Why this ride
115 km from Millares to Millares, about 3 h 51 of riding. The stops in between: Abric del Barranco Garrofero, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Abrigo del mal Paso and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 115 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 51
- 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 mal Paso
The Júcar is the river behind this stop, though you cannot see it from the shelter. Millares is a village of about five hundred people in the broken hill country of inland Valencia, not far from where the great river runs out of the mountains and into the reservoir at Tous. The country around is a labyrinth of gorges, ravines and small plateaux, cut by the Júcar and its tributaries, with pine woods on the slopes and bare limestone on the tops.
Read the complete Abrigo del mal Paso write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo del mal Paso is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Barranco Garrofero.
2. Abric del Barranco Garrofero
Somewhere in the mountains south of Valencia there is a cave named for a spider, and it holds one of the most famous paintings of prehistoric Europe. The Cueva de la Araña, in the village of Bicorp, shows a figure climbing a rope or ladder of plant fibre on a cliff face, apparently collecting honey from a wild bees' nest, with bees flying around. It is a small, lively picture, thought to be several thousand years old, and it has become an emblem of the Levantine rock art tradition that UNESCO listed in 1998. The shelters nearby, among them the Barranco Garrofero, belong to the same landscape and tradition, and you should treat them as protected and fragile places.
Read the complete Abric del Barranco Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Barranco Garrofero comes up about 27 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 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero.
4. back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Barranco Garrofero 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 Barranco Garrofero, late in the day. Next is Abrigo del mal Paso.
5. Abrigo del mal Paso
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo del mal Paso 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 mal Paso. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Abrigo del mal Paso to Abric del Barranco Garrofero
Abrigo del mal Paso → Abric del Barranco Garrofero is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Barranco Garrofero to Peñon de los machos
Abric del Barranco Garrofero → Peñon de los machos is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero to Abrigo del mal Paso
back through Abric del Barranco Garrofero → Abrigo del mal Paso is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.