Why this ride
A 233 km round trip from Alcalalí - roughly 4 h 57 in the saddle. The stops in between: Al Patró, Morro Carrascal, Penya de Benicadell and back through Morro Carrascal. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric de Seguilí and Penya de Benicadell
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 233 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 57
- 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 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Seguilí is where the day begins. Next is Al Patró.
2. Al Patró
The Vall d'Ebo is one of those valleys that history has emptied. In 1609 the Spanish crown ordered the expulsion of the Moriscos, the descendants of the region's Muslim population, and in the mountains of the Marina Alta, many villages lost almost everyone overnight. Some Moriscos resisted in the high cliffs of the Muela de Cortes before the end came. Vall d'Ebo today has barely three hundred inhabitants, and its terraced fields, built by Morisco farmers for irrigation, are still visible as stone steps climbing the hillsides.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Al Patró comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is Morro Carrascal.
3. Morro Carrascal
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the tower blocks and beaches, the mountains of the Alicante interior rise steep and empty. Morro Carrascal is a rocky height in this country, near the villages of Benilloba, Sella and Benimantell, where the sierras of Aitana, Serrella and Mariola come together. Shelters in these mountains hold prehistoric paintings in both the Levantine and the older Macroschematic styles, and they belong to the World Heritage listing of Iberian rock art.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 84 km into the recorded legs you reach Morro Carrascal. Next is Penya de Benicadell.
4. Penya de Benicadell
From almost anywhere in the southern half of Valencia province you can see it: a long, jagged ridge of grey limestone with a sharp tooth at its eastern end, standing on the skyline like a broken saw. The Benicadell, at 1,104 metres, separates the Vall d'Albaida to the north from the Comtat to the south, and the sharp summit, the Penya, is the mountain's signature. At its foot lie the villages of Beniarrés, Ràfol de Salem and Otos.
Read the complete Penya de Benicadell write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Penya de Benicadell, about halfway. Next is back through Morro Carrascal.
5. back through Morro Carrascal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Morro Carrascal sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Al Patró.
6. back through Al Patró
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Al Patró comes up about 203 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Seguili.
7. 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
Abric de Seguilí closes the day.
Leg by leg
Abric de Seguilí to Al Patró
Abric de Seguilí → Al Patró is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Al Patró to Morro Carrascal
Al Patró → Morro Carrascal is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Morro Carrascal to Penya de Benicadell
Morro Carrascal → Penya de Benicadell is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya de Benicadell to back through Morro Carrascal
Penya de Benicadell → back through Morro Carrascal is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Morro Carrascal to back through Al Patró
back through Morro Carrascal → back through Al Patró is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Al Patró to Abric de Seguili
back through Al Patró → Abric de Seguili is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.