Why this ride
361 km from Castell de Castells to Castell de Castells, about 7 h 12 of riding. The stops in between: Abric de la Penya, Abric de las Cabras and back through Abric de la Penya.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de Galistero and Abric de las Cabras
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 361 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 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 Galistero
Castell de Castells is a village of about four hundred people at the heart of the Marina Alta's high valleys, and it is one of the most important places for rock art in the Valencian country. The Barranc de Galistero is a ravine nearby, and the shelter in it belongs to the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin that UNESCO inscribed in 1998. The village is also near the Pla de Petracos, a famous rock shelter with remarkable paintings that attracts specialists from around the world, so a day in the area can include several sites. The painted shelters are fragile and often have limited access, so check before you go.
Read the complete Barranc de Galistero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de Galistero 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 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de las Cabras.
3. Abric de las Cabras
The Millares country belongs to the Júcar, the long river that cuts through the limestone of inland Valencia and fills the reservoir at Tous before spilling out onto the orange-growing plain. Millares itself has fewer than six hundred people and sits in a landscape of gorges, ravines and dry hills, with Dos Aguas nearby in a similar fold of the land. The Abric de las Cabras is in the hills a few kilometres from the village, a rock shelter whose name suggests the animals that still use these slopes.
Read the complete Abric de las Cabras write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 180 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de las Cabras. Next is back through Abric de la Penya.
4. 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 Galistero.
5. Barranc de Galistero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de Galistero 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 Galistero. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Barranc de Galistero to Abric de la Penya
Barranc de Galistero → Abric de la Penya is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric de la Penya to Abric de las Cabras
Abric de la Penya → Abric de las Cabras is 100 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de las Cabras to back through Abric de la Penya
Abric de las Cabras → back through Abric de la Penya is 102 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Penya to Barranc de Galistero
back through Abric de la Penya → Barranc de Galistero is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.