CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 171 km round trip from Segart - roughly 3 h 43 in the saddle. The stops in between: Balma de la fabriqueta, Abric mas de los Perez and back through Balma de la fabriqueta. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The Serra Calderona runs between Valencia and Castellón like a green ridge behind the coast, and Náquera sits on its southern flank, a village of nearly four thousand people with views across the Camp de Túria orchards. A short way into the hills, a ravine with the name Aigua Amarga, bitter water, opens beside the Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga, a small shelter with prehistoric paintings, part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998. The figures are modest and the shelter is small, so it is a place for a patient look.
Read the complete Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga write-up.
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Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga is where the day begins. Next is Balma de la fabriqueta.
The Serra Calderona is the green ridge that rises north-west of Valencia, separating the city's plain from the valleys of the interior. It is a natural park of pine forest, cork oak and rocky hills, close enough to the city for weekend walkers and riders, yet surprisingly wild once you get into it. The rock shelter of Balma de la Fabriqueta lies near the village of Olocau on its southern side, one of the painted shelters that make up the Levantine rock art inscribed by UNESCO. Access to many of these sites is restricted or guided, so check with the local tourist office before trying to visit.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
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Balma de la fabriqueta comes up 29 km in. Next is Abric mas de los Perez.
Between the Turia and the Palancia rivers, northwest of Valencia, the land rises into a maze of limestone mountains, pine forest and small villages that rarely see foreign visitors. The Abric del Mas de los Pérez is a rock shelter in the hills near Andilla, Viver and Alcublas, one of hundreds of painted sites in eastern Spain listed by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. These shelters were decorated by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago, and while some feature vivid hunting scenes, many are faint and hard to see without a trained eye. Respect any fences and signs, and never wet or touch the rock.
Read the complete Abric mas de los Perez write-up.
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57 km in you reach Abric mas de los Perez. Next is back through Balma de la fabriqueta.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Balma de la fabriqueta write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta, late in the day. Next is Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga. That is the ride.
Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga → Balma de la fabriqueta is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Balma de la fabriqueta → Abric mas de los Perez is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric mas de los Perez → back through Balma de la fabriqueta is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Balma de la fabriqueta → Covacha de l'Aigua Amarga is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.