone ledges, a rock shelter holds one of the most celebrated scenes of Levantine rock art in Spain. The paintings at Val del Charco del Agua Amarga show archers in motion, hunting and perhaps fighting, their thin bodies drawn with a few confident strokes in red. Many experts consider it one of the finest examples in the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art, and seeing it, even protected behind a fence, gives a real jolt of connection to people who lived here several thousand years ago.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga comes up 61 km in. Next is Abric de la Tenalla.
3. Abric de la Tenalla
The Tinença de Benifassà is one of the wildest corners of the Valencian region, a cluster of tiny villages in the mountains where Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet, and the Abric de la Tenalla lies on its southeastern edge, near Rosell. It is one of the many rock shelters in this area with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and the nearby Serra de Godall and the Ulldecona shelters to the east are among the most important sites in Catalonia. The landscape is dramatic: limestone cliffs, deep gorges, pine and holm oak forests, and abandoned terraces where shepherds once grazed their flocks.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
122 km in you reach Abric de la Tenalla. Next is back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
4. back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, late in the day. Next is Los Chaparros.
5. Los Chaparros
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Los Chaparros write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Los Chaparros. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Los Chaparros to Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Los Chaparros → Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Abric de la Tenalla
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Abric de la Tenalla is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla to back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Abric de la Tenalla → back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Los Chaparros
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Los Chaparros is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.