Why this ride
A 381 km round trip from Albalate del Arzobispo - roughly 7 h 48 in the saddle. It goes by way of Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, Abric de la Tenalla and back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Recodo de los Chaparros II and Abric de la Tenalla
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 381 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Recodo de los Chaparros II
The Río Martín cuts a deep, narrow canyon through the dry limestone of the Bajo Aragón, in the province of Teruel, and the Recodo de los Chaparros, whose name means roughly the bend of the dwarf oaks, sits on that river a few kilometres from Albalate del Arzobispo. The land is rolling and almost treeless, covered in olive groves, almond trees and pale rocky fields, and it can feel like a different planet from the green north of Spain.
Read the complete Recodo de los Chaparros II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Recodo de los Chaparros II is where the day begins. Next is Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
2. Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Around ten kilometres from Alcañiz, in a dry ravine among olive groves and limestone ledges, a rock shelter holds one of the most celebrated scenes of Levantine rock art in Spain. The paintings at Val del Charco del Agua Amarga show archers in motion, hunting and perhaps fighting, their thin bodies drawn with a few confident strokes in red. Many experts consider it one of the finest examples in the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art, and seeing it, even protected behind a fence, gives a real jolt of connection to people who lived here several thousand years ago.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga comes up 61 km in. Next is Abric de la Tenalla.
3. Abric de la Tenalla
The Tinença de Benifassà is one of the wildest corners of the Valencian region, a cluster of tiny villages in the mountains where Valencia, Catalonia and Aragon meet, and the Abric de la Tenalla lies on its southeastern edge, near Rosell. It is one of the many rock shelters in this area with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and the nearby Serra de Godall and the Ulldecona shelters to the east are among the most important sites in Catalonia. The landscape is dramatic: limestone cliffs, deep gorges, pine and holm oak forests, and abandoned terraces where shepherds once grazed their flocks.
Read the complete Abric de la Tenalla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
122 km in you reach Abric de la Tenalla. Next is back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga.
4. back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Val del Charco del Agua Amarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga, late in the day. Next is Recodo de los Chaparros II.
5. Recodo de los Chaparros II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Recodo de los Chaparros II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Recodo de los Chaparros II. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Recodo de los Chaparros II to Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Recodo de los Chaparros II → Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Abric de la Tenalla
Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Abric de la Tenalla is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Tenalla to back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga
Abric de la Tenalla → back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga to Recodo de los Chaparros II
back through Val del Charco del Agua Amarga → Recodo de los Chaparros II is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.