Why this ride
363 km from Mogente to Mogente, about 5 h 47 of riding. The stops in between: Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I, Abric de Lambert and back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Gontrán and Abric de Lambert
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 363 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 47
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Abric de Gontrán
Head south-west from Xàtiva along the old road to Castile and you climb gently into a corridor between two mountain ranges, the Serra Grossa on one side and the Serra de Enguera on the other. The town of Moixent sits where the corridor narrows, with Vallada just downstream and the vineyards of Fontanars dels Alforins on the plateau beyond. The Abric de Gontran lies in the hills just outside Moixent.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Gontrán is where the day begins. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I.
2. Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
The Aitana range is the highest in the Alicante hinterland, a long limestone ridge rising to more than fifteen hundred metres above the Costa Blanca, and the village of Benimantell lies in a valley at its foot, with Castell de Castells and Sella tucked into the hills to the east. The Penyó de les Carrasques is a rocky outcrop in this country, and the shelter in it is part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998. The paintings are in the Levantine style, small red figures of hunters and animals, and they look out over a landscape of terraced valleys, quite unlike the high-rise beach towns twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I comes up about 68 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Lambert.
3. Abric de Lambert
Cullera is not where most people would look for prehistory. It is a busy beach town at the mouth of the Júcar, with high-rise apartments along the sand, a lighthouse on the point and rice fields stretching inland toward the Albufera lagoon. But the town has a mountain at its back, a limestone outcrop crowned by a castle and a sanctuary, and in that rock there are shelters, including the one known as the Abric de Lambert.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 181 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Lambert. Next is back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I.
4. back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Abric de Gontrán.
5. Abric de Gontrán
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric de Gontrán. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de Gontrán to Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Abric de Gontrán → Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I to Abric de Lambert
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I → Abric de Lambert is 113 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric de Lambert to back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Abric de Lambert → back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I is 115 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I to Abric de Gontrán
back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I → Abric de Gontrán is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.