CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 270 km round trip from Ontinyent - roughly 5 h 25 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranc dels Garrofers, Penya del Vicari, Coves Santes de Dalt and back through Penya del Vicari. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Vall d'Albaida is a broad valley in the south of the province of Valencia, between the Serra Grossa to the north and the Serra de Mariola to the south, and its towns grew wealthy on textiles. Aielo de Malferit, a small town on the edge of the valley, has a rock shelter called the Abric de la Fos in the hills nearby, with prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style. The shelter is protected and access is limited, so check with the local tourist office or interpretation centres before visiting.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
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Abric de la fos is where the day begins. Next is Barranc dels Garrofers.
Between the towns of Alcoy and Gandia, the mountains of the northern Alicante province fold into a tangle of narrow valleys, and the barranc, the ravine, of the carob trees is a dry gully among them, a few kilometres from the villages of Planes and Beniarrés. The carob, or garrofer in Valencian, is a dark, leathery tree that has grown here for centuries, and its long brown pods were once used as animal feed and sweeteners. The land is rugged limestone, laced with terraces now mostly abandoned and covered in pines and rosemary.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
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Barranc dels Garrofers comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penya del Vicari.
On a map of the Costa Blanca, the Serra de Bernia looks like a wall dropped between two very different worlds. On one side, high-rise Benidorm and the busy coast; on the other, the quiet valleys of Jalón and Guadalest. The Penya del Vicari is one of the rocky outcrops in these hills above Altea and Calp, a place where the limestone is cut by caves and shelters, some of which carry traces of prehistoric painting. It is a small, quiet site in an area otherwise famous for sun loungers.
Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
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about 96 km into the recorded legs you reach Penya del Vicari. Next is Coves Santes de Dalt.
The Montgó is the great limestone hulk that rises between Dénia and Jávea on the Costa Blanca, a mountain that looks like a sleeping elephant from some angles and dominates every view along this stretch of coast. On its flanks, in shelters and small caves, are prehistoric paintings, and the Coves Santes de Dalt, the upper holy caves, are among the sites in the area recorded as part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are mostly schematic, simpler and more abstract than the hunting scenes found inland, and the shelters are protected, so viewing usually needs a guided visit.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Dalt write-up.
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Coves Santes de Dalt, about halfway. Next is back through Penya del Vicari.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Penya del Vicari sits at 144 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc dels Garrofers.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc dels Garrofers comes up about 234 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la fos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric de la fos closes the day.
Abric de la fos → Barranc dels Garrofers is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc dels Garrofers → Penya del Vicari is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya del Vicari → Coves Santes de Dalt is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Santes de Dalt → back through Penya del Vicari is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Penya del Vicari → back through Barranc dels Garrofers is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc dels Garrofers → Abric de la fos is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.