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 77 km to Rugat; allow about 1 h 54 of riding. The stops in between: Abric de la Paella, Port de Penaguila- Abric II and back through Abric de la Paella. 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 Abric de la Paella.
Muro de Alcoy and Cocentaina sit side by side in the valley of the Serpis river, in the Comtat, a district of northern Alicante surrounded by mountains. Cocentaina is crowned by a castle with a tall tower, and below it lies an old town with a palace of the Counts of Cocentaina and a Franciscan convent. The Abric de la Paella, named after the paella pan perhaps because of its shape, lies in the hills between the two towns.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
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Abric de la Paella comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Port de Penaguila- Abric II.
The Port de Penàguila is a mountain pass in the interior of Alicante province, on the road between Alcoy and the Vall de Guadalest, where the hills of the Comtat rise toward the Serra d'Aitana, the highest range in the province. The village of Penàguila, below the pass, is a small, ancient place huddled beneath a castle on a rocky crest, and Benilloba, Cocentaina and Alcoy are all close. The second shelter of the Port de Penàguila is one of several painted sites in the area.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric II write-up.
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about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach Port de Penaguila- Abric II. Next is back through Abric de la Paella.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric de la Paella, 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 → Abric de la Paella is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Paella → Port de Penaguila- Abric II is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Penaguila- Abric II → back through Abric de la Paella is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Paella → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.