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 Benasau it runs 234 km to Benasau; allow about 5 h 27 of riding. The stops in between: Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, Abric de la fos, Abric del Garrofero and back through Abric de la fos. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Benilloba is a tiny village in the Comtat, the mountainous district north of Alcoy in the province of Alicante, with fewer than a thousand people, a church and a cluster of stone houses among olive and almond groves. The Barranc del Salt, the waterfall ravine, cuts through the hills nearby, and its first shelter is one of the many painted sites in the region that are part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean rock art. The Comtat and the neighbouring Alcoià are particularly rich in this heritage, with all three main styles of prehistoric painting represented: Levantine, schematic and the older Macro-schematic, unique to this small area, with large, enigmatic figures.
Read the complete Barranc del Salt- Abric l write-up.
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Barranc del Salt- Abric l is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la fos.
The Vall d'Albaida is a broad valley in the south of the province of Valencia, between the Serra Grossa to the north and the Serra de Mariola to the south, and its towns grew wealthy on textiles. Aielo de Malferit, a small town on the edge of the valley, has a rock shelter called the Abric de la Fos in the hills nearby, with prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style. The shelter is protected and access is limited, so check with the local tourist office or interpretation centres before visiting.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la fos. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
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Abric del Garrofero, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de la fos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
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back through Abric de la fos sits at 121 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 205 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc del Salt- Abric l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc del Salt- Abric l write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc del Salt- Abric l closes the day.
Barranc del Salt- Abric l → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Abric de la fos is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la fos → Abric del Garrofero is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → back through Abric de la fos is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la fos → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Barranc del Salt- Abric l is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.