Why this ride
119 km from Millares to Millares, about 3 h 56 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia, Peñon de los machos and back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cueva del Cerro and Peñon de los machos
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 119 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 56
- 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 del Cerro
Inland Valencia is a world away from the beaches on the coast. Behind the orange groves and the motorway the land rises into dry, folded mountains cut by deep gorges, where villages of a few hundred people cling to the hillsides and the pines smell of resin in the heat. Millares and Dos Aguas lie in this country, near the Júcar and Cabriel rivers, and the Cueva del Cerro is a rock shelter in the limestone, one of the many places in eastern Spain where prehistoric people left paintings on the walls.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cueva del Cerro is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
2. Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Bicorp is famous for a single painting. In the Cuevas de la Araña, a short walk from the village, a figure clings to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees: one of the oldest known depictions of honey gathering in the world. The Abric de Tollos, also called Cambriquia, is another of the painted shelters around Bicorp, in the deep gorges of the Valencian interior, one of the World Heritage rock art sites of the Spanish east.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia comes up about 22 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 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Peñon de los machos. Next is back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia.
4. back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia 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 Tollos II o de Cambriquia, late in the day. Next is Cueva del Cerro.
5. Cueva del Cerro
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva del Cerro write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Cueva del Cerro. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Cueva del Cerro to Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Cueva del Cerro → Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Peñon de los machos
Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Peñon de los machos is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peñon de los machos to back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia
Peñon de los machos → back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia to Cueva del Cerro
back through Abric de Tollos II o de Cambriquia → Cueva del Cerro is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.