Why this ride
A 141 km round trip from Castell de Castells - roughly 2 h 45 in the saddle. The stops in between: Morro Carrascal, La Sarga- Abric I and back through Morro Carrascal. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I and La Sarga- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 141 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 45
- 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. Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I
Castell de Castells is a village of fewer than five hundred people tucked under the Serrella ridge, and everything about it feels like the far end of something. The Morro Carrascal, the label given to this stretch of country, is a rocky crest above the Barranc de Bil.la, a dry ravine in the mountains of the Marina Alta where the Valencian coast gives way to a rumpled interior of limestone, pine and terraced slopes. The ravine holds painted shelters belonging to the Levantine rock art of the Spanish Mediterranean, which UNESCO listed in 1998.
Read the complete Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Morro Carrascal.
2. Morro Carrascal
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the tower blocks and beaches, the mountains of the Alicante interior rise steep and empty. Morro Carrascal is a rocky height in this country, near the villages of Benilloba, Sella and Benimantell, where the sierras of Aitana, Serrella and Mariola come together. Shelters in these mountains hold prehistoric paintings in both the Levantine and the older Macroschematic styles, and they belong to the World Heritage listing of Iberian rock art.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Morro Carrascal comes up about 45 km into the recorded legs. Next is La Sarga- Abric I.
3. La Sarga- Abric I
Alcoy, or Alcoi in Valencian, is a city of bridges, built where three rivers meet in deep ravines, in the mountains of northern Alicante. It was one of the cradles of Spain's industrial revolution, with textile and paper mills powered by its rivers, and its streets have fine modernist buildings from that era. It is also famous for its Moors and Christians festival in April, one of the most spectacular in Spain, with parades, music and mock battles in honour of Saint George. The rock shelters of La Sarga lie in the hills about eight kilometres from the city, toward Ibi.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach La Sarga- Abric I. Next is back through Morro Carrascal.
4. back through Morro Carrascal
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Morro Carrascal, late in the day. Next is Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I, 17 km on.
5. Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I to Morro Carrascal
Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I → Morro Carrascal is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Morro Carrascal to La Sarga- Abric I
Morro Carrascal → La Sarga- Abric I is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric I to back through Morro Carrascal
La Sarga- Abric I → back through Morro Carrascal is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Morro Carrascal to Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I
back through Morro Carrascal → Barranc de Bil.la- Abric I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.