Why this ride
299 km from Millares to Millares, about 4 h 45 of riding. The stops in between: Abric de Gontrán, Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I and back through Abric de Gontrán.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Pareja and Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 299 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 45
- 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 Pareja
The Júcar gorge below Dos Aguas is the sort of scenery that makes Spanish interior roads famous among riders. A deep valley of red and grey rock, pine and oak, it carries the river towards the sea, and the villages along it, Millares and Dos Aguas among them, are old and small. The Abric de la Pareja is a rock shelter in the cliffs nearby, and its name, the Couple, refers to a pair of painted figures. It is part of the Levantine rock art that UNESCO lists among the Mediterranean Basin sites, and its paintings are among the best examples of how prehistoric hunters pictured themselves.
Read the complete Abric de la Pareja write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Pareja is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Gontrán.
2. 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 comes up about 82 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I.
3. 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
about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I. Next is back through Abric de Gontrán.
4. back through 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 through Abric de Gontrán, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Pareja.
5. Abric de la Pareja
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Pareja 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 Pareja. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de la Pareja to Abric de Gontrán
Abric de la Pareja → Abric de Gontrán is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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 back through Abric de Gontrán
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I → back through Abric de Gontrán is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Gontrán to Abric de la Pareja
back through Abric de Gontrán → Abric de la Pareja is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.