Why this ride
400 km from Millares to Millares, about 8 h 28 of riding. On the way it passes Barranco del Cabezo del moro, Barranc de les Coves- Abric I and back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana and Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 400 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 28
- 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 Cinto de la Ventana
South-west of Valencia the Júcar river has carved a long, winding gorge through the limestone, and the country on either side is some of the most rugged in the region. The Macizo del Caroig, a high limestone massif of pine and scrub, rises to more than eleven hundred metres, and the villages of Millares and Dos Aguas are small places tucked into the valleys at its foot. The Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is a rock shelter in the nearby cliffs, and belongs to the Mediterranean Basin rock art group listed by UNESCO in 1998, the red Levantine paintings painted by prehistoric hunters.
Read the complete Abric del Cinto de la Ventana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is where the day begins. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
2. Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Almansa is one of those towns you see from the motorway and do not stop at, and that is a mistake. Its castle is spectacular, a Gothic fortress built on a sharp limestone outcrop right in the middle of town, looking exactly like a child's drawing of a castle. Around it spreads a wide plain at about seven hundred metres, the meeting point of the Valencian, Murcian and Castilian lands, and a few kilometres out in the surrounding hills lies the ravine known as the Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranco del Cabezo del moro comes up about 110 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
3. Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 198 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de les Coves- Abric I. Next is back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
4. back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro, late in the day. Next is Abric del Cinto de la Ventana.
5. Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Cinto de la Ventana 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 Cinto de la Ventana. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 110 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I to back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 86 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is 116 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.