Why this ride
A 362 km round trip from Alginet - roughly 11 h 29 in the saddle. The stops in between: Abric de la Cocina, Abric del Voro, Abric del Cinto de la Ventana and back through Abric del Voro.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I and Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 362 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 11 h 29
- 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 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
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 del Voro.
3. Abric del Voro
The Canal de Navarrés is a wide valley in the interior of Valencia province, surrounded by limestone mountains and deep gorges, and the Abric del Voro lies in the hills between Quesa and Bicorp, two small villages in the heart of some of the wildest country in the region. It is one of the many rock shelters with prehistoric paintings in the area, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The valley's most famous site is close by: the Cuevas de la Araña near Bicorp, where a painting of a figure climbing ropes to collect honey from a wild bees' nest, surrounded by bees, is one of the best-known images of prehistoric art in Spain, often cited as one of the earliest depictions of honey gathering.
Read the complete Abric del Voro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 114 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Voro. Next is Abric del Cinto de la Ventana.
4. Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
South-west of Valencia the Júcar river has carved a long, winding gorge through the limestone, and the country on either side is some of the most rugged in the region. The Macizo del Caroig, a high limestone massif of pine and scrub, rises to more than eleven hundred metres, and the villages of Millares and Dos Aguas are small places tucked into the valleys at its foot. The Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is a rock shelter in the nearby cliffs, and belongs to the Mediterranean Basin rock art group listed by UNESCO in 1998, the red Levantine paintings painted by prehistoric hunters.
Read the complete Abric del Cinto de la Ventana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del Voro.
5. back through Abric del Voro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Voro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric del Voro sits at 107 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de la Cocina.
6. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de la Cocina comes up about 314 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
7. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I closes the day.
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 del Voro
Abric de la Cocina → Abric del Voro is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Voro to Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
Abric del Voro → Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is 66 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana to back through Abric del Voro
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana → back through Abric del Voro is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Voro to back through Abric de la Cocina
back through Abric del Voro → back through Abric de la Cocina is 66 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.