Why this ride
From Millares it runs 108 km to Millares; allow about 3 h 50 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de las Sabinas, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric de las Sabinas. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo de Rosser and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 108 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 50
- 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 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo de Rosser is where the day begins. Next is Abric de las Sabinas.
2. Abric de las Sabinas
Bicorp is the village to head for, and it is worth the ride for the name alone. It is a small place in the Canal de Navarrés, the inland Valencian country where the hills fold into one another and nobody has ever made a postcard of them. This is also the country of the famous Cuevas de la Araña, the Spider Cave near Bicorp, where a painted figure on a rock face is shown gathering honey from a crevice with ropes or vines. Of all the Levantine paintings, that scene is probably the one most often reproduced, and it reminds you that the people who painted these walls were gatherers and hunters with a keen eye for small domestic tasks.
Read the complete Abric de las Sabinas write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de las Sabinas comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. 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
about 53 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric de las Sabinas.
4. back through Abric de las Sabinas
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de las Sabinas 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 las Sabinas, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de Rosser.
5. Abrigo de Rosser
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser 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 Rosser. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abrigo de Rosser to Abric de las Sabinas
Abrigo de Rosser → Abric de las Sabinas is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de las Sabinas to Peñon de los machos
Abric de las Sabinas → Peñon de los machos is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric de las Sabinas
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric de las Sabinas is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de las Sabinas to Abrigo de Rosser
back through Abric de las Sabinas → Abrigo de Rosser is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.