Why this ride
A 366 km round trip from Mogente - roughly 7 h 35 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric de las Cabras, Balma de la fabriqueta and back through Abric de las Cabras. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Penya and Balma de la fabriqueta
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 366 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 35
- 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 Penya
Moixent, or Mogente in Castilian, stands at the head of a corridor that has carried traffic between the Valencian coast and the interior of Castile for as long as anyone has been moving goods. The old road, the railway and now the motorway all funnel through here, between low limestone ridges with vineyards and olive groves in the valley floor. The rock shelter known as the Abric de la Penya sits in this landscape a few kilometres from the town, close also to Vallada.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Penya is where the day begins. Next is Abric de las Cabras.
2. Abric de las Cabras
The Millares country belongs to the Júcar, the long river that cuts through the limestone of inland Valencia and fills the reservoir at Tous before spilling out onto the orange-growing plain. Millares itself has fewer than six hundred people and sits in a landscape of gorges, ravines and dry hills, with Dos Aguas nearby in a similar fold of the land. The Abric de las Cabras is in the hills a few kilometres from the village, a rock shelter whose name suggests the animals that still use these slopes.
Read the complete Abric de las Cabras write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de las Cabras comes up about 100 km into the recorded legs. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
3. Balma de la fabriqueta
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 178 km into the recorded legs you reach Balma de la fabriqueta. Next is back through Abric de las Cabras.
4. back through Abric de las Cabras
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de las Cabras 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 las Cabras, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Penya.
5. Abric de la Penya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya 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 Penya. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de la Penya to Abric de las Cabras
Abric de la Penya → Abric de las Cabras is 100 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de las Cabras to Balma de la fabriqueta
Abric de las Cabras → Balma de la fabriqueta is 78 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Balma de la fabriqueta to back through Abric de las Cabras
Balma de la fabriqueta → back through Abric de las Cabras is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abric de las Cabras to Abric de la Penya
back through Abric de las Cabras → Abric de la Penya is 98 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.