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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From Rugat it runs 381 km to Rugat; allow about 5 h 54 of riding. It goes by way of Coves Santes de Dalt, Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi and back through Coves Santes de Dalt. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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 Coves Santes de Dalt.
The Montgó is the great limestone hulk that rises between Dénia and Jávea on the Costa Blanca, a mountain that looks like a sleeping elephant from some angles and dominates every view along this stretch of coast. On its flanks, in shelters and small caves, are prehistoric paintings, and the Coves Santes de Dalt, the upper holy caves, are among the sites in the area recorded as part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are mostly schematic, simpler and more abstract than the hunting scenes found inland, and the shelters are protected, so viewing usually needs a guided visit.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Dalt write-up.
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Coves Santes de Dalt comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi.
The Carabassí is one of the last stretches of wild-ish coast between Alicante and Santa Pola: a line of dunes held together by pine and marram grass, a long beach, and the sea glittering under the flight path of Alicante airport. In the low rocky ground behind it lies a small cave known for painted marks, the Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassí, close to the village of El Altet and a short hop from Santa Pola.
Read the complete Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi write-up.
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about 190 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi. Next is back through Coves Santes de Dalt.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Dalt write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Coves Santes de Dalt, late in the day. 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.
Back at Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. That is the ride.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → Coves Santes de Dalt is 73 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Coves Santes de Dalt → Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi is 117 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi → back through Coves Santes de Dalt is 119 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Coves Santes de Dalt → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.