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 474 km round trip from Benasau - roughly 10 h 35 in the saddle. It goes by way of Barraac de la Palla, Cova de la Petxina, Abric del Garrofero and Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The mountains behind Benidorm are a world away from the high-rise hotels and the beaches. Inland from the Costa Blanca, the land rises quickly into a jumble of limestone ridges, the highest of which, the Serra d'Aitana, reaches over fifteen hundred metres, the roof of the province of Alicante. Between Sella, Benilloba and Relleu, deep in this rugged country, the Barranc de Frainos holds a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO listing of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The sites here are small and fragile, and access is usually limited to guided visits, but the landscape is worth the journey.
Read the complete Barranc de frainos- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de frainos- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Barraac de la Palla.
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 comes up about 59 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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about 126 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Petxina. 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 Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
Alginet sits in the Ribera Alta, the flat, fertile plain south of Valencia where the Júcar river spreads out among orange groves, rice fields and small towns. To the west, the plain meets the first hills of the interior, low ridges of limestone covered in pine and scrub. The Barranc de la Falaguera, the ravine of the fern, cuts into these hills near Alginet, Alfarp and Benifaió.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I sits at 172 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del Garrofero.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
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back through Abric del Garrofero comes up about 300 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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about 345 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cova de la Petxina. Next is back through Barraac de la Palla.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
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back through Barraac de la Palla, late in the day. Next is Barranc de frainos- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de frainos- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 474 km.
Barranc de frainos- Abric I → Barraac de la Palla is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barraac de la Palla → Cova de la Petxina is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Abric del Garrofero is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → back through Abric del Garrofero is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Garrofero → back through Cova de la Petxina is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Barraac de la Palla is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barraac de la Palla → Barranc de frainos- Abric I is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.