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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A 271 km round trip from Aspa - roughly 4 h 20 in the saddle. It goes by way of Albi II / Balma dels Punts, Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso, The and back through Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
South of Lleida the irrigated orchards give way abruptly to dry, open steppe, and the little village of Alfés sits on the edge of that change. The Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés are rock paintings in a small sandstone shelter near the village, schematic designs in red pigment, mostly abstract lines, dots and simplified figures, that belong to the later, more symbolic phase of prehistoric art in eastern Spain, and they are included in the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean Basin rock art. They are modest to look at, but there is something powerful about seeing marks left by people thousands of years ago in such an open, wind-swept place.
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Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés is where the day begins. Next is Albi II / Balma dels Punts.
L'Albi is a small village on a hill in Les Garrigues, the dry, olive-covered district southeast of Lleida, and its name appears in the archaeological record thanks to rock shelters in the area, including the Balma dels Punts, the shelter of the dots. The name suggests schematic paintings in the form of dots and lines, typical of the later phase of prehistoric art in the region, and the site is part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The shelters are small and fragile, and some can only be visited with a guide, so check with the town hall or a local interpretation centre before heading out.
Read the complete Albi II / Balma dels Punts write-up.
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Albi II / Balma dels Punts comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso.
Behind the Conca de Barberà, where the Catalan plain begins to lift towards the Serra de Prades, a small valley holds the monastery of Poblet, one of the largest and best-preserved Cistercian abbeys in Europe. The Mas d'en Ramon d'en Besso is a farmhouse a few kilometres from Montblanc and from the village of Vimbodí, in wooded country of holm oak, pine and dry-stone terraces with the red cliffs of the Roques Guàrdies nearby.
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about 107 km into the recorded legs you reach Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso. Next is The.
Inside a plain-looking farmhouse building is a domed hall from the fourth century, its cupola covered in mosaics of hunting scenes, biblical stories and figures that may represent the imperial family. Some scholars believe it was built as a mausoleum for Constans, son of Constantine the Great, who was killed in 350; others are not so sure, and the debate is part of the fun. The site belongs to the UNESCO listing for the Roman town of Tarraco.
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The, about halfway. Next is back through Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso.
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Read the complete Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso write-up.
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back through Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso sits at 120 km, about halfway. Next is back through Albi II / Balma dels Punts.
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Read the complete Albi II / Balma dels Punts write-up.
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back through Albi II / Balma dels Punts comes up about 231 km into the recorded legs. Next is Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés write-up.
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Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés closes the day.
Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés → Albi II / Balma dels Punts is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Albi II / Balma dels Punts → Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso → The is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The → back through Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mas d'En Ramon d'en Besso → back through Albi II / Balma dels Punts is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Albi II / Balma dels Punts → Pintures Rupestres d'Alfés is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.