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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
From Castell de Castells it runs 151 km to Castell de Castells; allow about 3 h 46 of riding. The stops in between: Al Patró, Penya de Benicadell and back through Al Patró. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc de Galistero is where the day begins. Next is Al Patró.
The Vall d'Ebo is one of those valleys that history has emptied. In 1609 the Spanish crown ordered the expulsion of the Moriscos, the descendants of the region's Muslim population, and in the mountains of the Marina Alta, many villages lost almost everyone overnight. Some Moriscos resisted in the high cliffs of the Muela de Cortes before the end came. Vall d'Ebo today has barely three hundred inhabitants, and its terraced fields, built by Morisco farmers for irrigation, are still visible as stone steps climbing the hillsides.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
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Al Patró comes up about 45 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penya de Benicadell.
From almost anywhere in the southern half of Valencia province you can see it: a long, jagged ridge of grey limestone with a sharp tooth at its eastern end, standing on the skyline like a broken saw. The Benicadell, at 1,104 metres, separates the Vall d'Albaida to the north from the Comtat to the south, and the sharp summit, the Penya, is the mountain's signature. At its foot lie the villages of Beniarrés, Ràfol de Salem and Otos.
Read the complete Penya de Benicadell write-up.
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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Penya de Benicadell. Next is back through Al Patró.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Al Patró write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Al Patró, late in the day. Next is Barranc de Galistero.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de Galistero write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Barranc de Galistero. That is the ride.
Barranc de Galistero → Al Patró is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Al Patró → Penya de Benicadell is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya de Benicadell → back through Al Patró is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Al Patró → Barranc de Galistero is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.