Why this ride
A 512 km round trip from Vall de Gallinera - roughly 12 h 19 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cova de la Petxina, Abric del Garrofero, Barranco del Cabezo del moro and Peñon de los machos. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Al Patró and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 512 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 12 h 19
- 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. Al Patró
The Vall d'Ebo is one of those valleys that history has emptied. In 1609 the Spanish crown ordered the expulsion of the Moriscos, the descendants of the region's Muslim population, and in the mountains of the Marina Alta, many villages lost almost everyone overnight. Some Moriscos resisted in the high cliffs of the Muela de Cortes before the end came. Vall d'Ebo today has barely three hundred inhabitants, and its terraced fields, built by Morisco farmers for irrigation, are still visible as stone steps climbing the hillsides.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Al Patró is where the day begins. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
2. Cova de la Petxina
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cova de la Petxina comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
3. Abric del Garrofero
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 101 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Garrofero. 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 Peñon de los machos.
5. 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
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Planning note
Peñon de los machos sits at 153 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
6. back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro comes up about 315 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric del Garrofero.
7. back through Abric del Garrofero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 410 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric del Garrofero. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
8. back through Cova de la Petxina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Cova de la Petxina, late in the day. Next is Al Patró.
9. Al Patró
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 512 km.
Leg by leg
Al Patró to Cova de la Petxina
Al Patró → Cova de la Petxina is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina to Abric del Garrofero
Cova de la Petxina → Abric del Garrofero is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Abric del Garrofero → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Peñon de los machos
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Peñon de los machos is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Peñon de los machos → back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro to back through Abric del Garrofero
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro → back through Abric del Garrofero is 95 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Garrofero to back through Cova de la Petxina
back through Abric del Garrofero → back through Cova de la Petxina is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina to Al Patró
back through Cova de la Petxina → Al Patró is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.