Why this ride
From Mequinensa / Mequinenza it runs 220 km to Mequinensa / Mequinenza; allow about 6 h 13 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo del Plano del Pulido, Abric del mas de Barberà, Valcomuna and back through Abric del mas de Barberà.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
mas de Patriciel I and Valcomuna
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 220 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 13
- 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. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo del Plano del Pulido.
2. Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
South of Caspe, the lower Aragón country is a dry, sculpted landscape of ochre hills, flat-topped mesas and gullies cut into soft sandstone, with almond and olive groves clinging to the valley floors. In these sandstone outcrops, prehistoric people found shelter and left paintings, and the Abrigo del Plano del Pulido is one of the rock shelters of the area included in the World Heritage site of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The painted figures, in the reddish tones of Levantine art, are small and faded, and as at most of these sites, access is controlled and visits may need to be arranged in advance.
Read the complete Abrigo del Plano del Pulido write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Plano del Pulido comes up about 45 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 73 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas de Barberà. Next is Valcomuna.
4. Valcomuna
Lower Aragon is a country of dry hills, olive groves and red earth, and in its ravines people painted on the rock thousands of years ago. Valcomuna is one of those rock art sites, between Alcañiz and Caspe near the village of Maella, part of the great family of painted shelters running down Spain's Mediterranean side that UNESCO listed as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The figures in this tradition are small and lively, archers, deer, goats and people in motion, painted in red and black under overhangs where the weather could not wash them away.
Read the complete Valcomuna write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Valcomuna, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del mas de Barberà.
5. back through Abric del mas de Barberà
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Abric del mas de Barberà sits at 119 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido.
6. back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Plano del Pulido write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido comes up about 173 km into the recorded legs. Next is mas de Patriciel I.
7. 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
mas de Patriciel I closes the day.
Leg by leg
mas de Patriciel I to Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
mas de Patriciel I → Abrigo del Plano del Pulido is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Plano del Pulido to Abric del mas de Barberà
Abrigo del Plano del Pulido → Abric del mas de Barberà is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas de Barberà to Valcomuna
Abric del mas de Barberà → Valcomuna is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Valcomuna to back through Abric del mas de Barberà
Valcomuna → back through Abric del mas de Barberà is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas de Barberà to back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido
back through Abric del mas de Barberà → back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido to mas de Patriciel I
back through Abrigo del Plano del Pulido → mas de Patriciel I is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.