Why this ride
A 191 km round trip from Millares - roughly 7 h 11 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric del Voro, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric del Voro. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo de las Cañas I and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 191 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 11
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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 de las Cañas I
Millares is a village of fewer than six hundred people in the interior of Valencia province, and the whole district feels like a place the twentieth century forgot to modernise. The land is a mix of limestone gorges, dry terraces and pine forest, with the Júcar river running through a deep canyon to the south, and the reservoirs of Cortes and Naranjero lighting the valley floor with turquoise water. The roads wind through small farming settlements, past carob and olive trees, and the silence is often broken only by the bells of a flock of goats.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo de las Cañas I is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Voro.
2. Abric del Voro
The Canal de Navarrés is a wide valley in the interior of Valencia province, surrounded by limestone mountains and deep gorges, and the Abric del Voro lies in the hills between Quesa and Bicorp, two small villages in the heart of some of the wildest country in the region. It is one of the many rock shelters with prehistoric paintings in the area, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The valley's most famous site is close by: the Cuevas de la Araña near Bicorp, where a painting of a figure climbing ropes to collect honey from a wild bees' nest, surrounded by bees, is one of the best-known images of prehistoric art in Spain, often cited as one of the earliest depictions of honey gathering.
Read the complete Abric del Voro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Voro comes up 25 km in. Next is Peñon de los machos.
3. 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
50 km in you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric del Voro.
4. back through Abric del Voro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Voro 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 Voro, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de las Cañas I.
5. Abrigo de las Cañas I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Abrigo de las Cañas I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abrigo de las Cañas I to Abric del Voro
Abrigo de las Cañas I → Abric del Voro is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Voro to Peñon de los machos
Abric del Voro → Peñon de los machos is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric del Voro
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric del Voro is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Voro to Abrigo de las Cañas I
back through Abric del Voro → Abrigo de las Cañas I is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.