CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Ontinyent it runs 481 km to Ontinyent; allow about 9 h 09 of riding. The stops in between: Cova Llarga, Cova del mansano, Cueva de la feliceta and Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Serra de Mariola is the green heart of the Valencia-Alicante borderlands, a mountain range of pine, holm oak and aromatic scrub that feeds the rivers Vinalopó and Clariano and perfumes the air with thyme and rosemary. The Abric del Pontet is one of its rock shelters, a small overhang with prehistoric paintings, part of the scattered UNESCO site that gathers the rock art of Mediterranean Spain. It sits between Bocairent, Alfafara and Ontinyent, and it is the kind of place that makes most sense as an excuse to explore the villages around it.
Read the complete Abric del Pontet write-up.
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Abric del Pontet is where the day begins. Next is Cova Llarga.
The Benicadell is the mountain that tells you where you are in this part of Valencia. Its long, sharp limestone ridge, topped by a distinctive rocky tooth, separates the Vall d'Albaida from the valleys of Alcoy and Cocentaina, and on clear days it is visible from the coast. The Cova Llarga, the long cave, sits on the southern side of this world, in the folded hills near Beniarrés, Terrateig and Planes, and it belongs to the scatter of small sites that record people living, painting and sheltering in these hills since prehistory.
Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
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Cova Llarga comes up 41 km in. Next is Cova del mansano.
Every cyclist in Europe seems to know the Coll de Rates, and that is a good hint for motorcyclists too. The climb starts in Parcent, a few kilometres from the Cova del Mansano, and winds up the mountainside in a long sequence of smooth, well surfaced bends to a pass with a view over the whole Vall de Pop and the sea beyond. The rock shelter itself sits in the hills around Jalón, Alcalalí and Parcent, a short walk from the road, and its paintings belong to the same World Heritage group as the other Levantine shelters of the coast.
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82 km in you reach Cova del mansano. Next is Cueva de la feliceta.
Behind the resort towns of the Costa Blanca, a short ride inland, the land rises into dry limestone hills where almost nobody goes. The Cueva de la Feliceta is one of several prehistoric painted shelters in the hills above El Campello, a coastal town of over twenty-six thousand people about fourteen kilometres away, and one of several painted shelters in the same tradition. The surrounding country is scrub, pine and terraced almond groves, with the sea glinting in the distance and the sound of cicadas in summer.
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Cueva de la feliceta, about halfway. Next is Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi.
The Carabassí is one of the last stretches of wild-ish coast between Alicante and Santa Pola: a line of dunes held together by pine and marram grass, a long beach, and the sea glittering under the flight path of Alicante airport. In the low rocky ground behind it lies a small cave known for painted marks, the Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassí, close to the village of El Altet and a short hop from Santa Pola.
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Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi sits at 163 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cueva de la feliceta.
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Read the complete Abric del Pontet write-up.
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back through Cueva de la feliceta comes up 204 km in. Next is back through Cova del mansano.
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Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
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245 km in you reach back through Cova del mansano. Next is back through Cova Llarga.
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Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
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back through Cova Llarga, late in the day. Next is Abric del Pontet.
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Read the complete Abric del Pontet write-up.
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The route ends here after 326 km.
Abric del Pontet → Cova Llarga is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova Llarga → Cova del mansano is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del mansano → Cueva de la feliceta is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la feliceta → Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi → Back to Abric del Pontet is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova del mansano → back through Cova Llarga is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova Llarga → Abric del Pontet is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.