CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Alcoy it runs 236 km to Alcoy; allow about 4 h 18 of riding. On the way it passes Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I, Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l, Cova fosca and back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. The line favours views over speed.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I.
The painted shelter of Barranc d'Alpadull sits in the folds of the Serra de Mariola, the limestone massif that rises between Bocairent, Alfafara and Agres in the inland corner where Valencia, Alicante and the old kingdom's hill country all meet. It is one of the many small overhangs in eastern Spain that carry Levantine rock art, the group of sites inscribed together by UNESCO as the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Do not expect a museum. These are faint, reddish figures under a lip of stone, usually fenced, often hard to read unless the light is low and raking, and part of the pleasure is simply knowing that hunters drew here thousands of years before anyone thought of building a road up this valley.
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Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I comes up 26 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.
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52 km in you reach Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. Next is Cova fosca.
The cave called Cova Fosca means the dark cave, and the name is as plain as the country around it, a series of pale limestone ravines in the interior of the Marina Alta. Vall d'Ebo, Adsubia and Pego lie at the foot of the mountains, with villages of a few hundred people, and a land of terraced slopes where the Moriscos, the Muslim farmers who stayed after the Christian conquest, grew grain, grapes and almonds until their expulsion in 1609. After that the valleys emptied, and the terraces stand as monuments to a vanished community.
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Cova fosca, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
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back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I.
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Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I write-up.
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back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I comes up 130 km in. Next is La Sarga- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Sarga- Abric I write-up.
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La Sarga- Abric I closes the day.
La Sarga- Abric I → Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → Cova fosca is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova fosca → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I → La Sarga- Abric I is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.