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 Nerpio it runs 372 km to Nerpio; allow about 7 h 47 of riding. It goes by way of Andragulla I, Abrigo del Pozo III, Abrigo del Canto Blanco and Abrigo del mediodía I. 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.
Everything about Nerpio feels remote, and Mingarnao pushes the feeling a little further. The shelter sits in the Sierra de Segura, where the road ends and tracks wander over limestone ridges, through pine woods and past small farms. A scattering of hamlets, such as Yeste, Letur and Nerpio itself, are the nearest signs of life, and the nearest big town in the data, Moratalla, is a long 38 km away. The sense of space is the point of coming here.
Read the complete mingarnao I write-up.
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mingarnao I is where the day begins. Next is Andragulla I.
In the far north-west corner of the Region of Murcia, where the land climbs towards the mountains of Albacete and Jaén, lies Moratalla, a town of whitewashed houses piled up a hillside beneath a castle tower. Its countryside is surprisingly wild for Murcia: pine forests, rivers, gorges and limestone ridges, some of the greenest land in a famously dry region. The rock shelter of Andragulla is one of many painted overhangs scattered through these hills, part of the Levantine rock art sites inscribed together by UNESCO. Many are protected behind fences and need a guide; the tourist office in Moratalla can advise.
Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
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Andragulla I comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo del Pozo III.
The Segura river cuts through the north-west of Murcia in a series of gorges and green oases, and near Calasparra its banks hold a surprising treasure. The Abrigo del Pozo shelters, of which this is the third, contain prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style, small human and animal figures in red ochre that form part of the World Heritage rock art of the Mediterranean arc. The shelters are fragile and generally protected, often visited only with a guide, so check with the local tourist office before you count on seeing them.
Read the complete Abrigo del Pozo III write-up.
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about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo del Pozo III. Next is Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
Jumilla is wine country, and you know it as soon as you arrive. The town sits in the north of the Murcia region, surrounded by a high, dry plateau of vineyards growing the Monastrell grape, which produces powerful, dark red wines. A castle tops the hill above the old town, and the bodegas on its outskirts welcome visitors. The Abrigo del Canto Blanco, the shelter of the white stone, lies in the hills about five kilometres away.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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Abrigo del Canto Blanco, about halfway. Next is Abrigo del mediodía I.
North of Yecla, where the Murcia region meets Albacete, the land rises into a series of isolated limestone hills above a wide, dry plain of vineyards and almond groves. The rock shelters scattered through this country, including the Abrigo del Mediodía, are part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean Iberian rock art. The best known cluster is on Monte Arabí, a striking, isolated rock mountain north of the town, whose Cantos de la Visera shelters hold both Levantine and schematic paintings.
Read the complete Abrigo del mediodía I write-up.
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Abrigo del mediodía I sits at 167 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Canto Blanco write-up.
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back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco comes up about 230 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abrigo del Pozo III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Pozo III write-up.
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about 281 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abrigo del Pozo III. Next is back through Andragulla I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Andragulla I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Andragulla I, late in the day. Next is mingarnao I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete mingarnao I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 372 km.
mingarnao I → Andragulla I is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Andragulla I → Abrigo del Pozo III is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Pozo III → Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del Canto Blanco → Abrigo del mediodía I is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo del mediodía I → back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Canto Blanco → back through Abrigo del Pozo III is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo del Pozo III → back through Andragulla I is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Andragulla I → mingarnao I is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.