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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From Ontinyent it runs 94 km to Ontinyent; allow about 1 h 57 of riding. The stops in between: Penya roja o Ulls de Canals, Barranc de mastec and back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Ontinyent is the kind of Valencian town that does not bother selling itself to tourists, which is part of its charm. It grew rich on textiles, and the old quarter of La Vila, perched above the gorge of the Clariano river, still has a fine bell tower that is among the tallest in the region. The Abric del Gegant, a rock shelter recorded among the prehistoric painted sites of eastern Spain, sits in the hills just outside town towards Bocairent, where the valley narrows and the Serra de Mariola begins to rise.
Read the complete Abric del Gegant write-up.
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Abric del Gegant is where the day begins. Next is Penya roja o Ulls de Canals.
This is the country of toys and herbs, an unusual pairing. Onil and Ibi, in the inland hills of Alicante, grew up as centres of toy-making, starting with tin and later plastic, and the local museum in Ibi tells how a mountain valley became a world supplier of dolls and games. On the other side, the Sierra de Mariola, a natural park rich in aromatic plants, supplies the herbs for a local liqueur and for traditional remedies. Bocairent, a handsome old town on a rocky spur, has houses built right at the edge of a gorge and a set of man-made caves carved into the cliff, the Covetes dels Moros.
Read the complete Penya roja o Ulls de Canals write-up.
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Penya roja o Ulls de Canals comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de mastec.
Between Cocentaina and Alcoy, in the hilly interior of Alicante province, a small ravine called the Barranc de Mastec holds rock shelters with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO listing of rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. This corner of Spain is particularly rich in it, with styles ranging from the naturalistic Levantine figures of hunters and animals to the strange, abstract macro-schematic art that seems unique to these valleys. The ravine is surrounded by terraced olive and almond groves, pine woods and limestone crags.
Read the complete Barranc de mastec write-up.
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about 47 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de mastec. Next is back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penya roja o Ulls de Canals write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals, late in the day. Next is Abric del Gegant.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Gegant write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric del Gegant. That is the ride.
Abric del Gegant → Penya roja o Ulls de Canals is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya roja o Ulls de Canals → Barranc de mastec is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de mastec → back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals → Abric del Gegant is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.