Why this ride
495 km from Puçol to Puçol, about 10 h 41 of riding. It goes by way of Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, Abrigo de las Cañas II, Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II and Abrigo Chorradores. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Covacha del Barranc del Diable and Abrigo Chorradores
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 495 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 10 h 41
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Covacha del Barranc del Diable
Puçol is a modest, busy town on the coast north of Valencia, famous locally for its orange groves, its beach and its long sandy shore. Inland from it the land rises quickly into the Sierra Calderona, a low range of pine, rosemary and dry gullies. The Barranc del Diable, the Devil's Ravine, is one of many small ravines cut into the foothills, and the covacha, a shallow cave, holds a few rock paintings from the Levantine tradition. These belong to the Mediterranean-arc rock art UNESCO listed in 1998, and they are typically small, red and easy to miss unless a guide shows you where to look.
Read the complete Covacha del Barranc del Diable write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Covacha del Barranc del Diable is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
2. Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Alginet sits in the Ribera Alta, the flat, fertile plain south of Valencia where the Júcar river spreads out among orange groves, rice fields and small towns. To the west, the plain meets the first hills of the interior, low ridges of limestone covered in pine and scrub. The Barranc de la Falaguera, the ravine of the fern, cuts into these hills near Alginet, Alfarp and Benifaió.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I comes up about 51 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abrigo de las Cañas II.
3. Abrigo de las Cañas II
The Macizo del Caroig is one of the emptiest corners of the Valencian region, a high, rugged limestone massif cut by deep gorges, covered with pine, scrub and rosemary, and dotted with a few small villages. Bicorp, Millares and Quesa lie on its edges, and in the ravines around them are dozens of rock shelters with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. The Abrigo de las Cañas is one of them, and the area as a whole is among the richest in Spain for this kind of art.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 126 km into the recorded legs you reach Abrigo de las Cañas II. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II.
4. Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II
South of Valencia the land flattens into the Ribera, a plain of orange and persimmon orchards cut by irrigation ditches, and then, quite suddenly, it crumples into low hills. Alginet and Alfarp sit on this edge, with the Albufera lagoon and its rice fields a little to the east. The Barranc de la Falaguera is a dry ravine in the dusty foothills, and Abric II is a small rock shelter recorded with a group of others nearby. These belong to the Mediterranean-arc rock art that UNESCO listed in 1998, and the Valencian interior holds a remarkable number of them.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II, about halfway. Next is Abrigo Chorradores.
5. Abrigo Chorradores
Chorro is the Spanish word for a jet or spout of water, and a chorrador is a place where water spouts, so the name of this shelter suggests a spring or a waterfall that once poured from the rock nearby. It would have been a precious thing in this dry country, and probably explains why the painters chose the spot. The Abrigo Chorradores lies about two kilometres from Millares, a village of fewer than six hundred people in the rugged hills of inland Valencia, and carries painting in the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain. The ride links it with a site called Barranco del Cabezo del Moro.
Read the complete Abrigo Chorradores write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abrigo Chorradores sits at 159 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II.
6. back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II comes up about 292 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abrigo de las Cañas II.
7. back through Abrigo de las Cañas II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 367 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abrigo de las Cañas II. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
8. back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Covacha del Barranc del Diable.
9. Covacha del Barranc del Diable
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Covacha del Barranc del Diable write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 495 km.
Leg by leg
Covacha del Barranc del Diable to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
Covacha del Barranc del Diable → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to Abrigo de las Cañas II
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Abrigo de las Cañas II is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de las Cañas II to Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II
Abrigo de las Cañas II → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II to Abrigo Chorradores
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II → Abrigo Chorradores is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo Chorradores to back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II
Abrigo Chorradores → back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II to back through Abrigo de las Cañas II
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric II → back through Abrigo de las Cañas II is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de las Cañas II to back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I
back through Abrigo de las Cañas II → back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I to Covacha del Barranc del Diable
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Covacha del Barranc del Diable is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.