Why this ride
A 295 km round trip from Beniatjar - roughly 6 h 12 in the saddle. The stops in between: Abric de la Penya, Abric de la Paella, Abric de les Torrudanes and Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I and Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 295 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 12
- 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 Carbonera- Abric I
The Vall d'Albaida is the quiet valley south of Xàtiva where the Valencian hinterland starts to climb towards the mountains of Alicante, and Otos, Ráfol de Salem and Bèlgida are tiny villages scattered among its folds. The Barranc de Carbonera is one of the ravines that cut into the limestone slopes, and the shelter in it is part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art group that UNESCO inscribed in 1998. The Peñón de los Machos, another painted rock nearby, is on the same ride. The paintings belong to the Levantine tradition, red figures of people and animals painted on the walls of small overhangs in the cliffs.
Read the complete Barranc de Carbonera- 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 Carbonera- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Penya.
2. Abric de la Penya
Moixent, or Mogente in Castilian, stands at the head of a corridor that has carried traffic between the Valencian coast and the interior of Castile for as long as anyone has been moving goods. The old road, the railway and now the motorway all funnel through here, between low limestone ridges with vineyards and olive groves in the valley floor. The rock shelter known as the Abric de la Penya sits in this landscape a few kilometres from the town, close also to Vallada.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Penya comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la Paella.
3. Abric de la Paella
Muro de Alcoy and Cocentaina sit side by side in the valley of the Serpis river, in the Comtat, a district of northern Alicante surrounded by mountains. Cocentaina is crowned by a castle with a tall tower, and below it lies an old town with a palace of the Counts of Cocentaina and a Franciscan convent. The Abric de la Paella, named after the paella pan perhaps because of its shape, lies in the hills between the two towns.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la Paella. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
4. Abric de les Torrudanes
In the Vall d'Ebo, a small valley in the mountains of northern Alicante, the Abric de les Torrudanes is a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of many in the area that form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin World Heritage listing. The paintings include human figures and animals in the Levantine style, and the shelter's location, on a cliff above the valley, offers views over the mountains. Nearby, the Cova del Rull is a show cave with stalactites and stalagmites.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de les Torrudanes, about halfway. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
5. Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
The Marina Alta is the northern Costa Blanca at its most mixed: villas on every slope, a ribbon of coast running from Moraira to Jávea, and just behind it, farm terraces, dry stone walls and small rock shelters where prehistoric people left their mark. The Cova de la Catxupa, near Teulada and Benitachell, is one of them, a shelter in the hills a few kilometres from the sea, listed with the other Mediterranean rock art of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I sits at 137 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de les Torrudanes.
6. back through Abric de les Torrudanes
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de les Torrudanes comes up about 186 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric de la Paella.
7. back through Abric de la Paella
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 222 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric de la Paella. Next is back through Abric de la Penya.
8. back through Abric de la Penya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de la Penya, late in the day. Next is Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I.
9. Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I 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 295 km.
Leg by leg
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I to Abric de la Penya
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I → Abric de la Penya is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Penya to Abric de la Paella
Abric de la Penya → Abric de la Paella is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Paella to Abric de les Torrudanes
Abric de la Paella → Abric de les Torrudanes is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Abric de les Torrudanes → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I to back through Abric de les Torrudanes
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → back through Abric de les Torrudanes is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les Torrudanes to back through Abric de la Paella
back through Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Abric de la Paella is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Paella to back through Abric de la Penya
back through Abric de la Paella → back through Abric de la Penya is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Penya to Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I
back through Abric de la Penya → Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.