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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
386 km from Albalate del Arzobispo to Albalate del Arzobispo, about 8 h 15 of riding. On the way it passes La Coquinera, friso Abierto del Pudial, Coveta de la Cornisa and back through friso Abierto del Pudial. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Recodo de los Chaparros II is where the day begins. Next is La Coquinera.
You reach La Coquinera through some of the emptiest country in Spain. The rock shelter lies in the hills of the Río Martín Cultural Park, in the triangle between Oliete, Estercuel and Alacón, where the Martín river and its side ravines have sliced the Teruel plateau into terraces, cliffs and narrow gorges. The paintings here belong to the same Mediterranean tradition as the dozens of other panels in the park, figures of animals and people in ochre red, small enough that you have to stand close and let your eyes adjust before they emerge from the stone.
Read the complete La Coquinera write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
La Coquinera comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is friso Abierto del Pudial.
Deep in the Maestrazgo of Teruel, where the Guadalope river carves its way between limestone walls, the rock shelters around Castellote and Molinos hold painted figures left by prehistoric communities. The Friso Abierto del Pudial is one of them, an open frieze on a sheltered rock face, part of the extraordinary chain of Levantine art sites listed by UNESCO. The figures are faint, and visiting typically means a walk on rough ground, but the setting alone is worth the effort.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach friso Abierto del Pudial. Next is Coveta de la Cornisa.
Morella is one of the most dramatic towns in Spain: a walled medieval city wrapped around a conical hill, with a castle on the summit and its walls running unbroken around the base. It stands in the mountains of the Ports in the north of Castellón province, at around a thousand metres, and its silhouette, seen from the roads that climb toward it, is unforgettable. The Coveta de la Cornisa, the little cave of the ledge, lies in the hills about four kilometres away.
Read the complete Coveta de la Cornisa write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Coveta de la Cornisa, about halfway. Next is back through friso Abierto del Pudial.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete friso Abierto del Pudial write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through friso Abierto del Pudial sits at 155 km, about halfway. Next is back through La Coquinera.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Coquinera write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through La Coquinera comes up about 337 km into the recorded legs. Next is Recodo de los Chaparros II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Recodo de los Chaparros II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Recodo de los Chaparros II closes the day.
Recodo de los Chaparros II → La Coquinera is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Coquinera → friso Abierto del Pudial is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
friso Abierto del Pudial → Coveta de la Cornisa is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coveta de la Cornisa → back through friso Abierto del Pudial is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through friso Abierto del Pudial → back through La Coquinera is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Coquinera → Recodo de los Chaparros II is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.