Why this ride
From Puçol it runs 228 km to Puçol; allow about 3 h 12 of riding. The stops in between: La Joquera, Abric de la mostela and back through La Joquera.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Covacha Picayo- abrigo l and Abric de la mostela
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 228 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 12
- 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. Covacha Picayo- abrigo l
Hannibal is the name that should come to mind as you ride toward this part of the Valencian coast. In 219 BC the Carthaginian general besieged the Iberian city of Saguntum, now Sagunto, just north of Puçol, and the eight-month siege that followed set off the Second Punic War. The city fell, and Rome declared war. The castle that crowns the hill at Sagunto today is a long, thin fortress with Roman, Moorish and medieval layers, and its Roman theatre has been restored to a degree that some people find controversial but nobody finds dull.
Read the complete Covacha Picayo- abrigo l write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Covacha Picayo- abrigo l is where the day begins. Next is La Joquera.
2. La Joquera
Just behind Castelló de la Plana, where the coastal plain meets the first hills, the ravine of La Joquera cuts into the limestone near the village of Borriol. Its shelters hold prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean basin, and the area has been studied for its archaeology for decades. It is unusual to find such ancient art so close to a large modern city, and the contrast between the busy plain below, with its orange groves, factories and motorways, and the quiet hills above is striking.
Read the complete La Joquera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
La Joquera comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la mostela.
3. Abric de la mostela
The hill country around Albocàsser and Catí, in the north of Castellón province, is a landscape of terraced slopes, almond trees and limestone ravines that few visitors cross on their way from the coast to Morella.
Read the complete Abric de la mostela write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 117 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la mostela. Next is back through La Joquera.
4. back through La Joquera
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Joquera write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through La Joquera, late in the day. Next is Covacha Picayo- abrigo l.
5. Covacha Picayo- abrigo l
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Covacha Picayo- abrigo l write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Covacha Picayo- abrigo l. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Covacha Picayo- abrigo l to La Joquera
Covacha Picayo- abrigo l → La Joquera is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Joquera to Abric de la mostela
La Joquera → Abric de la mostela is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la mostela to back through La Joquera
Abric de la mostela → back through La Joquera is 55 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Joquera to Covacha Picayo- abrigo l
back through La Joquera → Covacha Picayo- abrigo l is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.