Why this ride
A 327 km round trip from Parcent - roughly 6 h 20 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, Barranco del Cabezo del moro and back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova del mansano and Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 327 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 20
- 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 del mansano
Every cyclist in Europe seems to know the Coll de Rates, and that is a good hint for motorcyclists too. The climb starts in Parcent, a few kilometres from the Cova del Mansano, and winds up the mountainside in a long sequence of smooth, well surfaced bends to a pass with a view over the whole Vall de Pop and the sea beyond. The rock shelter itself sits in the hills around Jalón, Alcalalí and Parcent, a short walk from the road, and its paintings belong to the same World Heritage group as the other Levantine shelters of the coast.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova del mansano is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
2. Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranco del Cabezo del moro.
3. 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
about 161 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranco del Cabezo del moro. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
4. back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- 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 Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Cova del mansano.
5. Cova del mansano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova del mansano. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova del mansano to Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Cova del mansano → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I to Barranco del Cabezo del moro
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Barranco del Cabezo del moro is 83 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranco del Cabezo del moro to back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I
Barranco del Cabezo del moro → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 88 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I to Cova del mansano
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Cova del mansano is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.