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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
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68 km from Planes to Planes, about 1 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II, Barranc de Galistero and back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Between the towns of Alcoy and Gandia, the mountains of the northern Alicante province fold into a tangle of narrow valleys, and the barranc, the ravine, of the carob trees is a dry gully among them, a few kilometres from the villages of Planes and Beniarrés. The carob, or garrofer in Valencian, is a dark, leathery tree that has grown here for centuries, and its long brown pods were once used as animal feed and sweeteners. The land is rugged limestone, laced with terraces now mostly abandoned and covered in pines and rosemary.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Barranc dels Garrofers is where the day begins. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II.
Cocentaina lies in the green hollow of the Comtat, a valley in the Alicante hills, with its palace and castle watching the Serpis river from the edge of town. Above and to the east rise limestone crags, among them the Penyó de les Carrasques, named for the carrasca, the holm oak that clings to dry slopes here. A rock shelter in the cliff, Abric II, preserves prehistoric paintings, part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listed by UNESCO in 1998. As elsewhere in this tradition, the figures are small and fragile, and access can be restricted.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II write-up.
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Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc de Galistero.
Castell de Castells is a village of about four hundred people at the heart of the Marina Alta's high valleys, and it is one of the most important places for rock art in the Valencian country. The Barranc de Galistero is a ravine nearby, and the shelter in it belongs to the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin that UNESCO inscribed in 1998. The village is also near the Pla de Petracos, a famous rock shelter with remarkable paintings that attracts specialists from around the world, so a day in the area can include several sites. The painted shelters are fragile and often have limited access, so check before you go.
Read the complete Barranc de Galistero write-up.
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about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de Galistero. Next is back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II, late in the day. Next is Barranc dels Garrofers.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Barranc dels Garrofers. That is the ride.
Barranc dels Garrofers → Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II → Barranc de Galistero is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de Galistero → back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II → Barranc dels Garrofers is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.