Why this ride
From Muro del Alcoy it runs 300 km to Muro del Alcoy; allow about 6 h 25 of riding. The stops in between: Abric del Voro, La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia and back through Abric del Voro. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Paella and La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 300 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 25
- 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 Paella
Muro de Alcoy and Cocentaina sit side by side in the valley of the Serpis river, in the Comtat, a district of northern Alicante surrounded by mountains. Cocentaina is crowned by a castle with a tall tower, and below it lies an old town with a palace of the Counts of Cocentaina and a Franciscan convent. The Abric de la Paella, named after the paella pan perhaps because of its shape, lies in the hills between the two towns.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Paella is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Voro.
2. Abric del Voro
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.
Read the complete Abric del Voro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Voro comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.
3. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
In the heart of Valencia's old town, a Gothic building with crenellated walls and gargoyles looks more like a castle than a market, and that was rather the point. The Lonja de la Seda, the silk exchange, was built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries when Valencia was one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean, and it was meant to show the power of its merchants. Its great hall, the Sala de Contratación, is one of the masterpieces of late Gothic architecture, with slender columns that twist like palm trunks up to a ribbed vault. It was listed by UNESCO in 1996.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 149 km into the recorded legs you reach La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia. Next is back through Abric del Voro.
4. back through Abric del Voro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Voro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric del Voro, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Paella.
5. Abric de la Paella
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella 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 Paella. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de la Paella to Abric del Voro
Abric de la Paella → Abric del Voro is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Voro to La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Abric del Voro → La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is 87 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia to back through Abric del Voro
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia → back through Abric del Voro is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abric del Voro to Abric de la Paella
back through Abric del Voro → Abric de la Paella is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.