CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 276 km round trip from Rugat - roughly 5 h 31 in the saddle. It goes by way of Port de Confrides- Abric I, Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2, Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and back through Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2. The line favours views over speed.
Castelló de Rugat sits on the southern rim of the Vall d'Albaida, a broad valley in the south of Valencia province hemmed in by mountain ridges. On one side rises the long saw-toothed crest of the Benicadell, on the other the Serra de la Solana, and between them lies a patchwork of vineyards, olive groves and small towns with church towers. The Barranc de les Coves, the ravine of the caves, cuts into the slopes near Castelló de Rugat, Ràfol de Salem and Beniarrés, and its first shelter holds painted figures.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is where the day begins. Next is Port de Confrides- Abric I.
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the high-rise towers and the beach crowds, the mountains of Alicante rise steeply and the whole mood changes. The Port de Confrides is the saddle on the CV-70 between the Guadalest valley and the upland basin of Confrides and Benasau, with the long limestone wall of the Sierra de Aitana to the south. Aitana, at 1,558 metres, is the highest peak in the province, and on a clear winter morning you can see the sea glittering behind you as you climb.
Read the complete Port de Confrides- Abric I write-up.
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Port de Confrides- Abric I comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2, 25 km on.
Local walkers call it the cathedral of hiking, and once you have seen the Barranc de l'Infern you understand why. This deep limestone gorge, between the Vall de Laguar and the Vall d'Ebo in the mountains behind Dénia, is crossed by an old Moorish mule path that descends and climbs again by thousands of stone steps, carved and built into the rock walls over centuries. The route, a classic day walk, is spectacular and exhausting, with the gorge narrowing at its deepest point to a passage between towering walls. The gorge also holds prehistoric rock art in its shelters, and the sites grouped as Conjunt 2 are among them, part of the wider family of Mediterranean rock art protected by UNESCO.
Read the complete Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 write-up.
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about 108 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
The Marina Alta is the northern Costa Blanca at its most mixed: villas on every slope, a ribbon of coast running from Moraira to Jávea, and just behind it, farm terraces, dry stone walls and small rock shelters where prehistoric people left their mark. The Cova de la Catxupa, near Teulada and Benitachell, is one of them, a shelter in the hills a few kilometres from the sea, listed with the other Mediterranean rock art of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
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Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2, 26 km on.
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Read the complete Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 write-up.
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back through Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Port de Confrides- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port de Confrides- Abric I write-up.
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back through Port de Confrides- Abric I comes up about 236 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l closes the day.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → Port de Confrides- Abric I is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Confrides- Abric I → Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → back through Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de l'Infern Conj. 2 → back through Port de Confrides- Abric I is 68 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Port de Confrides- Abric I → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.