CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Benimassot it runs 194 km to Benimassot; allow about 3 h 29 of riding. It goes by way of La Sarga- Abric I, Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I, Cova de la Petxina and back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Coves Roges- Abric II is where the day begins. Next is La Sarga- Abric I.
Alcoy, or Alcoi in Valencian, is a city of bridges, built where three rivers meet in deep ravines, in the mountains of northern Alicante. It was one of the cradles of Spain's industrial revolution, with textile and paper mills powered by its rivers, and its streets have fine modernist buildings from that era. It is also famous for its Moors and Christians festival in April, one of the most spectacular in Spain, with parades, music and mock battles in honour of Saint George. The rock shelters of La Sarga lie in the hills about eight kilometres from the city, toward Ibi.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
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La Sarga- Abric I comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I.
The painted shelter of Barranc d'Alpadull sits in the folds of the Serra de Mariola, the limestone massif that rises between Bocairent, Alfafara and Agres in the inland corner where Valencia, Alicante and the old kingdom's hill country all meet. It is one of the many small overhangs in eastern Spain that carry Levantine rock art, the group of sites inscribed together by UNESCO as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Do not expect a museum. These are faint, reddish figures under a lip of stone, usually fenced, often hard to read unless the light is low and raking, and part of the pleasure is simply knowing that hunters drew here thousands of years before anyone thought of building a road up this valley.
Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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Cova de la Petxina, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I sits at 106 km, about halfway. Next is back through La Sarga- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through La Sarga- Abric I comes up about 167 km into the recorded legs. Next is Coves Roges- Abric II.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric II write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Coves Roges- Abric II closes the day.
Coves Roges- Abric II → La Sarga- Abric I is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric I → Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I → Cova de la Petxina is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I → back through La Sarga- Abric I is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Sarga- Abric I → Coves Roges- Abric II is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.