Why this ride
329 km from Cullera to Cullera, about 5 h 55 of riding. The stops in between: Abric del Espolón del Zapatero, Abric de les finestres IV and back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Lambert and Abric de les finestres IV
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 329 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 55
- 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 Lambert
Cullera is not where most people would look for prehistory. It is a busy beach town at the mouth of the Júcar, with high-rise apartments along the sand, a lighthouse on the point and rice fields stretching inland toward the Albufera lagoon. But the town has a mountain at its back, a limestone outcrop crowned by a castle and a sanctuary, and in that rock there are shelters, including the one known as the Abric de Lambert.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Lambert is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Espolón del Zapatero.
2. Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
The Cortes de Pallás area, in the interior of Valencia province, is one of the wildest places within an hour or two of the coast. The Júcar river has carved a deep canyon through the limestone, and the Muela de Cortes, a high plateau of rock and scrub, rises above it. Bicorp, Quesa and Millares are small villages on its edge, and the roads that link them are some of the twistiest in the region, with sections that cling to the sides of the gorge and open on huge views. Griffon vultures and golden eagles use the cliffs, and the pine woods are home to wild boar and roe deer.
Read the complete Abric del Espolón del Zapatero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero comes up about 89 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de les finestres IV.
3. Abric de les finestres IV
Bocairent is a village built on a rock, its old houses clinging to a limestone spur above a ravine in the Serra de Mariola, in the south of the province of Valencia. Across the ravine, in the cliff face, a row of small square openings looks out like windows: these are the Covetes dels Moros, a series of artificial caves cut into the rock, connected by internal passages, whose purpose is still debated. They may have been granaries, refuges or even a monastery, and their name means the little caves of the Moors.
Read the complete Abric de les finestres IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 164 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de les finestres IV. Next is back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero.
4. back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Espolón del Zapatero 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 Espolón del Zapatero, late in the day. Next is Abric de Lambert.
5. Abric de Lambert
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert 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 Lambert. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de Lambert to Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
Abric de Lambert → Abric del Espolón del Zapatero is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero to Abric de les finestres IV
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero → Abric de les finestres IV is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les finestres IV to back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
Abric de les finestres IV → back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero to Abric de Lambert
back through Abric del Espolón del Zapatero → Abric de Lambert is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.