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: producer-declared routed record.
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From Tormos it runs 268 km to Tormos; allow about 4 h 54 of riding. The stops in between: Cova del mig dia, Barranc de les Covatelles, Penya de Benicadell and back through Barranc de les Covatelles. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Tormos and Sagra are tiny villages at the foot of the mountains in the north of Alicante province, at the point where the plain of the Marina Alta meets the hills. They are surrounded by orange groves and orchards, with the mountains of the Vall de Laguar and the Serra del Migdia rising steeply behind. The Barranc de la Palla, the ravine of the straw, cuts into the hills near Tormos, close also to Orba and the town of Pego.
Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
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Barraac de la Palla is where the day begins. Next is Cova del mig dia.
The Montgó dominates the coast between Dénia and Xàbia, a massive limestone mountain rising to 753 metres straight from the sea, its profile said to resemble a sleeping elephant. The Cova del Mig Dia, the cave of midday, is in the flanks of the Montgó, one of several caves and shelters on the mountain, some with traces of prehistoric occupation and rock art. The Montgó is a natural park, with paths leading through scrub and pine to caves, viewpoints and the summit.
Read the complete Cova del mig dia write-up.
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Cova del mig dia comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de les Covatelles.
Guadalest is a tiny village on a rock, entered through a tunnel cut in the stone, with a castle, a bell tower perched on a pinnacle and a view over a turquoise reservoir below. It is one of the most visited places in the province of Alicante, and it sits at the heart of a valley surrounded by mountains: the Aitana, the highest in the province at over fifteen hundred metres, the Serrella and the Xortà. The Barranc de les Covatelles is one of the ravines in this mountainous country, near Benimantell, Sella and Castell de Castells, with rock shelters that hold prehistoric paintings, one component of the World Heritage inscription for the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Barranc de les Covatelles write-up.
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about 98 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de les Covatelles. Next is Penya de Benicadell.
From almost anywhere in the southern half of Valencia province you can see it: a long, jagged ridge of grey limestone with a sharp tooth at its eastern end, standing on the skyline like a broken saw. The Benicadell, at 1,104 metres, separates the Vall d'Albaida to the north from the Comtat to the south, and the sharp summit, the Penya, is the mountain's signature. At its foot lie the villages of Beniarrés, Ràfol de Salem and Otos.
Read the complete Penya de Benicadell write-up.
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Penya de Benicadell, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Covatelles.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Covatelles write-up.
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back through Barranc de les Covatelles sits at 135 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cova del mig dia.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del mig dia write-up.
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back through Cova del mig dia comes up about 241 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barraac de la Palla.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barraac de la Palla closes the day.
Barraac de la Palla → Cova del mig dia is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del mig dia → Barranc de les Covatelles is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Covatelles → Penya de Benicadell is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya de Benicadell → back through Barranc de les Covatelles is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Covatelles → back through Cova del mig dia is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova del mig dia → Barraac de la Palla is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.