Why this ride
A 413 km round trip from Millares - roughly 8 h 25 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barranco del Cabezo del moro, Cova de la Petxina and back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana and Cova de la Petxina
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 413 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 25
- 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 109 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
3. 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.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 206 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Petxina. 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 109 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Cova de la Petxina
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Cova de la Petxina is 97 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina to back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Cova de la Petxina → back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 91 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.