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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An 88 km round trip from Nerpio - roughly 1 h 36 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abrigo de la Ventana I, Andragulla I and back through Abrigo de la Ventana I. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,400 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
It is one of several in the Prado del Tornero group, with neighbours II and others in the same area, and it forms part of the exceptional collection of rock art around the village, covered by the UNESCO listing of 1998. For once the walk from bike to shelter is short, which is a kindness in this hard country.
Read the complete Prado del Tornero III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Prado del Tornero III is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de la Ventana I.
High in the Sierra de Segura, where Albacete, Murcia and Jaén meet, the Taibilla river cuts a deep valley through limestone mountains, and the cliffs and shelters along its banks hide some of the finest prehistoric paintings in Spain. The Abrigo de la Ventana, the window shelter, is one of them, near the village of Nerpio, and it is part of the World Heritage site of Levantine rock art.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Ventana I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abrigo de la Ventana I comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 41 km into the recorded legs you reach Andragulla I. Next is back through Abrigo de la Ventana I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de la Ventana I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo de la Ventana I, late in the day. Next is Prado del Tornero III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Prado del Tornero III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Prado del Tornero III. That is the ride.
Prado del Tornero III → Abrigo de la Ventana I is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de la Ventana I → Andragulla I is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Andragulla I → back through Abrigo de la Ventana I is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de la Ventana I → Prado del Tornero III is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.