Why this ride
199 km from Teulada to Teulada, about 4 h 30 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de Seguili, Abric de les Torrudanes, Sierra de Alfaro and Barran de Parets.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and Barran de Parets
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 199 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 30
- 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 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Seguili.
2. Abric de Seguilí
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abric de Seguilí comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
3. 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.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 47 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is Sierra de Alfaro.
4. Sierra de Alfaro
The Sierra de Alfaro is a long limestone ridge in the mountains of northern Alicante, between Castell de Castells, Benimantell and Planes, a rugged, empty landscape of rock, scrub and pine, with terraced valleys and small villages tucked into its folds. Its slopes hold several shelters with prehistoric paintings, and the area is part of one of the richest regions for rock art in Spain, with Levantine, schematic and the unique macroschematic styles found nowhere else. The ridge is also crossed by walking trails, and the views from the top over the mountains and the sea are wide.
Read the complete Sierra de Alfaro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Sierra de Alfaro, about halfway. Next is Barran de Parets.
5. Barran de Parets
The Vall d'Ebo is a pocket of mountains behind the Costa Blanca where the sea is only half an hour away, yet the villages look as if they belong to another century. Adsubia and Vall d'Ebo are tiny settlements of a few hundred people, in a landscape of steep ravines, terraces and bare limestone walls. The Valencian word barranc, a ravine, is on the map everywhere, and each one has its own name. The Barranc de l'Infern, the Hell Ravine, nearby, is a famed walk on a path of thousands of stone steps that the Moriscos, Muslim farmers, built to link villages. They were expelled in 1609, and the terraces and steps are a legacy of their work.
Read the complete Barran de Parets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barran de Parets sits at 69 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sierra de Alfaro.
6. back through Sierra de Alfaro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sierra de Alfaro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Sierra de Alfaro comes up about 127 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric de les Torrudanes.
7. back through Abric de les Torrudanes
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is back through Abric de Seguili.
8. back through Abric de Seguili
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Abric de Seguili, late in the day. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
9. Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 199 km.
Leg by leg
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I to Abric de Seguili
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → Abric de Seguili is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Seguilí to Abric de les Torrudanes
Abric de Seguilí → Abric de les Torrudanes is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to Sierra de Alfaro
Abric de les Torrudanes → Sierra de Alfaro is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sierra de Alfaro to Barran de Parets
Sierra de Alfaro → Barran de Parets is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barran de Parets to back through Sierra de Alfaro
Barran de Parets → back through Sierra de Alfaro is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sierra de Alfaro to back through Abric de les Torrudanes
back through Sierra de Alfaro → back through Abric de les Torrudanes is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de les Torrudanes to back through Abric de Seguili
back through Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Abric de Seguili is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Seguili to Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
back through Abric de Seguili → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.