Why this ride
A 139 km round trip from Bicorp - roughly 2 h 40 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cueva del Cerro, Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I and back through Cueva del Cerro. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Charco de la madera and Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 139 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 40
- 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 del Charco de la madera
The sign says Abric del Charco de la Madera, and the name suggests a pool, a charco, in a rocky gully near the village of Bicorp, in the highlands of the Valencian interior. This is the Canal de Navarrés and the Valle de Ayora-Cofrentes, a country of limestone ranges, river canyons and poor farming land, a long way from the Valencian beaches. The shelter holds paintings in the Levantine style, part of the UNESCO-listed group. The second stop on this ride, Penya Escrita, is a different site altogether, in the mountains of the Marina Alta far to the east, so treat the two as separate worlds.
Read the complete Abric del Charco de la madera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Charco de la madera is where the day begins. Next is Cueva del Cerro.
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva del Cerro comes up about 22 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 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I. Next is back through Cueva del Cerro.
4. back through Cueva del Cerro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cueva del Cerro, late in the day. Next is Abric del Charco de la madera.
5. Abric del Charco de la madera
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Charco de la madera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abric del Charco de la madera. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric del Charco de la madera to Cueva del Cerro
Abric del Charco de la madera → Cueva del Cerro is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Cerro to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Cueva del Cerro → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to back through Cueva del Cerro
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → back through Cueva del Cerro is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva del Cerro to Abric del Charco de la madera
back through Cueva del Cerro → Abric del Charco de la madera is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.