Why this ride
From Millares it runs 408 km to Millares; allow about 10 h 08 of riding. It goes by way of Peñon de los machos, Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca, Barranco del Cabezo del moro and back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo Chorradores and Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 408 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 08
- 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. Abrigo Chorradores
Chorro is the Spanish word for a jet or spout of water, and a chorrador is a place where water spouts, so the name of this shelter suggests a spring or a waterfall that once poured from the rock nearby. It would have been a precious thing in this dry country, and probably explains why the painters chose the spot. The Abrigo Chorradores lies about two kilometres from Millares, a village of fewer than six hundred people in the rugged hills of inland Valencia, and carries painting in the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain. The ride links it with a site called Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Abrigo Chorradores write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo Chorradores is where the day begins. Next is Peñon de los machos.
2. Peñon de los machos
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Peñon de los machos comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
3. Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
This is the country of the honey-gatherer. Not far from here, in a cave near Bicorp, one of the best-known Levantine paintings shows a tiny figure climbing a rope ladder to a wild bees' nest high in a cliff, with bees swarming around him. It is thousands of years old, and it is a reminder that the artists who painted these shelters were also men and women who took honey from the rock, followed deer through the scrub and watched the weather. The Abric de Tollos belongs to the same family of shelters in the hills of inland Valencia, part of the Levantine rock art listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 105 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
4. Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Almansa is one of those towns you see from the motorway and do not stop at, and that is a mistake. Its castle is spectacular, a Gothic fortress built on a sharp limestone outcrop right in the middle of town, looking exactly like a child's drawing of a castle. Around it spreads a wide plain at about seven hundred metres, the meeting point of the Valencian, Murcian and Castilian lands, and a few kilometres out in the surrounding hills lies the ravine known as the Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barranco del Cabezo del moro, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
5. back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca sits at 127 km, about halfway. Next is back through Peñon de los machos.
6. back through Peñon de los machos
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Peñon de los machos comes up about 340 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo Chorradores.
7. Abrigo Chorradores
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo Chorradores write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo Chorradores closes the day.
Leg by leg
Abrigo Chorradores to Peñon de los machos
Abrigo Chorradores → Peñon de los machos is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Peñon de los machos → Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 96 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca is 102 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca to back through Peñon de los machos
back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca → back through Peñon de los machos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Peñon de los machos to Abrigo Chorradores
back through Peñon de los machos → Abrigo Chorradores is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.