Why this ride
From Bicorp it runs 137 km to Bicorp; allow about 6 h 44 of riding. It goes by way of Abrigo de las Cañas II, Peñon de los machos and back through Abrigo de las Cañas II. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 137 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 44
- 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. Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Bicorp is a small village in the folds of the Valencian interior, west of Xàtiva, in a country of pine, scrub and deep ravines that falls towards the Júcar and the Sierra de Martés. The Cueva de la Araña, the Spider Cave, is one of the most famous rock art sites in Spain, and the main reason to come. In its shelter is a painted scene of a figure climbing a rope or ladder of plant fibre to collect honey from a wild hive, with bees flying around. It is thought to be several thousand years old, and it is one of the finest and most human images of the Levantine rock art, listed by UNESCO in 1998.
Read the complete Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de las Cañas II.
2. Abrigo de las Cañas II
The Macizo del Caroig is one of the emptiest corners of the Valencian region, a high, rugged limestone massif cut by deep gorges, covered with pine, scrub and rosemary, and dotted with a few small villages. Bicorp, Millares and Quesa lie on its edges, and in the ravines around them are dozens of rock shelters with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin. The Abrigo de las Cañas is one of them, and the area as a whole is among the richest in Spain for this kind of art.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abrigo de las Cañas II comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Peñon de los machos.
3. Peñon de los machos
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 68 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abrigo de las Cañas II.
4. back through Abrigo de las Cañas II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de las Cañas II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Abrigo de las Cañas II, late in the day. Next is Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I.
5. Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I to Abrigo de las Cañas II
Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I → Abrigo de las Cañas II is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de las Cañas II to Peñon de los machos
Abrigo de las Cañas II → Peñon de los machos is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abrigo de las Cañas II
Peñon de los machos → back through Abrigo de las Cañas II is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de las Cañas II to Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I
back through Abrigo de las Cañas II → Cueva de la Araña- Abrigo I is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.