Why this ride
A 209 km round trip from Teulada - roughly 4 h 28 in the saddle. The stops in between: Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners, Coves Roges- Abric I, Barranc de Bolulla and back through Coves Roges- Abric I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I and Barranc de Bolulla
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 209 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 28
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
2. Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
Somewhere up in these limestone folds, thousands of years ago, someone painted little figures on the rock that are still there. The Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is one of many painted shelters in the Marina Alta, the north-eastern corner of the province of Alicante, which form part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The shelters hold Levantine, Schematic and older Macroschematic paintings, showing hunters, animals and abstract shapes, and many are protected by fences and only visitable with a guide. The valleys around Murla, Orba and Tormos are full of them.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Coves Roges- Abric I.
3. Coves Roges- Abric I
Planes looks like a village that has been arguing with gravity for a thousand years and winning. Its houses climb a hill crowned by the remains of a Moorish castle, and the whole place overlooks a valley of olive and almond terraces that falls toward the Beniarrés reservoir. The Coves Roges, the red caves, lie in the broken limestone country around here, and the first of their shelters carries prehistoric paintings, part of the scattered rock art of the Valencian mountains. The colour in the name is not poetry: the rock itself is stained a warm iron red.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Coves Roges- Abric I. Next is Barranc de Bolulla.
4. Barranc de Bolulla
Bolulla is barely a village, a few hundred people tucked into a valley of the Marina Baixa behind Benidorm, and the ravine that carries its name cuts into the limestone hills just outside it. The mountains here are steep and close together, terraced for centuries with olives, almonds and loquats, and their caves and shelters hold traces of prehistoric painting that place this corner of Alicante within the wider family of Mediterranean rock art. What you see on the ground is a dry, rocky gully scented with pine and wild herbs, with the ruined castle of Bolulla perched on a ridge above, a reminder of the Moorish centuries when these valleys were densely settled.
Read the complete Barranc de Bolulla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de Bolulla, about halfway. Next is back through Coves Roges- Abric I.
5. back through Coves Roges- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Coves Roges- Abric I sits at 102 km, about halfway. Next is back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
6. back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners comes up about 182 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I.
7. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I closes the day.
Leg by leg
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I to Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I → Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners to Coves Roges- Abric I
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → Coves Roges- Abric I is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Roges- Abric I to Barranc de Bolulla
Coves Roges- Abric I → Barranc de Bolulla is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de Bolulla to back through Coves Roges- Abric I
Barranc de Bolulla → back through Coves Roges- Abric I is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Coves Roges- Abric I to back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
back through Coves Roges- Abric I → back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners to Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I
back through Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → Cova de la Catxupa- Abric I is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.