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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A 237 km round trip from Benigànim - roughly 3 h 48 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric del Gegant, La Sarga- Abric I, Tabla de Pochico and back through La Sarga- Abric I. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Cova de la Petxina is where the day begins. Next is Abric del Gegant.
Ontinyent is the kind of Valencian town that does not bother selling itself to tourists, which is part of its charm. It grew rich on textiles, and the old quarter of La Vila, perched above the gorge of the Clariano river, still has a fine bell tower that is among the tallest in the region. The Abric del Gegant, a rock shelter recorded among the prehistoric painted sites of eastern Spain, sits in the hills just outside town towards Bocairent, where the valley narrows and the Serra de Mariola begins to rise.
Read the complete Abric del Gegant write-up.
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Abric del Gegant comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is La Sarga- Abric I.
Alcoy, or Alcoi in Valencian, is a city of bridges, built where three rivers meet in deep ravines, in the mountains of northern Alicante. It was one of the cradles of Spain's industrial revolution, with textile and paper mills powered by its rivers, and its streets have fine modernist buildings from that era. It is also famous for its Moors and Christians festival in April, one of the most spectacular in Spain, with parades, music and mock battles in honour of Saint George. The rock shelters of La Sarga lie in the hills about eight kilometres from the city, toward Ibi.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
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about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach La Sarga- Abric I. Next is Tabla de Pochico.
Villajoyosa, the Vila, is one of those towns that makes a bad first impression only on the way in. The approach is lined with apartment blocks, but the old seafront is a long row of houses painted in bright colours, ochre, pink, blue and green, said to have helped fishermen find their own door from the sea. Behind the harbour the church stands fortress-like, built with walls designed to withstand pirate raids, and the whole place smells faintly of the sea and, oddly, of chocolate, because the town is home to one of Spain's best known chocolate makers, founded in the nineteenth century. The Tabla de Pochico lies in the hills a few kilometres inland, in the scrubby, rocky land that rises behind the coast.
Read the complete Tabla de Pochico write-up.
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Tabla de Pochico, about halfway. Next is back through La Sarga- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
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back through La Sarga- Abric I sits at 117 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del Gegant.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric del Gegant write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Abric del Gegant comes up about 209 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Cova de la Petxina closes the day.
Cova de la Petxina → Abric del Gegant is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Gegant → La Sarga- Abric I is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric I → Tabla de Pochico is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tabla de Pochico → back through La Sarga- Abric I is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Sarga- Abric I → back through Abric del Gegant is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Gegant → Cova de la Petxina is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.