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 Javea it runs 345 km to Javea; allow about 5 h 44 of riding. On the way it passes Morro Carrascal, Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi and back through Morro Carrascal. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Coves Santes de Baix is where the day begins. Next is Morro Carrascal.
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the tower blocks and beaches, the mountains of the Alicante interior rise steep and empty. Morro Carrascal is a rocky height in this country, near the villages of Benilloba, Sella and Benimantell, where the sierras of Aitana, Serrella and Mariola come together. Shelters in these mountains hold prehistoric paintings in both the Levantine and the older Macroschematic styles, and they belong to the World Heritage listing of Iberian rock art.
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Morro Carrascal comes up about 79 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi.
The Carabassí is one of the last stretches of wild-ish coast between Alicante and Santa Pola: a line of dunes held together by pine and marram grass, a long beach, and the sea glittering under the flight path of Alicante airport. In the low rocky ground behind it lies a small cave known for painted marks, the Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassí, close to the village of El Altet and a short hop from Santa Pola.
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about 171 km into the recorded legs you reach Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi. Next is back through Morro Carrascal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
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back through Morro Carrascal, late in the day. Next is Coves Santes de Baix.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Baix write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Coves Santes de Baix. That is the ride.
Coves Santes de Baix → Morro Carrascal is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Morro Carrascal → Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Cueva de las Arañas del Carabassi → back through Morro Carrascal is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Morro Carrascal → Coves Santes de Baix is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.