CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Villar del Humo it runs 561 km to Villar del Humo; allow about 11 h 22 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón, El Corral de Silla- Abric l, Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I and Balma de la fabriqueta. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
36 km on El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
The Serranía de Cuenca does not advertise itself, and that is half its appeal. Marmalo lies in the south-eastern corner of Cuenca province, where the high limestone plateau begins to break up into pine-covered ridges and gorges as it falls toward the Cabriel river and the border with Valencia. Villar del Humo, a village of only a few hundred people, is the nearest settlement of any note, and the shelters around it hold Levantine rock paintings, small, vivid figures of hunters and animals in red, a tradition UNESCO lists among Europe's major rock art. Marmalo I is one of several sites here, and there are more nearby.
Read the complete marmalo I write-up.
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marmalo I is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón.
Paridera is a shepherd's word: a stone pen where ewes give birth, sheltered from the wind. Above Tormón, a tiny village in the southern Sierra de Albarracín, one such overhang has given its name to a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, the Abrigo de la Paridera, part of the Levantine rock art sites the Iberian Peninsula shares under one UNESCO listing. The cliff here is rodeno, the red sandstone that gives this corner of Teruel its startling colour, eroded into towers, arches and overhangs among the pine trees.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón write-up.
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Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón comes up 52 km in. 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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103 km in you reach El Corral de Silla- Abric l. 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, about halfway. 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 sits at 207 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
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Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
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back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I comes up 258 km in. 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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310 km in you reach back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l. Next is back through Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón.
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Read the complete Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón write-up.
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back through Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón, late in the day. Next is marmalo I.
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Read the complete marmalo I write-up.
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The route ends here after 561 km.
marmalo I → Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón → El Corral de Silla- Abric l is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
El Corral de Silla- Abric l → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Balma de la fabriqueta is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through El Corral de Silla- Abric l → back through Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abrigo de la Paridera de Tormón → marmalo I is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.