Bicorp is the sort of village that makes you slow down on instinct, with its single main street, its white walls and the red tiles stacked on the hillside above a green valley. The Abric de la Era del Bolo is three kilometres away, in the Canal de Navarrés, a district of limestone gorges, small reservoirs and wooded ravines in the interior of Valencia province. The Júcar river and its dams lie not far to the south, and the scenery has an unspoilt feel that you do not find on the busier coast.
The riding is good, though never hurried. The approach from Navarrés or Enguera takes you through winding stretches that follow the folds of the land, with views of terraced hillsides and pine woods and the occasional ruined farmhouse. Surfaces are mostly sound, but narrow sections and agricultural traffic can slow you, and the hot months, July and August in particular, bring a dry shimmer over everything. Spring and autumn are the right times.
The shelters near Bicorp are among the better-known parts of the region's prehistoric heritage, and the Cueva de la Araña, a few kilometres away, is the celebrated one. It shows a figure climbing what appear to be ropes or vines to gather honey from a hive in the rock, one of the most quoted scenes in Levantine art. It was a revelation when scholars first studied it in the early twentieth century because it showed ordinary life, not just hunting, and it has become a symbol of the whole tradition.
Fuel is the thing to plan. Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés are small enough that you should not rely on a pump, and Enguera, twenty-one kilometres off, with about five and a half thousand people, is the nearest proper town for fuel and supplies. Ayora is another option in the opposite direction. Take water, and bear in mind that mobile signal can fade in the ravines, so tell someone where you are going.