CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 428 km round trip from Almansa - roughly 7 h 46 in the saddle. The stops in between: Abric de la Penya, Abric de la Paella, Abric de les Torrudanes and Cueva de los Arcos. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Almansa is one of those towns you see from the motorway and do not stop at, and that is a mistake. Its castle is spectacular, a Gothic fortress built on a sharp limestone outcrop right in the middle of town, looking exactly like a child's drawing of a castle. Around it spreads a wide plain at about seven hundred metres, the meeting point of the Valencian, Murcian and Castilian lands, and a few kilometres out in the surrounding hills lies the ravine known as the Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
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Barranco del Cabezo del moro is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Penya.
Moixent, or Mogente in Castilian, stands at the head of a corridor that has carried traffic between the Valencian coast and the interior of Castile for as long as anyone has been moving goods. The old road, the railway and now the motorway all funnel through here, between low limestone ridges with vineyards and olive groves in the valley floor. The rock shelter known as the Abric de la Penya sits in this landscape a few kilometres from the town, close also to Vallada.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
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Abric de la Penya comes up 41 km in. 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.
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83 km in you reach Abric de la Paella. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
In the Vall d'Ebo, a small valley in the mountains of northern Alicante, the Abric de les Torrudanes is a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of many in the area that form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin World Heritage listing. The paintings include human figures and animals in the Levantine style, and the shelter's location, on a cliff above the valley, offers views over the mountains. Nearby, the Cova del Rull is a show cave with stalactites and stalagmites.
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Abric de les Torrudanes, about halfway. Next is Cueva de los Arcos.
Behind the Costa Blanca, only a few kilometres from the busy beaches of El Campello and the high-rises of Benidorm, the land climbs steeply into limestone mountains that feel surprisingly wild. The Cabeçó d'Or, a jagged massif above the village of Busot, dominates the area, and its slopes are riddled with caves and shelters. The Cueva de los Arcos is one of the sites in this area included in the World Heritage inscription of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin, with faint painted motifs on the rock. Nearby, the Cuevas del Canelobre, a huge cave with towering stalactites, is open for visits and is one of the most impressive show caves in the region.
Read the complete Cueva de los Arcos write-up.
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Cueva de los Arcos sits at 165 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de les Torrudanes.
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Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
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back through Abric de les Torrudanes comes up 206 km in. Next is back through Abric de la Paella.
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Read the complete Abric de la Paella write-up.
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248 km in you reach back through Abric de la Paella. Next is back through Abric de la Penya.
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Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
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back through Abric de la Penya, late in the day. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
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Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
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The route ends here after 428 km.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Abric de la Penya is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Penya → Abric de la Paella is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Paella → Abric de les Torrudanes is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes → Cueva de los Arcos is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de los Arcos → back through Abric de les Torrudanes is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Abric de la Paella is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Paella → back through Abric de la Penya is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Penya → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.