Why this ride
From Bicorp it runs 155 km to Bicorp; allow about 3 h 17 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo de Rosser, Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I and back through Abrigo de Rosser. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de los Gineses and Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 155 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 17
- 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 los Gineses
Bicorp has about 650 inhabitants and a church, a main street, a bar or two and a long view across a valley of pine and carob trees, and that is the kind of place that makes an inland Valencia ride special. This is the so-called España vaciada, the emptied Spain, where villages have lost most of their young people over the last sixty years, and where the land has been returning to scrub and forest. The roads are quiet because the people are gone, and the effect on a rider is a gift: bend after bend with no traffic, the smell of rosemary and warm pine, and a sky as large as you will see in Europe.
Read the complete Abric de los Gineses write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de los Gineses is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de Rosser.
2. Abrigo de Rosser
Near Bicorp, in the dry, folded hills of inland Valencia, one of the most famous images in prehistoric art was found in 1920: a figure clinging to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees, a honey gatherer painted thousands of years ago in the Cuevas de la Araña. The Abrigo de Rosser lies in the same rugged area of the Canal de Navarrés and the Júcar gorges, one of many shelters with Levantine paintings in this region, and together they form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Bicorp has a small interpretation centre, and guided visits to some shelters can be arranged.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo de Rosser comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
3. 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
about 78 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I. Next is back through Abrigo de Rosser.
4. back through Abrigo de Rosser
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abrigo de Rosser, late in the day. Next is Abric de los Gineses.
5. Abric de los Gineses
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de los Gineses 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 los Gineses. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric de los Gineses to Abrigo de Rosser
Abric de los Gineses → Abrigo de Rosser is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Rosser to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Abrigo de Rosser → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to back through Abrigo de Rosser
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → back through Abrigo de Rosser is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de Rosser to Abric de los Gineses
back through Abrigo de Rosser → Abric de los Gineses is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.