Why this ride
288 km from Cullera to Cullera, about 3 h of riding. The stops in between: Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, Abric de la Cocina, Abric del Voro and back through Abric de la Cocina.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Lambert and Abric del Voro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 288 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 09
- 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 Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
2. Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Alginet sits in the Ribera Alta, the flat, fertile plain south of Valencia where the Júcar river spreads out among orange groves, rice fields and small towns. To the west, the plain meets the first hills of the interior, low ridges of limestone covered in pine and scrub. The Barranc de la Falaguera, the ravine of the fern, cuts into these hills near Alginet, Alfarp and Benifaió.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la Cocina.
3. Abric de la Cocina
The Abric de la Cocina, the kitchen shelter, is a rock overhang in the gorges of the Valencian hinterland near Dos Aguas, and on its walls prehistoric painters left scenes of archers, animals and geometric signs. It is one of the sites of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, inscribed by UNESCO in 1998, which covers hundreds of shelters along the eastern side of Spain with paintings showing hunting, gathering, dancing and warfare, with lively human figures in red and black. Excavations at the shelter also revealed tools and pottery, showing that people lived here over thousands of years.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la Cocina. Next is Abric del Voro.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de la Cocina.
5. back through Abric de la Cocina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina 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 Cocina sits at 116 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
6. back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- 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 Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I comes up about 257 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Lambert.
7. 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
Abric de Lambert closes the day.
Leg by leg
Abric de Lambert to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Abric de Lambert → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to Abric de la Cocina
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Abric de la Cocina is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Cocina to Abric del Voro
Abric de la Cocina → Abric del Voro is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Voro to back through Abric de la Cocina
Abric del Voro → back through Abric de la Cocina is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Cocina to back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
back through Abric de la Cocina → back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to Abric de Lambert
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Abric de Lambert is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.