Why this ride
From Millares it runs 400 km to Millares; allow about 8 h 27 of riding. On the way it passes Barranco del Cabezo del moro, Barranc de les Coves- Abric I and back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Cocina and Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 400 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 27
- 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 la Cocina
The Abric de la Cocina, the kitchen shelter, is a rock overhang in the gorges of the Valencian hinterland near Dos Aguas, and on its walls prehistoric painters left scenes of archers, animals and geometric signs. It is one of the sites of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, inscribed by UNESCO in 1998, which covers hundreds of shelters along the eastern side of Spain with paintings showing hunting, gathering, dancing and warfare, with lively human figures in red and black. Excavations at the shelter also revealed tools and pottery, showing that people lived here over thousands of years.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Cocina is where the day begins. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
2. Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Almansa is one of those towns you see from the motorway and do not stop at, and that is a mistake. Its castle is spectacular, a Gothic fortress built on a sharp limestone outcrop right in the middle of town, looking exactly like a child's drawing of a castle. Around it spreads a wide plain at about seven hundred metres, the meeting point of the Valencian, Murcian and Castilian lands, and a few kilometres out in the surrounding hills lies the ravine known as the Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranco del Cabezo del moro comes up about 109 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
3. Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 197 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de les Coves- Abric I. Next is back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
4. back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Cocina.
5. Abric de la Cocina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina 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 la Cocina. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de la Cocina to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Abric de la Cocina → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 109 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I to back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 86 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Abric de la Cocina
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Abric de la Cocina is 116 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.