Why this ride
From Cullera it runs 287 km to Cullera; allow about 7 h 14 of riding. On the way it passes Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, Abric de la Cocina, Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia and Cueva del Cerro.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Lambert and Cueva del Cerro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 287 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 14
- 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 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
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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
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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
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Planning note
about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la Cocina. Next is Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
4. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, about halfway. Next is Cueva del Cerro.
5. Cueva del Cerro
Inland Valencia is a world away from the beaches on the coast. Behind the orange groves and the motorway the land rises into dry, folded mountains cut by deep gorges, where villages of a few hundred people cling to the hillsides and the pines smell of resin in the heat. Millares and Dos Aguas lie in this country, near the Júcar and Cabriel rivers, and the Cueva del Cerro is a rock shelter in the limestone, one of the many places in eastern Spain where prehistoric people left paintings on the walls.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cueva del Cerro sits at 96 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
6. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia comes up about 164 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric de la Cocina.
7. 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
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Planning note
about 207 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric de la Cocina. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
8. 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
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Planning note
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Abric de Lambert.
9. Abric de Lambert
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 287 km.
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 de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Abric de la Cocina → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Cueva del Cerro
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Cueva del Cerro is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Cerro to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Cueva del Cerro → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to back through Abric de la Cocina
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → back through Abric de la Cocina is 43 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.