CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
A 188 km round trip from Vall de Gallinera - roughly 3 h 14 in the saddle. It goes by way of Barranc de Galistero, Port de Confrides- Abric I and back through Barranc de Galistero. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Al Patró is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de Galistero.
Castell de Castells is a village of about four hundred people at the heart of the Marina Alta's high valleys, and it is one of the most important places for rock art in the Valencian country. The Barranc de Galistero is a ravine nearby, and the shelter in it belongs to the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin that UNESCO inscribed in 1998. The village is also near the Pla de Petracos, a famous rock shelter with remarkable paintings that attracts specialists from around the world, so a day in the area can include several sites. The painted shelters are fragile and often have limited access, so check before you go.
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Barranc de Galistero comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is Port de Confrides- Abric I.
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the high-rise towers and the beach crowds, the mountains of Alicante rise steeply and the whole mood changes. The Port de Confrides is the saddle on the CV-70 between the Guadalest valley and the upland basin of Confrides and Benasau, with the long limestone wall of the Sierra de Aitana to the south. Aitana, at 1,558 metres, is the highest peak in the province, and on a clear winter morning you can see the sea glittering behind you as you climb.
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about 97 km into the recorded legs you reach Port de Confrides- Abric I. Next is back through Barranc de Galistero.
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Read the complete Barranc de Galistero write-up.
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back through Barranc de Galistero, late in the day. Next is Al Patró.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Al Patró. That is the ride.
Al Patró → Barranc de Galistero is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de Galistero → Port de Confrides- Abric I is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Confrides- Abric I → back through Barranc de Galistero is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de Galistero → Al Patró is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.