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 Castell de Castells it runs 74 km to Castell de Castells; allow about 1 h 33 of riding. On the way it passes Abric de Seguili, Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and back through Abric de Seguili. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cova Alta- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Seguili.
The Vall de Pop, or Jalón valley as many foreign residents call it, is a sheltered valley in the north of Alicante province, a few kilometres inland from the coast at Dénia and Xàbia. It is a landscape of vineyards, almond and olive groves and orange trees, with white villages and the mountains rising on all sides. Alcalalí is one of these villages, with a medieval tower in its centre, and Parcent and Orba are nearby. The Abric de Seguilí lies in the hills just outside Alcalalí.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Abric de Seguilí comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
The Marina Alta is the northern Costa Blanca at its most mixed: villas on every slope, a ribbon of coast running from Moraira to Jávea, and just behind it, farm terraces, dry stone walls and small rock shelters where prehistoric people left their mark. The Cova de la Catxupa, near Teulada and Benitachell, is one of them, a shelter in the hills a few kilometres from the sea, listed with the other Mediterranean rock art of the Iberian Peninsula.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 39 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I. Next is back through Abric de Seguili.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric de Seguili, late in the day. Next is Cova Alta- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova Alta- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cova Alta- Abric I. That is the ride.
Cova Alta- Abric I → Abric de Seguili is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Seguilí → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → back through Abric de Seguili is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Seguili → Cova Alta- Abric I is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.