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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From Ares del Maestre it runs 300 km to Ares del Maestre; allow about 6 h 28 of riding. The stops in between: mas d'en Josep- Abric l, Abric del mas dels Ous, Valmayor V and back through Abric del mas dels Ous. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Villaroges is one of those names that appears on a map of prehistoric sites rather than a road atlas, somewhere in the high country of the Alt Maestrat between Benassal, Culla and Vilafranca. It belongs to the extraordinary concentration of rock art in the mountains of Castellón, where small painted shelters are scattered through the ravines, protected as part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. Exactly where the panel lies, and whether it can be visited, is a question for the local tourist office or the museum at Tírig; treat the name as an invitation into one of the emptiest and most beautiful corners of eastern Spain.
Read the complete Villaroges write-up.
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Villaroges is where the day begins. Next is mas d'en Josep- Abric l.
If the rock art of eastern Spain has a capital, it is the Valltorta gorge in the Maestrat of Castellón, and the Mas d'en Josep shelter is one of its classic sites. The paintings here belong to the Levantine style, small, lively scenes of hunters with bows, running figures and animals in motion, drawn with an energy that still feels modern. One famous panel from this area shows a deer hunt; others depict archers in mid-stride. The shelters of the Valltorta are part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, and the museum at Tírig, near the gorge, is the place to start: it explains the art, shows reproductions, and organises guided visits to the shelters, which are fenced and protected.
Read the complete mas d'en Josep- Abric l write-up.
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mas d'en Josep- Abric l comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del mas dels Ous.
Xert is the kind of village you pass through on the way to somewhere else and then wonder why you did not stop. It lies in the Baix Maestrat in northern Castellón, below a ridge of bare limestone, with the old village climbing the slope and a newer part down by the road. The shelter called the Abric del Mas dels Ous, the shelter of the farmhouse of the eggs, is out in the dry hills nearby, between Xert, Canet lo Roig and Rosell.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
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about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del mas dels Ous. Next is Valmayor V.
The Matarraña, in the far east of Teruel province, is often called the Tuscany of Aragon, and for once the comparison holds. Stone villages crown hilltops above olive groves and vineyards, rivers run clear through limestone gorges, and the light in the evening is honey-coloured. Valmayor is a ravine in the hills here, between Valderrobres, Fuentespalda and the Catalan border, and its shelters hold prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. As elsewhere, they are protected, and visits are best arranged through local tourist offices.
Read the complete Valmayor V write-up.
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Valmayor V, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del mas dels Ous.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del mas dels Ous write-up.
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back through Abric del mas dels Ous sits at 110 km, about halfway. Next is back through mas d'en Josep- Abric l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete mas d'en Josep- Abric l write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through mas d'en Josep- Abric l comes up about 269 km into the recorded legs. Next is Villaroges.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Villaroges write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Villaroges closes the day.
Villaroges → mas d'en Josep- Abric l is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
mas d'en Josep- Abric l → Abric del mas dels Ous is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del mas dels Ous → Valmayor V is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Valmayor V → back through Abric del mas dels Ous is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del mas dels Ous → back through mas d'en Josep- Abric l is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through mas d'en Josep- Abric l → Villaroges is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.