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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
382 km from Alpera to Alpera, about 7 h 18 of riding. The stops in between: Abrigo de Rosser, Abric del Gegant and back through Abrigo de Rosser. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
Ayora sits in a broad valley between two mountain ranges, in the interior of Valencia province, and the land around it has a high, golden look in summer, with fields of cereal, vines and almond trees under big skies. The town, with about 5,500 people, has a castle and a handsome palace of the Counts of Cervellón, and it feels like a gateway to a quieter Spain. To the south, the Cabriel river has cut a long canyon through the limestone, the Hoces del Cabriel, a protected area with clear water, poplars and cliffs, listed as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
Read the complete Abric del Sordo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric del Sordo is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de Rosser.
Near Bicorp, in the dry, folded hills of inland Valencia, one of the most famous images in prehistoric art was found in 1920: a figure clinging to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees, a honey gatherer painted thousands of years ago in the Cuevas de la Araña. The Abrigo de Rosser lies in the same rugged area of the Canal de Navarrés and the Júcar gorges, one of many shelters with Levantine paintings in this region, and together they form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Bicorp has a small interpretation centre, and guided visits to some shelters can be arranged.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
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Abrigo de Rosser comes up about 104 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del Gegant.
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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about 192 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Gegant. Next is back through Abrigo de Rosser.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abrigo de Rosser, late in the day. Next is Abric del Sordo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Sordo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abric del Sordo. That is the ride.
Abric del Sordo → Abrigo de Rosser is 104 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Rosser → Abric del Gegant is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Gegant → back through Abrigo de Rosser is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de Rosser → Abric del Sordo is 106 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.