Why this ride
A 115 km round trip from Vall de Gallinera - roughly 3 h 26 in the saddle. On the way it passes Cueva de la Clau, Abric de les Torrudanes and back through Cueva de la Clau.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cova Llarga and Abric de les Torrudanes
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 115 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 26
- 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 Llarga
The Benicadell is the mountain that tells you where you are in this part of Valencia. Its long, sharp limestone ridge, topped by a distinctive rocky tooth, separates the Vall d'Albaida from the valleys of Alcoy and Cocentaina, and on clear days it is visible from the coast. The Cova Llarga, the long cave, sits on the southern side of this world, in the folded hills near Beniarrés, Terrateig and Planes, and it belongs to the scatter of small sites that record people living, painting and sheltering in these hills since prehistory.
Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova Llarga is where the day begins. Next is Cueva de la Clau.
2. Cueva de la Clau
Behind Gandia, the orange groves climb into the folded limestone hills of La Safor, and among the tiny villages there, Palma de Gandía and Ador sit almost touching each other at the foot of the slopes. Cueva de la Clau is one of the many rock shelters in the Valencian hills that form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula, a scattered collection of hundreds of sites where prehistoric people painted hunters, animals, dancers and abstract signs on limestone overhangs.
Read the complete Cueva de la Clau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva de la Clau comes up about 22 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is back through Cueva de la Clau.
4. back through Cueva de la Clau
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la Clau write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cueva de la Clau, late in the day. Next is Cova Llarga.
5. Cova Llarga
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova Llarga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cova Llarga. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cova Llarga to Cueva de la Clau
Cova Llarga → Cueva de la Clau is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Clau to Abric de les Torrudanes
Cueva de la Clau → Abric de les Torrudanes is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to back through Cueva de la Clau
Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Cueva de la Clau is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cueva de la Clau to Cova Llarga
back through Cueva de la Clau → Cova Llarga is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.