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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A 211 km round trip from Benasau - roughly 4 h 24 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranc d'en Grau, Abric de Seguili, Coves Santes de Dalt and back through Abric de Seguili. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the tower blocks and beaches, the mountains of the Alicante interior rise steep and empty. Morro Carrascal is a rocky height in this country, near the villages of Benilloba, Sella and Benimantell, where the sierras of Aitana, Serrella and Mariola come together. Shelters in these mountains hold prehistoric paintings in both the Levantine and the older Macroschematic styles, and they belong to the World Heritage listing of Iberian rock art.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
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Morro Carrascal is where the day begins. Next is Barranc d'en Grau.
Marina Alta is the part of Alicante that most visitors know from the beach, but behind the coast the landscape rises into limestone ravines that feel closer to Mallorca than to a resort. The Barranc d'en Grau is one of those clefts, in the hills above Villalonga and the upper reaches of the Vall d'Ebo. The painted shelter in the neighbouring ravine is among a number of rock-art sites in the region, sharing the Levantine style with sites farther north: red figures of hunters, animals and symbols that were painted long before any Roman set foot here.
Read the complete Barranc d'en Grau write-up.
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Barranc d'en Grau comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de Seguili.
The Vall de Pop, or Jalón valley as many foreign residents call it, is a sheltered valley in the north of Alicante province, a few kilometres inland from the coast at Dénia and Xàbia. It is a landscape of vineyards, almond and olive groves and orange trees, with white villages and the mountains rising on all sides. Alcalalí is one of these villages, with a medieval tower in its centre, and Parcent and Orba are nearby. The Abric de Seguilí lies in the hills just outside Alcalalí.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de Seguili. Next is Coves Santes de Dalt.
The Montgó is the great limestone hulk that rises between Dénia and Jávea on the Costa Blanca, a mountain that looks like a sleeping elephant from some angles and dominates every view along this stretch of coast. On its flanks, in shelters and small caves, are prehistoric paintings, and the Coves Santes de Dalt, the upper holy caves, are among the sites in the area recorded as part of the UNESCO Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. The paintings here are mostly schematic, simpler and more abstract than the hunting scenes found inland, and the shelters are protected, so viewing usually needs a guided visit.
Read the complete Coves Santes de Dalt write-up.
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Coves Santes de Dalt, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de Seguili.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Seguili write-up.
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back through Abric de Seguili sits at 107 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc d'en Grau.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc d'en Grau write-up.
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back through Barranc d'en Grau comes up about 171 km into the recorded legs. Next is Morro Carrascal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Morro Carrascal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Morro Carrascal closes the day.
Morro Carrascal → Barranc d'en Grau is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc d'en Grau → Abric de Seguili is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Seguilí → Coves Santes de Dalt is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Santes de Dalt → back through Abric de Seguili is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Seguili → back through Barranc d'en Grau is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc d'en Grau → Morro Carrascal is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.