Why this ride
From El Campello it runs 266 km to El Campello; allow about 4 h 35 of riding. The stops in between: Abric de la Gleda, Abric del Garrofero and back through Abric de la Gleda. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cueva de la feliceta and Abric del Garrofero
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 266 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 35
- 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Cueva de la feliceta
Behind the resort towns of the Costa Blanca, a short ride inland, the land rises into dry limestone hills where almost nobody goes. The Cueva de la Feliceta is one of several prehistoric painted shelters in the hills above El Campello, a coastal town of over twenty-six thousand people about fourteen kilometres away, and one of several painted shelters in the same tradition. The surrounding country is scrub, pine and terraced almond groves, with the sea glinting in the distance and the sound of cicadas in summer.
Read the complete Cueva de la feliceta write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva de la feliceta is where the day begins. Next is Abric de la Gleda.
2. Abric de la Gleda
Cocentaina is a small town with a surprisingly grand palace, and it makes a handy reference point for this corner of the Comtat. The Palau Comtal, a fortified residence from the Middle Ages, stands in the centre, and the town holds one of the oldest fairs in Spain, the Fira de Tots Sants, each year around All Saints' Day. Just down the valley is Alcoi, an industrial town built on paper and textiles, whose steep streets hold Modernista buildings and a famous festival of Moors and Christians. The villages of Planes and Beniarrés, a few kilometres away, are pastoral by comparison, and the Abric de la Gleda lies in the cliffs above one of the ravines that cut into the Serra de Mariola.
Read the complete Abric de la Gleda write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de la Gleda comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
3. Abric del Garrofero
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 133 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Garrofero. Next is back through Abric de la Gleda.
4. back through Abric de la Gleda
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Gleda 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 la Gleda, late in the day. Next is Cueva de la feliceta.
5. Cueva de la feliceta
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de la feliceta 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 feliceta. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cueva de la feliceta to Abric de la Gleda
Cueva de la feliceta → Abric de la Gleda is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Gleda to Abric del Garrofero
Abric de la Gleda → Abric del Garrofero is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Abric del Garrofero to back through Abric de la Gleda
Abric del Garrofero → back through Abric de la Gleda is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Abric de la Gleda to Cueva de la feliceta
back through Abric de la Gleda → Cueva de la feliceta is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.