Why this ride
A 407 km round trip from Millares - roughly 10 h 09 in the saddle. The stops in between: 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 del Atajo I and Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 407 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 09
- 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 del Atajo I
Valencian paella, the real one, contains no seafood. It is a dish of the interior, cooked over an open fire of orange wood in a wide, shallow pan, with rice, chicken, rabbit, flat green beans, a large white bean called garrofó, tomato, saffron and olive oil, and in some places snails. The coast got involved later. A rider who is tempted by a plate of it on the road to Millares should look for a bar that cooks to order and takes forty minutes, since the quicker ones tend to rely on the freezer.
Read the complete Abrigo del Atajo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Atajo I 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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 del Atajo I.
7. Abrigo del Atajo I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del Atajo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del Atajo I closes the day.
Leg by leg
Abrigo del Atajo I to Peñon de los machos
Abrigo del Atajo I → 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 del Atajo I
back through Peñon de los machos → Abrigo del Atajo I is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.