Why this ride
A 155 km round trip from Millares - roughly 5 h 26 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 155 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 26
- 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 Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
2. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Peñon de los machos.
3. Peñon de los machos
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 77 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
4. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia 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 Tollos II o de Cambriquia, 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 Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Peñon de los machos
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Peñon de los machos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.