Why this ride
From Castell de Castells it runs 347 km to Castell de Castells; allow about 6 h 45 of riding. On the way it passes Abric de la Penya, Abric de las Cabras and back through Abric de la Penya.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova Alta- Abric I and Abric de las Cabras
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 347 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 45
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cova Alta- Abric I
The Vall d'Ebo is one of the quietest places in the Marina Alta, a high valley of fewer than four hundred people in the mountains behind Dénia, and the Cova Alta, the High Cave, stands above it on the slopes of the surrounding ridges. Castell de Castells is the nearest village, about three kilometres off, and Benimantell and Vall d'Ebo are the neighbours. The shelter carries painted figures in the Levantine style, protected with the rest of the region's rock art by UNESCO, and it is one of a group of caves that the rides tie together around the Port de Penàguila.
Read the complete Cova Alta- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova Alta- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Penya.
2. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Penya comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de las Cabras.
3. Abric de las Cabras
The Millares country belongs to the Júcar, the long river that cuts through the limestone of inland Valencia and fills the reservoir at Tous before spilling out onto the orange-growing plain. Millares itself has fewer than six hundred people and sits in a landscape of gorges, ravines and dry hills, with Dos Aguas nearby in a similar fold of the land. The Abric de las Cabras is in the hills a few kilometres from the village, a rock shelter whose name suggests the animals that still use these slopes.
Read the complete Abric de las Cabras write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 173 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de las Cabras. Next is back through Abric de la Penya.
4. back through Abric de la Penya
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Penya write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de la Penya, late in the day. Next is Cova Alta- Abric I.
5. Cova Alta- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova Alta- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova Alta- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova Alta- Abric I to Abric de la Penya
Cova Alta- Abric I → Abric de la Penya is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Penya to Abric de las Cabras
Abric de la Penya → Abric de las Cabras is 100 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de las Cabras to back through Abric de la Penya
Abric de las Cabras → back through Abric de la Penya is 102 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Penya to Cova Alta- Abric I
back through Abric de la Penya → Cova Alta- Abric I is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.