CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 450 km round trip from Bicorp - roughly 8 h 21 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, Cova de la Petxina, Barranc de la Penya Blanca and Penya del Vicari. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Cortes de Pallás area, in the interior of Valencia province, is one of the wildest places within an hour or two of the coast. The Júcar river has carved a deep canyon through the limestone, and the Muela de Cortes, a high plateau of rock and scrub, rises above it. Bicorp, Quesa and Millares are small villages on its edge, and the roads that link them are some of the twistiest in the region, with sections that cling to the sides of the gorge and open on huge views. Griffon vultures and golden eagles use the cliffs, and the pine woods are home to wild boar and roe deer.
Read the complete Abric del Espolón del Zapatero write-up.
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Abric del Espolón del Zapatero is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Petxina. Next is Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
Planes is a small village in the hills of the Comtat in northern Alicante province, crowned by a castle and looking out over a valley of olive and cherry orchards. The Barranc de la Penya Blanca, the ravine of the white rock, lies close by, among the folded limestone ridges between Planes, Benimarfull and the reservoir at Beniarrés.
Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
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Barranc de la Penya Blanca, about halfway. Next is Penya del Vicari.
On a map of the Costa Blanca, the Serra de Bernia looks like a wall dropped between two very different worlds. On one side, high-rise Benidorm and the busy coast; on the other, the quiet valleys of Jalón and Guadalest. The Penya del Vicari is one of the rocky outcrops in these hills above Altea and Calp, a place where the limestone is cut by caves and shelters, some of which carry traces of prehistoric painting. It is a small, quiet site in an area otherwise famous for sun loungers.
Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
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Penya del Vicari sits at 160 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
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back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca comes up about 292 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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about 332 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cova de la Petxina. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
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back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Abric del Espolón del Zapatero.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Espolón del Zapatero write-up.
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The route ends here after 450 km.
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Cova de la Petxina is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la Penya Blanca → Penya del Vicari is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya del Vicari → back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca → back through Cova de la Petxina is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Abric del Espolón del Zapatero is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.