Why this ride
94 km from Ibi to Ibi, about 1 h 56 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de les finestres IV, Abric de la Penya and back through Abric de les finestres IV. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I and Abric de la Penya
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 56
- 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 les Coves- Abric I
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- 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 les Coves- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de les finestres IV.
2. Abric de les finestres IV
Bocairent is a village built on a rock, its old houses clinging to a limestone spur above a ravine in the Serra de Mariola, in the south of the province of Valencia. Across the ravine, in the cliff face, a row of small square openings looks out like windows: these are the Covetes dels Moros, a series of artificial caves cut into the rock, connected by internal passages, whose purpose is still debated. They may have been granaries, refuges or even a monastery, and their name means the little caves of the Moors.
Read the complete Abric de les finestres IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de les finestres IV comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la Penya.
3. 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
about 46 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la Penya. Next is back through Abric de les finestres IV.
4. back through Abric de les finestres IV
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de les finestres IV 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 les finestres IV, late in the day. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
5. Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I 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 les Coves- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I to Abric de les finestres IV
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Abric de les finestres IV is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les finestres IV to Abric de la Penya
Abric de les finestres IV → Abric de la Penya is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Penya to back through Abric de les finestres IV
Abric de la Penya → back through Abric de les finestres IV is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les finestres IV to Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
back through Abric de les finestres IV → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.