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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From Albalate del Arzobispo it runs 488 km to Albalate del Arzobispo; allow about 10 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Hocino de Chornas, friso Abierto del Pudial, Coveta de la Cornisa and Centelles- Abric I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Los Estrechos means the narrows, and the name fits the country around Albalate del Arzobispo, in the Bajo Aragón, where the Martín river squeezes through limestone gorges on its way to the Ebro. The landscape is dry and open, a mixture of olive groves, almond terraces and low scrub, with sudden canyons and cliffs. The Martín valley is protected as a cultural park, because it holds a remarkable series of rock shelters with Levantine and Schematic paintings, some of which belong to the Mediterranean-arc group that UNESCO listed in 1998.
Read the complete Los Estrechos I write-up.
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Los Estrechos I is where the day begins. Next is Hocino de Chornas.
The Martín river cuts a deep, winding gorge through the limestone hills of Teruel, and its walls are full of shelters where prehistoric people painted animals, hunters and abstract symbols. The Hocino de Chornas, near Estercuel and Montalbán, is one of these sites, a narrow gorge with rock art on its walls, part of the Río Martín Cultural Park, which protects dozens of painted shelters along the river between Montalbán, Obón, Alacón and Ariño. The sites are part of the Mediterranean rock art group listed by UNESCO, and the cultural park has interpretation centres and guided visits that make the art more accessible than at many other sites.
Read the complete Hocino de Chornas write-up.
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Hocino de Chornas comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is friso Abierto del Pudial.
Deep in the Maestrazgo of Teruel, where the Guadalope river carves its way between limestone walls, the rock shelters around Castellote and Molinos hold painted figures left by prehistoric communities. The Friso Abierto del Pudial is one of them, an open frieze on a sheltered rock face, part of the extraordinary chain of Levantine art sites listed by UNESCO. The figures are faint, and visiting typically means a walk on rough ground, but the setting alone is worth the effort.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
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about 115 km into the recorded legs you reach friso Abierto del Pudial. Next is Coveta de la Cornisa.
Morella is one of the most dramatic towns in Spain: a walled medieval city wrapped around a conical hill, with a castle on the summit and its walls running unbroken around the base. It stands in the mountains of the Ports in the north of Castellón province, at around a thousand metres, and its silhouette, seen from the roads that climb toward it, is unforgettable. The Coveta de la Cornisa, the little cave of the ledge, lies in the hills about four kilometres away.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
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Coveta de la Cornisa, about halfway. Next is Centelles- Abric I.
Albocàsser and Catí are two quiet stone towns in the inland hills of Castellón, and between them, in a rocky ravine, the Centelles shelters hold some of the prehistoric paintings that make this corner of Spain a capital of Levantine rock art. The style is distinctive: small human figures, often archers, painted in red with long legs and dynamic poses, hunting deer, ibex and boar, sometimes in groups, sometimes in battle. The sites are part of the UNESCO listing of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. Nearby, the Valltorta gorge, near Tírig, holds some of the most famous examples, and its museum explains the art and the people who made it.
Read the complete Centelles- Abric I write-up.
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Centelles- Abric I sits at 156 km, about halfway. Next is back through Coveta de la Cornisa.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
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back through Coveta de la Cornisa comes up about 290 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through friso Abierto del Pudial.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 373 km into the recorded legs you reach back through friso Abierto del Pudial. Next is back through Hocino de Chornas.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hocino de Chornas write-up.
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back through Hocino de Chornas, late in the day. Next is Los Estrechos I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Los Estrechos I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 488 km.
Los Estrechos I → Hocino de Chornas is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hocino de Chornas → friso Abierto del Pudial is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
friso Abierto del Pudial → Coveta de la Cornisa is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de la Cornisa → Centelles- Abric I is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Centelles- Abric I → back through Coveta de la Cornisa is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Coveta de la Cornisa → back through friso Abierto del Pudial is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through friso Abierto del Pudial → back through Hocino de Chornas is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hocino de Chornas → Los Estrechos I is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.