Why this ride
A 299 km round trip from Millares - roughly 4 h 45 in the saddle. The stops in between: Abric de Gontrán, Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I and back through Abric de Gontrán.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Ciervo and Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 299 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 45
- 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 Ciervo
Not every deer on a cave wall is the same animal. The Abric del Ciervo, the Shelter of the Stag, is another of the small rock overhangs in the cliffs above the Júcar country west of Valencia, named for a painted deer that the first people to describe it picked out among the fainter marks. It belongs to the red Levantine art that UNESCO recognised in 1998 as part of the Mediterranean Basin group, and it sits a few kilometres from Millares and Dos Aguas, in a terrain of broken limestone and pine that rewards anyone who enjoys finding things the hard way.
Read the complete Abric del Ciervo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Ciervo is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Gontrán.
2. Abric de Gontrán
Head south-west from Xàtiva along the old road to Castile and you climb gently into a corridor between two mountain ranges, the Serra Grossa on one side and the Serra de Enguera on the other. The town of Moixent sits where the corridor narrows, with Vallada just downstream and the vineyards of Fontanars dels Alforins on the plateau beyond. The Abric de Gontran lies in the hills just outside Moixent.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Gontrán comes up about 82 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I.
3. Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
The Aitana range is the highest in the Alicante hinterland, a long limestone ridge rising to more than fifteen hundred metres above the Costa Blanca, and the village of Benimantell lies in a valley at its foot, with Castell de Castells and Sella tucked into the hills to the east. The Penyó de les Carrasques is a rocky outcrop in this country, and the shelter in it is part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998. The paintings are in the Levantine style, small red figures of hunters and animals, and they look out over a landscape of terraced valleys, quite unlike the high-rise beach towns twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I. Next is back through Abric de Gontrán.
4. back through Abric de Gontrán
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de Gontrán, late in the day. Next is Abric del Ciervo.
5. Abric del Ciervo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Ciervo 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 Ciervo. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric del Ciervo to Abric de Gontrán
Abric del Ciervo → Abric de Gontrán is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Gontrán to Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I
Abric de Gontrán → Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I to back through Abric de Gontrán
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric I → back through Abric de Gontrán is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Gontrán to Abric del Ciervo
back through Abric de Gontrán → Abric del Ciervo is 82 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.