CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 344 km round trip from El Campello - roughly 5 h 35 in the saddle. The stops in between: La Sarga- Abric I, Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l, La Sarga- Abric II and Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Alicante is the city that everybody knows, but the hills behind it are the part you can have to yourself. This shelter lies in the dry interior north of the city, between El Campello on the coast and the towns of Mutxamel and San Juan, in a landscape of marl, pine and abandoned almond terraces. It is a long way from the seafront.
Read the complete Cueva de los mosquitos write-up.
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Cueva de los mosquitos 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 36 km in. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
Castelló de Rugat sits on the southern rim of the Vall d'Albaida, a broad valley in the south of Valencia province hemmed in by mountain ridges. On one side rises the long saw-toothed crest of the Benicadell, on the other the Serra de la Solana, and between them lies a patchwork of vineyards, olive groves and small towns with church towers. The Barranc de les Coves, the ravine of the caves, cuts into the slopes near Castelló de Rugat, Ràfol de Salem and Beniarrés, and its first shelter holds painted figures.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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72 km in you reach Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. Next is La Sarga- Abric II.
La Sarga is a deep, rocky ravine that cuts into the hills north of Alcoi, and it is one of the most important rock art sites in eastern Spain. The paintings here include both the lively red figures of the Levantine tradition and the simpler schematic signs of later peoples, and some show deer, goats and human figures with striking detail. The site belongs to the Mediterranean Basin rock art that UNESCO listed in 1998, and it is carefully managed, so check access conditions before travelling. Abric II, one of the shelters, is part of the cluster.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric II write-up.
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La Sarga- Abric II, about halfway. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II.
The word barranc means a ravine, and the Barranc de les Coves is exactly that, one of the many steep valleys that cut into the limestone mountains of the Comtat and Alcoià in the interior of Alicante province. This is a green country compared with the dry plains farther south, with forests of pine and holm oak, terraced slopes of cherry, almond and olive, and clear streams in the bottom of the gorges. Roads in the area link small villages such as Beniarrés, Ráfol de Salem and Castelló de Rugat, each with a church tower and a cluster of white houses.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II write-up.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II sits at 143 km, about halfway. Next is back through La Sarga- Abric II.
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Read the complete La Sarga- Abric II write-up.
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back through La Sarga- Abric II comes up 179 km in. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
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Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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215 km in you reach back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. Next is back through La Sarga- Abric I.
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Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
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back through La Sarga- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Cueva de los mosquitos.
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Read the complete Cueva de los mosquitos write-up.
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The route ends here after 344 km.
Cueva de los mosquitos → La Sarga- Abric I is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric I → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → La Sarga- Abric II is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric II → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo II → back through La Sarga- Abric II is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Sarga- Abric II → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → back through La Sarga- Abric I is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Sarga- Abric I → Cueva de los mosquitos is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.