Why this ride
A 365 km round trip from Benimassot - roughly 6 h 19 in the saddle. It goes by way of Abric de Lambert, Abric del Espolón del Zapatero and back through Abric de Lambert.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Coves Roges- Abric II and Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 365 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 19
- 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. Coves Roges- Abric II
The Serpis river runs through the green, folded country of the Comtat, west of Alcoi, and its valley is one of the prettiest in the Valencian interior. Planes, Benimarfull and Beniarrés are small villages in the hills, farming olive and almond and cherry, and the old Moorish heritage is easy to find in the narrow streets and the names. The Coves Roges, the Red Caves, are a series of rock shelters in the nearby cliffs, and they hold paintings that are part of the Mediterranean Basin rock art listed by UNESCO in 1998. Abric II is one of them, and the red paint on the rock is faint but clear.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Coves Roges- Abric II is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Lambert.
2. Abric de Lambert
Cullera is not where most people would look for prehistory. It is a busy beach town at the mouth of the Júcar, with high-rise apartments along the sand, a lighthouse on the point and rice fields stretching inland toward the Albufera lagoon. But the town has a mountain at its back, a limestone outcrop crowned by a castle and a sanctuary, and in that rock there are shelters, including the one known as the Abric de Lambert.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Lambert comes up about 91 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del Espolón del Zapatero.
3. Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
The Cortes de Pallás area, in the interior of Valencia province, is one of the wildest places within an hour or two of the coast. The Júcar river has carved a deep canyon through the limestone, and the Muela de Cortes, a high plateau of rock and scrub, rises above it. Bicorp, Quesa and Millares are small villages on its edge, and the roads that link them are some of the twistiest in the region, with sections that cling to the sides of the gorge and open on huge views. Griffon vultures and golden eagles use the cliffs, and the pine woods are home to wild boar and roe deer.
Read the complete Abric del Espolón del Zapatero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 182 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Espolón del Zapatero. Next is back through Abric de Lambert.
4. back through Abric de Lambert
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Lambert write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abric de Lambert, late in the day. Next is Coves Roges- Abric II.
5. Coves Roges- Abric II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Coves Roges- Abric II. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Coves Roges- Abric II to Abric de Lambert
Coves Roges- Abric II → Abric de Lambert is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Lambert to Abric del Espolón del Zapatero
Abric de Lambert → Abric del Espolón del Zapatero is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero to back through Abric de Lambert
Abric del Espolón del Zapatero → back through Abric de Lambert is 89 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Lambert to Coves Roges- Abric II
back through Abric de Lambert → Coves Roges- Abric II is 94 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.