Why this ride
A 215 km round trip from Alcalalí - roughly 4 h 50 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric de les Torrudanes, Sierra de Alfaro, Barran de Parets and L'Esmoladora.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Seguilí and L'Esmoladora
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 215 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 50
- 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 Seguilí
The Vall de Pop, or Jalón valley as many foreign residents call it, is a sheltered valley in the north of Alicante province, a few kilometres inland from the coast at Dénia and Xàbia. It is a landscape of vineyards, almond and olive groves and orange trees, with white villages and the mountains rising on all sides. Alcalalí is one of these villages, with a medieval tower in its centre, and Parcent and Orba are nearby. The Abric de Seguilí lies in the hills just outside Alcalalí.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abric de Seguilí is where the day begins. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
2. 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
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Planning note
Abric de les Torrudanes comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sierra de Alfaro.
3. Sierra de Alfaro
The Sierra de Alfaro is a long limestone ridge in the mountains of northern Alicante, between Castell de Castells, Benimantell and Planes, a rugged, empty landscape of rock, scrub and pine, with terraced valleys and small villages tucked into its folds. Its slopes hold several shelters with prehistoric paintings, and the area is part of one of the richest regions for rock art in Spain, with Levantine, schematic and the unique macroschematic styles found nowhere else. The ridge is also crossed by walking trails, and the views from the top over the mountains and the sea are wide.
Read the complete Sierra de Alfaro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 50 km into the recorded legs you reach Sierra de Alfaro. Next is Barran de Parets.
4. Barran de Parets
The Vall d'Ebo is a pocket of mountains behind the Costa Blanca where the sea is only half an hour away, yet the villages look as if they belong to another century. Adsubia and Vall d'Ebo are tiny settlements of a few hundred people, in a landscape of steep ravines, terraces and bare limestone walls. The Valencian word barranc, a ravine, is on the map everywhere, and each one has its own name. The Barranc de l'Infern, the Hell Ravine, nearby, is a famed walk on a path of thousands of stone steps that the Moriscos, Muslim farmers, built to link villages. They were expelled in 1609, and the terraces and steps are a legacy of their work.
Read the complete Barran de Parets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barran de Parets, about halfway. Next is L'Esmoladora.
5. L'Esmoladora
The Serra de Mariola is a mountain of herbs. Its slopes smell of thyme, rosemary, sage and a score of other aromatic plants that people have gathered for centuries to make teas, liqueurs and remedies, and the natural park that protects it has become a favourite of walkers who like to crush a leaf between their fingers. L'Esmoladora lies a little way east of that range, in the hills between Planes and Beniarrés, a country of terraced slopes and small reservoirs that spreads out towards the plain of Alcoi.
Read the complete L'Esmoladora write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
L'Esmoladora sits at 67 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barran de Parets.
6. back through Barran de Parets
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barran de Parets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Barran de Parets comes up about 134 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Sierra de Alfaro.
7. back through Sierra de Alfaro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sierra de Alfaro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 163 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Sierra de Alfaro. Next is back through Abric de les Torrudanes.
8. 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
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Planning note
back through Abric de les Torrudanes, late in the day. Next is Abric de Seguili.
9. Abric de Seguilí
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili 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 215 km.
Leg by leg
Abric de Seguilí to Abric de les Torrudanes
Abric de Seguilí → Abric de les Torrudanes is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to Sierra de Alfaro
Abric de les Torrudanes → Sierra de Alfaro is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sierra de Alfaro to Barran de Parets
Sierra de Alfaro → Barran de Parets is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barran de Parets to L'Esmoladora
Barran de Parets → L'Esmoladora is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
L'Esmoladora to back through Barran de Parets
L'Esmoladora → back through Barran de Parets is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barran de Parets to back through Sierra de Alfaro
back through Barran de Parets → back through Sierra de Alfaro is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sierra de Alfaro to back through Abric de les Torrudanes
back through Sierra de Alfaro → back through Abric de les Torrudanes is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les Torrudanes to Abric de Seguili
back through Abric de les Torrudanes → Abric de Seguili is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.