Why this ride
From Beniatjar it runs 345 km to Beniatjar; allow about 6 h 09 of riding. On the way it passes Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, Olula and back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I and Olula
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 345 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 09
- 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 Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
2. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia comes up about 66 km into the recorded legs. Next is Olula.
3. Olula
Caudete and Almansa sit in a corridor of land where Castile-La Mancha, Valencia and Murcia meet, and for centuries this was frontier country, where kingdoms and armies passed and fought. Olula is a point in the hills near Caudete, linked on the rides with rock-art shelters in the surrounding sierras, part of the extensive UNESCO listing of prehistoric art in Mediterranean Spain.
Read the complete Olula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 178 km into the recorded legs you reach Olula. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
4. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia 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 Tollos II o de Cambriquia, late in the day. Next is Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I.
5. 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
Back at Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I to Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Olula
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Olula is 112 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Olula to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Olula → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 92 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Barranc de Carbonera- Abric I is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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