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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A 295 km round trip from Castell de Castells - roughly 6 h 36 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l, El Pantanet, Abric del Garrofero and back through El Pantanet. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Famorca clings to the side of a mountain in the Comtat, a district of Alicante province where the roads are as steep as the villages are small. Abric I in the Barranc de Famorca is the first of a series of painted shelters in the ravine, and like its neighbours it shows Levantine red paintings, part of the UNESCO list for the Mediterranean basin. The shelters lie in a deep gully below the village, and getting down to them means a walk on a stony path.
Read the complete Barranc de famorca- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de famorca- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
Castelló de Rugat sits on the southern rim of the Vall d'Albaida, a broad valley in the south of Valencia province hemmed in by mountain ridges. On one side rises the long saw-toothed crest of the Benicadell, on the other the Serra de la Solana, and between them lies a patchwork of vineyards, olive groves and small towns with church towers. The Barranc de les Coves, the ravine of the caves, cuts into the slopes near Castelló de Rugat, Ràfol de Salem and Beniarrés, and its first shelter holds painted figures.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is El Pantanet.
Few riders have heard of the Serra de Mariola, and that is a pity, because this little limestone range between Alcoi, Bocairent and Ontinyent is one of the most rewarding corners of inland Valencia. El Pantanet, near the village of Alfafara, is a small rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of the many sites in the UNESCO listing of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. As with most of its sisters, it is protected and access may be limited, but the hills around it reward the trip on their own.
Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
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about 83 km into the recorded legs you reach El Pantanet. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
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Abric del Garrofero, about halfway. Next is back through El Pantanet.
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Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
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back through El Pantanet sits at 134 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l comes up about 254 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de famorca- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de famorca- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc de famorca- Abric I closes the day.
Barranc de famorca- Abric I → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → El Pantanet is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
El Pantanet → Abric del Garrofero is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → back through El Pantanet is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through El Pantanet → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → Barranc de famorca- Abric I is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.