CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Millares it runs 496 km to Millares; allow about 9 h 12 of riding. On the way it passes Cova de la Petxina, Barranc de la Penya Blanca, Penya del Vicari and Cueva de los Arcos. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Júcar country has a way of making you feel that you have taken a wrong turn and then rewarding you for it. The Abric de Trini lies about six kilometres from Millares, in rough limestone hills cut by ravines, and the lanes that lead to it give you something of that feeling, with villages that seem to have been left behind and views across empty slopes of pine and rock. Carlet, nineteen kilometres away, is the nearest town of any size, in the flat fruit-growing country of the Ribera Alta, and it could hardly be more different.
Read the complete Abric de Trini write-up.
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Abric de Trini is where the day begins. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
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Cova de la Petxina comes up 41 km in. Next is Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
Planes is a small village in the hills of the Comtat in northern Alicante province, crowned by a castle and looking out over a valley of olive and cherry orchards. The Barranc de la Penya Blanca, the ravine of the white rock, lies close by, among the folded limestone ridges between Planes, Benimarfull and the reservoir at Beniarrés.
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82 km in you reach Barranc de la Penya Blanca. Next is Penya del Vicari.
On a map of the Costa Blanca, the Serra de Bernia looks like a wall dropped between two very different worlds. On one side, high-rise Benidorm and the busy coast; on the other, the quiet valleys of Jalón and Guadalest. The Penya del Vicari is one of the rocky outcrops in these hills above Altea and Calp, a place where the limestone is cut by caves and shelters, some of which carry traces of prehistoric painting. It is a small, quiet site in an area otherwise famous for sun loungers.
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Penya del Vicari, about halfway. Next is Cueva de los Arcos.
Behind the Costa Blanca, only a few kilometres from the busy beaches of El Campello and the high-rises of Benidorm, the land climbs steeply into limestone mountains that feel surprisingly wild. The Cabeçó d'Or, a jagged massif above the village of Busot, dominates the area, and its slopes are riddled with caves and shelters. The Cueva de los Arcos is one of the sites in this area included in the World Heritage inscription of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, with faint painted motifs on the rock. Nearby, the Cuevas del Canelobre, a huge cave with towering stalactites, is open for visits and is one of the most impressive show caves in the region.
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Cueva de los Arcos sits at 165 km, about halfway. Next is back through Penya del Vicari.
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Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
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back through Penya del Vicari comes up 206 km in. Next is back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
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247 km in you reach back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
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Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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back through Cova de la Petxina, late in the day. Next is Abric de Trini.
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Read the complete Abric de Trini write-up.
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The route ends here after 496 km.
Abric de Trini → Cova de la Petxina is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la Penya Blanca → Penya del Vicari is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya del Vicari → Cueva de los Arcos is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de los Arcos → back through Penya del Vicari is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Penya del Vicari → back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca → back through Cova de la Petxina is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → Abric de Trini is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.