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 261 km round trip from Ontinyent - roughly 5 h 41 in the saddle. It goes by way of Port de Penaguila- Abric II, Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III, Coves Santes de Dalt and back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III. The line favours views over speed.
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 Port de Penaguila- Abric II.
The Port de Penàguila is a mountain pass in the interior of Alicante province, on the road between Alcoy and the Vall de Guadalest, where the hills of the Comtat rise toward the Serra d'Aitana, the highest range in the province. The village of Penàguila, below the pass, is a small, ancient place huddled beneath a castle on a rocky crest, and Benilloba, Cocentaina and Alcoy are all close. The second shelter of the Port de Penàguila is one of several painted sites in the area.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric II write-up.
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Port de Penaguila- Abric II comes up about 44 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III.
Murla sits in the Vall de Pop, a broad valley of vines, oranges and almonds where the Girona river runs down from the mountains towards the coast at El Verger. The ravine of Alpadull cuts into the hills above, and in one of its shelters, the third along, there are prehistoric paintings, part of the great scatter of rock art across Mediterranean Spain that UNESCO lists as a single site. Like most of these shelters, it is better approached as a reason to wander a beautiful valley than as a spectacle in itself.
Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III write-up.
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about 92 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III. Next is Coves Santes de Dalt.
The Montgó is the great limestone hulk that rises between Dénia and Jávea on the Costa Blanca, a mountain that looks like a sleeping elephant from some angles and dominates every view along this stretch of coast. On its flanks, in shelters and small caves, are prehistoric paintings, and the Coves Santes de Dalt, the upper holy caves, are among the sites in the area recorded as part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are mostly schematic, simpler and more abstract than the hunting scenes found inland, and the shelters are protected, so viewing usually needs a guided visit.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Dalt write-up.
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Coves Santes de Dalt, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III sits at 140 km, about halfway. Next is back through Port de Penaguila- Abric II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Port de Penaguila- Abric II comes up about 217 km into the recorded legs. 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.
Abric del Gegant closes the day.
Abric del Gegant → Port de Penaguila- Abric II is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Penaguila- Abric II → Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III → Coves Santes de Dalt is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Santes de Dalt → back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric III → back through Port de Penaguila- Abric II is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Port de Penaguila- Abric II → Abric del Gegant is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.