Why this ride
319 km from Caudete to Caudete, about 5 h 42 of riding. It goes by way of Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca, Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I and back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Olula and Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 319 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 42
- 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. Olula
Caudete and Almansa sit in a corridor of land where Castile-La Mancha, Valencia and Murcia meet, and for centuries this was frontier country, where kingdoms and armies passed and fought. Olula is a point in the hills near Caudete, linked on the rides with rock-art shelters in the surrounding sierras, part of the extensive UNESCO listing of prehistoric art in Mediterranean Spain.
Read the complete Olula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Olula is where the day begins. Next is Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
2. Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
This is the country of the honey-gatherer. Not far from here, in a cave near Bicorp, one of the best-known Levantine paintings shows a tiny figure climbing a rope ladder to a wild bees' nest high in a cliff, with bees swarming around him. It is thousands of years old, and it is a reminder that the artists who painted these shelters were also men and women who took honey from the rock, followed deer through the scrub and watched the weather. The Abric de Tollos belongs to the same family of shelters in the hills of inland Valencia, part of the Levantine rock art listed by UNESCO.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca comes up about 91 km into the recorded legs. Next is Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I.
3. 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.
Read the complete Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 160 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I. Next is back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca.
4. back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca 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 I o de la fuente Seca, late in the day. Next is Olula.
5. Olula
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Olula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Olula. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Olula to Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Olula → Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca to Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I
Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca → Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I to back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca
Barranc d'Alpadull- Abric I → back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca to Olula
back through Abric de Tollos I o de la fuente Seca → Olula is 91 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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