Why this ride
From Javea it runs 139 km to Javea; allow about 2 h 54 of riding. The stops in between: Pinós, Barranc del Xorquet and back through Pinós.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Coves Santes de Baix and Barranc del Xorquet
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 139 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 54
- 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 Santes de Baix
The Montgó is the mountain that defines this coast, a great limestone whale of a massif, 753 metres high, standing between Dénia and Xàbia and visible from far out at sea. It is a natural park, with rare plants, Mediterranean scrub and cliffs where birds of prey nest, and its profile is the one that sailors used for centuries as a landmark. Xàbia, known to English speakers as Jávea, lies at its foot, a town of about 30,000 people in three parts: a walled old town on a hill, a harbour district, and a long arc of beach, the Arenal.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Baix write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Coves Santes de Baix is where the day begins. Next is Pinós.
2. Pinós
Inland from the busy coast of the Marina Alta, behind Benissa and Calp, the land folds into a series of steep, terraced valleys where almond and olive trees cling to dry-stone walls and white farmhouses sit among the pines. Pinós is a rural area in the hills near Benissa, Senija and Jalón, and the rides link it to the rock-art shelters of the barrancs, the ravines that cut through the limestone of this region, part of the UNESCO listing of Mediterranean prehistoric art. The exact contents of the nearby shelters are for specialists, but the landscape itself has a quiet, timeless beauty, especially in the soft light of late afternoon.
Read the complete Pinós write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pinós comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc del Xorquet.
3. Barranc del Xorquet
Ask a cyclist on the Costa Blanca about Coll de Rates and watch their face change. The pass road climbing from Parcent toward Tàrbena is a pilgrimage for professional teams in winter training, and it lies only a few kilometres from the Barranc del Xorquet, one of the ravines in the tangled limestone hills behind the coast. This is an area rich in prehistoric rock art: the shelters at Pla de Petracos near Castell de Castells hold some of the best examples of the so-called macro-schematic style, big abstract human figures painted in red thousands of years ago, and the ravines around here hide further sites.
Read the complete Barranc del Xorquet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 69 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc del Xorquet. Next is back through Pinós.
4. back through Pinós
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pinós write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Pinós, late in the day. Next is Coves Santes de Baix.
5. Coves Santes de Baix
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Baix write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Coves Santes de Baix. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Coves Santes de Baix to Pinós
Coves Santes de Baix → Pinós is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Pinós to Barranc del Xorquet
Pinós → Barranc del Xorquet is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc del Xorquet to back through Pinós
Barranc del Xorquet → back through Pinós is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Pinós to Coves Santes de Baix
back through Pinós → Coves Santes de Baix is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.