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 Jalance it runs 519 km to Jalance; allow about 11 h 05 of riding. On the way it passes Abrigo de Rosser, Cova de la Petxina, Barranc de la Penya Blanca and Penya del Vicari. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Cofrentes is a village at the confluence of two rivers, the Júcar and the Cabriel, in the interior of Valencia province, and it has a curious mix of attractions. Above it stands a castle on a crag. Nearby rises the Cerro de Agrás, the only recently active volcano in the Valencian Community, a dark cone of basalt in a landscape of limestone. And just outside the village, the cooling towers of the Cofrentes nuclear power station send plumes of steam into the sky. The Peñón de los Machos, a rocky outcrop with painted shelters, lies in the hills between Cofrentes, Jalance and Jarafuel.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
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Peñon de los machos is where the day begins. Next is Abrigo de Rosser.
Near Bicorp, in the dry, folded hills of inland Valencia, one of the most famous images in prehistoric art was found in 1920: a figure clinging to ropes on a cliff, reaching into a hole surrounded by bees, a honey gatherer painted thousands of years ago in the Cuevas de la Araña. The Abrigo de Rosser lies in the same rugged area of the Canal de Navarrés and the Júcar gorges, one of many shelters with Levantine paintings in this region, and together they form part of the UNESCO-listed Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin. Bicorp has a small interpretation centre, and guided visits to some shelters can be arranged.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
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Abrigo de Rosser comes up about 73 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
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about 152 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova de la Petxina. Next is Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
Planes is a small village in the hills of the Comtat in northern Alicante province, crowned by a castle and looking out over a valley of olive and cherry orchards. The Barranc de la Penya Blanca, the ravine of the white rock, lies close by, among the folded limestone ridges between Planes, Benimarfull and the reservoir at Beniarrés.
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Barranc de la Penya Blanca, about halfway. Next is Penya del Vicari.
On a map of the Costa Blanca, the Serra de Bernia looks like a wall dropped between two very different worlds. On one side, high-rise Benidorm and the busy coast; on the other, the quiet valleys of Jalón and Guadalest. The Penya del Vicari is one of the rocky outcrops in these hills above Altea and Calp, a place where the limestone is cut by caves and shelters, some of which carry traces of prehistoric painting. It is a small, quiet site in an area otherwise famous for sun loungers.
Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
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Penya del Vicari sits at 152 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca.
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Read the complete Barranc de la Penya Blanca write-up.
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back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca comes up about 327 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
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Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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about 367 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cova de la Petxina. Next is back through Abrigo de Rosser.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de Rosser write-up.
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back through Abrigo de Rosser, late in the day. Next is Peñon de los machos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Peñon de los machos write-up.
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The route ends here after 519 km.
Peñon de los machos → Abrigo de Rosser is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abrigo de Rosser → Cova de la Petxina is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la Penya Blanca → Penya del Vicari is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya del Vicari → back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la Penya Blanca → back through Cova de la Petxina is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Abrigo de Rosser is 79 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abrigo de Rosser → Peñon de los machos is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.