Why this ride
A 300 km round trip from Mogente - roughly 6 h 02 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric de la Paella, Abric de les Torrudanes, Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and Pla de Petracos- Abric I. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de la Penya and Pla de Petracos- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 300 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 02
- 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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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 la Paella.
2. 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 comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
3. Abric de les Torrudanes
In the Vall d'Ebo, a small valley in the mountains of northern Alicante, the Abric de les Torrudanes is a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of many in the area that form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin World Heritage listing. The paintings include human figures and animals in the Levantine style, and the shelter's location, on a cliff above the valley, offers views over the mountains. Nearby, the Cova del Rull is a show cave with stalactites and stalagmites.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
4. Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
The Marina Alta is the northern Costa Blanca at its most mixed: villas on every slope, a ribbon of coast running from Moraira to Jávea, and just behind it, farm terraces, dry stone walls and small rock shelters where prehistoric people left their mark. The Cova de la Catxupa, near Teulada and Benitachell, is one of them, a shelter in the hills a few kilometres from the sea, listed with the other Mediterranean rock art of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I, about halfway. Next is Pla de Petracos- Abric I.
5. Pla de Petracos- Abric I
Pla de Petracos is one of the most important prehistoric art sites in Spain, and it looks like nothing much: a row of shallow shelters in the side of a ravine near Castell de Castells, in the high interior of the Marina Alta. What makes it special is the style. The paintings here are among the clearest examples of what archaeologists call Macroschematic art, large, bold, almost abstract human figures with raised arms and serpentine forms, painted by the first farming communities of the region in the early Neolithic. Elsewhere in the Valencian mountains you find Levantine hunting scenes; here you find something stranger and more symbolic. A short path and viewing platforms make the panels accessible, and the information boards help you see what the eye misses at first.
Read the complete Pla de Petracos- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pla de Petracos- Abric I sits at 137 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
6. back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I comes up about 189 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric de les Torrudanes.
7. back through Abric de les Torrudanes
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 228 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is back through Abric de la Paella.
8. back through 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 through Abric de la Paella, late in the day. Next is Abric de la Penya.
9. 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
The route ends here after 300 km.
Leg by leg
Abric de la Penya to Abric de la Paella
Abric de la Penya → Abric de la Paella is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Paella to Abric de les Torrudanes
Abric de la Paella → Abric de les Torrudanes is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Abric de les Torrudanes → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I to Pla de Petracos- Abric I
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → Pla de Petracos- Abric I is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pla de Petracos- Abric I to back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Pla de Petracos- Abric I → back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I to back through Abric de les Torrudanes
back through Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → back through Abric de les Torrudanes is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les Torrudanes to back through Abric de la Paella
back through Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Abric de la Paella is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Paella to Abric de la Penya
back through Abric de la Paella → Abric de la Penya is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.