Why this ride
A 274 km round trip from Millares - roughly 7 h 13 in the saddle. On the way it passes Abric del Garrofero, Abric de Gontrán, Penya roja o Ulls de Canals and back through Abric de Gontrán. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Cueva del Cerro and Penya roja o Ulls de Canals
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 274 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 13
- 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 del Garrofero.
2. 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
Abric del Garrofero comes up about 48 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Gontrán.
3. Abric de Gontrán
Head south-west from Xàtiva along the old road to Castile and you climb gently into a corridor between two mountain ranges, the Serra Grossa on one side and the Serra de Enguera on the other. The town of Moixent sits where the corridor narrows, with Vallada just downstream and the vineyards of Fontanars dels Alforins on the plateau beyond. The Abric de Gontran lies in the hills just outside Moixent.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 94 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Gontrán. Next is Penya roja o Ulls de Canals.
4. Penya roja o Ulls de Canals
This is the country of toys and herbs, an unusual pairing. Onil and Ibi, in the inland hills of Alicante, grew up as centres of toy-making, starting with tin and later plastic, and the local museum in Ibi tells how a mountain valley became a world supplier of dolls and games. On the other side, the Sierra de Mariola, a natural park rich in aromatic plants, supplies the herbs for a local liqueur and for traditional remedies. Bocairent, a handsome old town on a rocky spur, has houses built right at the edge of a gorge and a set of man-made caves carved into the cliff, the Covetes dels Moros.
Read the complete Penya roja o Ulls de Canals write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Penya roja o Ulls de Canals, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de Gontrán.
5. back through Abric de Gontrán
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Gontrán 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 Gontrán sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Abric del Garrofero.
6. back through Abric del Garrofero
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Abric del Garrofero comes up about 227 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cueva del Cerro.
7. 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
Cueva del Cerro closes the day.
Leg by leg
Cueva del Cerro to Abric del Garrofero
Cueva del Cerro → Abric del Garrofero is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero to Abric de Gontrán
Abric del Garrofero → Abric de Gontrán is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Gontrán to Penya roja o Ulls de Canals
Abric de Gontrán → Penya roja o Ulls de Canals is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya roja o Ulls de Canals to back through Abric de Gontrán
Penya roja o Ulls de Canals → back through Abric de Gontrán is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Gontrán to back through Abric del Garrofero
back through Abric de Gontrán → back through Abric del Garrofero is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Garrofero to Cueva del Cerro
back through Abric del Garrofero → Cueva del Cerro is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.