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 238 km round trip from Benasau - roughly 5 h 29 in the saddle. The stops in between: Cova Llarga, Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners, Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners. 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 Cova Llarga.
The Benicadell is the mountain that tells you where you are in this part of Valencia. Its long, sharp limestone ridge, topped by a distinctive rocky tooth, separates the Vall d'Albaida from the valleys of Alcoy and Cocentaina, and on clear days it is visible from the coast. The Cova Llarga, the long cave, sits on the southern side of this world, in the folded hills near Beniarrés, Terrateig and Planes, and it belongs to the scatter of small sites that record people living, painting and sheltering in these hills since prehistory.
Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
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Cova Llarga comes up about 47 km into the recorded legs. Next is Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
Somewhere up in these limestone folds, thousands of years ago, someone painted little figures on the rock that are still there. The Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is one of many painted shelters in the Marina Alta, the north-eastern corner of the province of Alicante, which form part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The shelters hold Levantine, Schematic and older Macroschematic paintings, showing hunters, animals and abstract shapes, and many are protected by fences and only visitable with a guide. The valleys around Murla, Orba and Tormos are full of them.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
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about 91 km into the recorded legs you reach Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners. Next is 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.
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Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I, about halfway. Next is back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
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back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cova Llarga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Cova Llarga comes up about 195 km into the recorded legs. 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.
Barranc de frainos- Abric I closes the day.
Barranc de frainos- Abric I → Cova Llarga is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova Llarga → Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → back through Cova Llarga is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova Llarga → Barranc de frainos- Abric I is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.