Why this ride
416 km from Benigànim to Benigànim, about 8 h 34 of riding. On the way it passes Barranco del Cabezo del moro, Abric del Cinto de la Ventana and back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova de la Petxina and Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 416 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 34
- 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 Petxina
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova de la Petxina is where the day begins. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
2. Barranco del Cabezo del moro
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranco del Cabezo del moro comes up about 91 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del Cinto de la Ventana.
3. Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
South-west of Valencia the Júcar river has carved a long, winding gorge through the limestone, and the country on either side is some of the most rugged in the region. The Macizo del Caroig, a high limestone massif of pine and scrub, rises to more than eleven hundred metres, and the villages of Millares and Dos Aguas are small places tucked into the valleys at its foot. The Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is a rock shelter in the nearby cliffs, and belongs to the Mediterranean Basin rock art group listed by UNESCO in 1998, the red Levantine paintings painted by prehistoric hunters.
Read the complete Abric del Cinto de la Ventana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 207 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Cinto de la Ventana. Next is back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
4. back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranco del Cabezo del moro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro, late in the day. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
5. Cova de la Petxina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova de la Petxina. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova de la Petxina to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Cova de la Petxina → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Abric del Cinto de la Ventana
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Abric del Cinto de la Ventana is 116 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana to back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Abric del Cinto de la Ventana → back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 112 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro to Cova de la Petxina
back through Barranco del Cabezo del moro → Cova de la Petxina is 97 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.