CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Ontinyent it runs 91 km to Ontinyent; allow about 1 h 45 of riding. It goes by way of Penya roja o Ulls de Canals, La Sarga- Abric I and back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Few riders have heard of the Serra de Mariola, and that is a pity, because this little limestone range between Alcoi, Bocairent and Ontinyent is one of the most rewarding corners of inland Valencia. El Pantanet, near the village of Alfafara, is a small rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of the many sites in the UNESCO listing of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. As with most of its sisters, it is protected and access may be limited, but the hills around it reward the trip on their own.
Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
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El Pantanet is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Penya roja o Ulls de Canals comes up about 20 km into the recorded legs. 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.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach La Sarga- Abric I. Next is back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penya roja o Ulls de Canals write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals, late in the day. Next is El Pantanet.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at El Pantanet. That is the ride.
El Pantanet → Penya roja o Ulls de Canals is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya roja o Ulls de Canals → La Sarga- Abric I is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Sarga- Abric I → back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Penya roja o Ulls de Canals → El Pantanet is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.