CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 325 km round trip from Tuéjar - roughly 6 h 56 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I, Balma de la fabriqueta, Peñón de Santo Espíritu and back through Balma de la fabriqueta. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The ride follows Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the → Barranco de las Colochas- for 54 km.
Tuéjar, Chelva and Alpuente are small towns in the Serranía, the rugged highland of inland Valencia, where the rivers cut deep valleys between pine-clad ridges. It is a corner of the province that most visitors to the coast never see. The name on the stop refers to the UNESCO listing of 1998 for the rock art of the Mediterranean basin on the Iberian peninsula, and the paintings of Barranco de las Colochas, the ravine nearby, belong to it. The ravine and the surrounding woods are worth the trip on their own.
Read the complete Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the is where the day begins. Next is Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
West of Valencia, the river Turia leaves the mountains through a series of deep gorges, and around the villages of Gestalgar, Sot de Chera and Chulilla, the landscape turns dramatic: limestone cliffs, pine-covered slopes and the river winding green below. In a side ravine near Gestalgar, the Barranco de las Colochas shelters a handful of painted panels that UNESCO counts among the Mediterranean rock art of Iberia. The figures are faint, but the setting is worth the effort on its own.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 104 km into the recorded legs you reach Balma de la fabriqueta. Next is Peñón de Santo Espíritu.
Behind the orange groves of the Camp de Morvedre, a few kilometres inland from Sagunto, the land rises into the Sierra Calderona, a low range of pine woods, scrub and red sandstone that separates the coastal plain from the dry interior. The Peñón de Santo Espíritu is a rocky outcrop in these hills above the village of Gilet, and it carries prehistoric rock art in the Levantine tradition, the style of painted hunters, animals and human figures found in shelters along the Mediterranean side of Spain and listed by UNESCO as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The paintings are fragile and often protected, so do not expect to wander up and touch anything.
Read the complete Peñón de Santo Espíritu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Peñón de Santo Espíritu, about halfway. Next is back through Balma de la fabriqueta.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta sits at 134 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I comes up about 268 km into the recorded legs. Next is Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the closes the day.
Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the → Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Balma de la fabriqueta is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → Peñón de Santo Espíritu is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñón de Santo Espíritu → back through Balma de la fabriqueta is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco de las Colochas- Abrigo I → Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.