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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
A 270 km round trip from Famorca - roughly 4 h 31 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric de Gontrán, Cueva de la Vieja and back through Abric de Gontrán. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Aitana is the mountain you can see from nearly everywhere in this part of Alicante, and at 1,558 metres it is the highest in the province. The village of Benimantell sits in its shadow, a tiny place of fewer than five hundred people with white houses and a view that ends in blue haze. The shelter named here, Barranc del Sord, belongs to the Tabla de Pochico group, a scatter of Levantine paintings in the hills of the Marina Baixa that form part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin.
Read the complete Barranc del Sord-Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc del Sord-Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Gontrán.
Head south-west from Xàtiva along the old road to Castile and you climb gently into a corridor between two mountain ranges, the Serra Grossa on one side and the Serra de Enguera on the other. The town of Moixent sits where the corridor narrows, with Vallada just downstream and the vineyards of Fontanars dels Alforins on the plateau beyond. The Abric de Gontran lies in the hills just outside Moixent.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric de Gontrán comes up about 72 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de la Vieja.
In 1910 a local man led researchers to a shallow shelter above the plain of Alpera in Albacete, and the paintings they found there became some of the best known examples of Levantine rock art in Spain. The Cueva de la Vieja shows archers with feathered headdresses, women in long skirts, deer and goats, all painted with a sense of movement that still feels immediate. The nearby Cueva del Queso holds more figures. Both are part of the UNESCO listing for the rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean, and guided visits run from the village, so check times with Alpera's tourist office.
Read the complete Cueva de la Vieja write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 135 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de la Vieja. Next is back through Abric de Gontrán.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric de Gontrán, late in the day. Next is Barranc del Sord-Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc del Sord-Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Barranc del Sord-Abric I. That is the ride.
Barranc del Sord-Abric I → Abric de Gontrán is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Gontrán → Cueva de la Vieja is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Vieja → back through Abric de Gontrán is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Gontrán → Barranc del Sord-Abric I is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.