The Canal de Navarrés is a wide valley in the interior of Valencia province, surrounded by limestone mountains and deep gorges, and the Abric del Voro lies in the hills between Quesa and Bicorp, two small villages in the heart of some of the wildest country in the region. It is one of the many rock shelters with prehistoric paintings in the area, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The valley's most famous site is close by: the Cuevas de la Araña near Bicorp, where a painting of a figure climbing ropes to collect honey from a wild bees' nest, surrounded by bees, is one of the best-known images of prehistoric art in Spain, often cited as one of the earliest depictions of honey gathering.
The landscape is rugged and beautiful, with gorges, pine forests, olive groves and orange orchards in the valley bottom. Quesa is known for its natural pools, the Charco Azul and other blue pools in the river, which are popular for swimming in summer, and Bicorp has an interpretation centre for the rock art, where guided visits to the shelters can be arranged.
The riding here is excellent. The roads from Navarrés to Quesa and Bicorp, and on to the Júcar gorge and the reservoirs of Tous and Cortes de Pallás, wind through gorges and over mountains, with steep climbs, hairpins and spectacular views. Traffic is light, and the surfaces are mostly good, though gravel and rockfalls are possible. The road from Bicorp to the Muela de Cortes, a high plateau, is particularly wild and remote. Summers are very hot, and forest fires are a risk; winters are mild in the valleys but cold in the mountains.
Navarrés, about eight kilometres away, has fuel, shops and restaurants, and Enguera, a bit further, is the nearest town with more than five thousand people. Quesa and Bicorp have bars and small restaurants serving local food, including arroz al horno, rice baked with pork and chickpeas, and gazpacho de pastor, a game stew with flatbread. The honey of the region is excellent, a fitting souvenir after seeing the ancient honey gatherer.