Why this ride
224 km from Planes to Planes, about 4 h 52 of riding. It goes by way of Cueva de la Clau, Cova de la Petxina, Abric de la Penya and back through Cova de la Petxina. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de la Penya Blanca and Abric de la Penya
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 224 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 52
- 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 Penya Blanca
Planes is a small village in the hills of the Comtat in northern Alicante province, crowned by a castle and looking out over a valley of olive and cherry orchards. The Barranc de la Penya Blanca, the ravine of the white rock, lies close by, among the folded limestone ridges between Planes, Benimarfull and the reservoir at Beniarrés.
Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de la Penya Blanca is where the day begins. Next is Cueva de la Clau.
2. Cueva de la Clau
Behind Gandia, the orange groves climb into the folded limestone hills of La Safor, and among the tiny villages there, Palma de Gandía and Ador sit almost touching each other at the foot of the slopes. Cueva de la Clau is one of the many rock shelters in the Valencian hills that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a scattered collection of hundreds of sites where prehistoric people painted hunters, animals, dancers and abstract signs on limestone overhangs.
Read the complete Cueva de la Clau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cueva de la Clau comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
3. Cova de la Petxina
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 80 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Petxina. Next is Abric de la Penya.
4. 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
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Planning note
Abric de la Penya, about halfway. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
5. back through Cova de la Petxina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova de la Petxina sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cueva de la Clau.
6. back through Cueva de la Clau
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la Clau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cueva de la Clau comes up about 183 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
7. Barranc de la Penya Blanca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de la Penya Blanca closes the day.
Leg by leg
Barranc de la Penya Blanca to Cueva de la Clau
Barranc de la Penya Blanca → Cueva de la Clau is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Clau to Cova de la Petxina
Cueva de la Clau → Cova de la Petxina is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina to Abric de la Penya
Cova de la Petxina → Abric de la Penya is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Penya to back through Cova de la Petxina
Abric de la Penya → back through Cova de la Petxina is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina to back through Cueva de la Clau
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Cueva de la Clau is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva de la Clau to Barranc de la Penya Blanca
back through Cueva de la Clau → Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.