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 245 km round trip from Altea - roughly 4 h 52 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barranc de la fita-Abric V, Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l, El Pantanet and back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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 is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de la fita-Abric V.
If you came here in February, you would find the slopes above Castell de Castells covered in almond blossom, white and pale pink against the grey rock. In April, the cherry trees follow. By June, the almonds and the first cherries are being harvested, the heat settles in, and the shelters in the ravine give welcome shade. By October, the first rains return, the air clears, and the whole valley looks newly washed. The shelter at Barranc de la Fita, Abric V, lies about three kilometres from the village and is a good excuse to see the valley in whichever season you choose.
Read the complete Barranc de la fita-Abric V write-up.
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Barranc de la fita-Abric V comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. 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.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
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about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l. Next is El Pantanet.
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, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l sits at 100 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la fita-Abric V.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de la fita-Abric V write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc de la fita-Abric V comes up about 203 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penya del Vicari.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penya del Vicari write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Penya del Vicari closes the day.
Penya del Vicari → Barranc de la fita-Abric V is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la fita-Abric V → Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l → El Pantanet is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
El Pantanet → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abrigo l is 43 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 de la fita-Abric V is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la fita-Abric V → Penya del Vicari is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.