Why this ride
From Tollos it runs 331 km to Tollos; allow about 6 h 59 of riding. On the way it passes Abric del Garrofero, La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia and back through Abric del Garrofero. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abric del Racó del Condoig and La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 331 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 59
- 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 Racó del Condoig
When you stand in the valleys behind Planes, in the country between Alcoi and the coast, it is easy to forget how recently they were emptied. The Racó del Condoig shelter lies about five kilometres from Planes, in a landscape of dry-stone terraces, cherry and almond trees and narrow gorges. The paintings in the shelter belong to the Levantine tradition, listed by UNESCO with other rock art of eastern Spain, and they were made so long ago that the people who made them would have seen the Moors as impossibly modern.
Read the complete Abric del Racó del Condoig write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Racó del Condoig is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
2. Abric del Garrofero
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Garrofero comes up about 79 km into the recorded legs. Next is La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia.
3. La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
In the heart of Valencia's old town, a Gothic building with crenellated walls and gargoyles looks more like a castle than a market, and that was rather the point. The Lonja de la Seda, the silk exchange, was built in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries when Valencia was one of the richest cities in the Mediterranean, and it was meant to show the power of its merchants. Its great hall, the Sala de Contratación, is one of the masterpieces of late Gothic architecture, with slender columns that twist like palm trunks up to a ribbed vault. It was listed by UNESCO in 1996.
Read the complete La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 165 km into the recorded legs you reach La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia. Next is back through Abric del Garrofero.
4. back through Abric del Garrofero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric del Garrofero, late in the day. Next is Abric del Racó del Condoig.
5. Abric del Racó del Condoig
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Racó del Condoig 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 Racó del Condoig. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abric del Racó del Condoig to Abric del Garrofero
Abric del Racó del Condoig → Abric del Garrofero is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric del Garrofero to La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
Abric del Garrofero → La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia to back through Abric del Garrofero
La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia → back through Abric del Garrofero is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abric del Garrofero to Abric del Racó del Condoig
back through Abric del Garrofero → Abric del Racó del Condoig is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.