Why this ride
130 km from Millares to Millares, about 4 h 16 of riding. On the way it passes Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I, Peñon de los machos and back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo del Atajo I and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 130 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 16
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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 Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I.
2. Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Bicorp is a small village in the folds of the Valencian interior, west of Xàtiva, in a country of pine, scrub and deep ravines that falls towards the Júcar and the Sierra de Martés. The Cueva de la Araña, the Spider Cave, is one of the most famous rock art sites in Spain, and the main reason to come. In its shelter is a painted scene of a figure climbing a rope or ladder of plant fibre to collect honey from a wild hive, with bees flying around. It is thought to be several thousand years old, and it is one of the finest and most human images of the Levantine rock art, listed by UNESCO in 1998.
Read the complete Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I comes up about 38 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 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I.
4. back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del Atajo I.
5. 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
Back at Abrigo del Atajo I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abrigo del Atajo I to Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Abrigo del Atajo I → Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I to Peñon de los machos
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I → Peñon de los machos is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Peñon de los machos → back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I to Abrigo del Atajo I
back through Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I → Abrigo del Atajo I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.