Why this ride
A 325 km round trip from Ibi - roughly 5 h 27 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cova del mansano, Abric de Lambert and back through Cova del mansano. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I and Abric de Lambert
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 325 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 27
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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 Cova del mansano.
2. Cova del mansano
Every cyclist in Europe seems to know the Coll de Rates, and that is a good hint for motorcyclists too. The climb starts in Parcent, a few kilometres from the Cova del Mansano, and winds up the mountainside in a long sequence of smooth, well surfaced bends to a pass with a view over the whole Vall de Pop and the sea beyond. The rock shelter itself sits in the hills around Jalón, Alcalalí and Parcent, a short walk from the road, and its paintings belong to the same World Heritage group as the other Levantine shelters of the coast.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova del mansano comes up about 79 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Lambert.
3. Abric de Lambert
Cullera is not where most people would look for prehistory. It is a busy beach town at the mouth of the Júcar, with high-rise apartments along the sand, a lighthouse on the point and rice fields stretching inland toward the Albufera lagoon. But the town has a mountain at its back, a limestone outcrop crowned by a castle and a sanctuary, and in that rock there are shelters, including the one known as the Abric de Lambert.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 162 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Lambert. Next is back through Cova del mansano.
4. back through Cova del mansano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova del mansano, 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 Cova del mansano
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Cova del mansano is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del mansano to Abric de Lambert
Cova del mansano → Abric de Lambert is 83 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric de Lambert to back through Cova del mansano
Abric de Lambert → back through Cova del mansano is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cova del mansano to Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
back through Cova del mansano → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.