Why this ride
A 279 km round trip from Alginet - roughly 7 h 15 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric de la Cocina, Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, Cueva del Cerro and Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I and Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 279 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 15
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Cocina.
2. Abric de la Cocina
The Abric de la Cocina, the kitchen shelter, is a rock overhang in the gorges of the Valencian hinterland near Dos Aguas, and on its walls prehistoric painters left scenes of archers, animals and geometric signs. It is one of the sites of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, inscribed by UNESCO in 1998, which covers hundreds of shelters along the eastern side of Spain with paintings showing hunting, gathering, dancing and warfare, with lively human figures in red and black. Excavations at the shelter also revealed tools and pottery, showing that people lived here over thousands of years.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Cocina comes up about 46 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
3. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 88 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. Next is Cueva del Cerro.
4. Cueva del Cerro
Inland Valencia is a world away from the beaches on the coast. Behind the orange groves and the motorway the land rises into dry, folded mountains cut by deep gorges, where villages of a few hundred people cling to the hillsides and the pines smell of resin in the heat. Millares and Dos Aguas lie in this country, near the Júcar and Cabriel rivers, and the Cueva del Cerro is a rock shelter in the limestone, one of the many places in eastern Spain where prehistoric people left paintings on the walls.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cueva del Cerro, about halfway. Next is Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
5. Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
This is the country of the honey-gatherer. Not far from here, in a cave near Bicorp, one of the best-known Levantine paintings shows a tiny figure climbing a rope ladder to a wild bees' nest high in a cliff, with bees swarming around him. It is thousands of years old, and it is a reminder that the artists who painted these shelters were also men and women who took honey from the rock, followed deer through the scrub and watched the weather. The Abric de Tollos belongs to the same family of shelters in the hills of inland Valencia, part of the Levantine rock art listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca sits at 80 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cueva del Cerro.
6. back through Cueva del Cerro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Cueva del Cerro comes up about 165 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
7. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 187 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. Next is back through Abric de la Cocina.
8. back through Abric de la Cocina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Cocina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Abric de la Cocina, late in the day. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
9. Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 279 km.
Leg by leg
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to Abric de la Cocina
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Abric de la Cocina is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Cocina to Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Abric de la Cocina → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Cueva del Cerro
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Cueva del Cerro is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva del Cerro to Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Cueva del Cerro → Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca to back through Cueva del Cerro
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca → back through Cueva del Cerro is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva del Cerro to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
back through Cueva del Cerro → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to back through Abric de la Cocina
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → back through Abric de la Cocina is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Cocina to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
back through Abric de la Cocina → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.