CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 377 km round trip from Cieza - roughly 6 h 27 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cueva de la Plata, L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor and back through Cueva de la Plata. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
The painted women of Los Grajos are among the most famous figures in Spanish rock art. In a shelter in the limestone hills just outside Cieza, prehistoric painters depicted a group of human figures, several of them women with wide skirts and raised arms, often interpreted as dancers, alongside animals and other motifs. The Los Grajos shelters are part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, and they are protected, so visits need to be arranged with the local tourist office in Cieza.
Read the complete Los Grajos I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Los Grajos I is where the day begins. Next is Cueva de la Plata.
Aledo is a tiny village on a rocky spur in the hills of Murcia, a place that punches well above its weight in history. In the eleventh century, it was a fortress on the frontier between Christian Castile and the Muslim taifa kingdoms, and the siege of Aledo in 1088 was a major episode in the struggle for the peninsula. A tower still stands above the village. The Cueva de la Plata, the silver cave, lies in the hills nearby, between Aledo, Totana and Alhama de Murcia.
Read the complete Cueva de la Plata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cueva de la Plata comes up 64 km in. Next is L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 64 km on.
In the mountains of northern Almería, near the village of Vélez-Blanco, the Cueva de los Letreros holds a small painted figure that has become the symbol of the province: the Indalo, a human figure holding an arc over its head, which locals paint on houses as a good luck charm. The rock shelters around Vélez-Blanco, including the one known as Tello I or Cama del Pastor, the shepherd's bed, are part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing, with paintings ranging from Levantine scenes to schematic signs. The landscape is dry and rugged, with the limestone mass of the Sierra de María rising above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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128 km in you reach L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor. Next is back through Cueva de la Plata.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la Plata write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cueva de la Plata, late in the day. Next is Los Grajos I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Los Grajos I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Los Grajos I. That is the ride.
Los Grajos I → Cueva de la Plata is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Cueva de la Plata → L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → back through Cueva de la Plata is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva de la Plata → Los Grajos I is 66 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.