Why this ride
A 155 km round trip from Millares - roughly 5 h 26 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Cocina and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 155 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 26
- 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 Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
2. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Peñon de los machos.
3. Peñon de los machos
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 77 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
4. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, 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 Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Abric de la Cocina → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Peñon de los machos
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Peñon de los machos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Abric de la Cocina
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Abric de la Cocina is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.