Why this ride
From Confrides it runs 106 km to Confrides; allow about 2 h 13 of riding. The stops in between: Barranc dels Garrofers, Abric de les Torrudanes and back through Barranc dels Garrofers.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II and Abric de les Torrudanes
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 106 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 13
- 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. Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II
Cocentaina lies in the green hollow of the Comtat, a valley in the Alicante hills, with its palace and castle watching the Serpis river from the edge of town. Above and to the east rise limestone crags, among them the Penyó de les Carrasques, named for the carrasca, the holm oak that clings to dry slopes here. A rock shelter in the cliff, Abric II, preserves prehistoric paintings, part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listed by UNESCO in 1998. As elsewhere in this tradition, the figures are small and fragile, and access can be restricted.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II is where the day begins. Next is Barranc dels Garrofers.
2. Barranc dels Garrofers
Between the towns of Alcoy and Gandia, the mountains of the northern Alicante province fold into a tangle of narrow valleys, and the barranc, the ravine, of the carob trees is a dry gully among them, a few kilometres from the villages of Planes and Beniarrés. The carob, or garrofer in Valencian, is a dark, leathery tree that has grown here for centuries, and its long brown pods were once used as animal feed and sweeteners. The land is rugged limestone, laced with terraces now mostly abandoned and covered in pines and rosemary.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc dels Garrofers comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de les Torrudanes.
3. Abric de les Torrudanes
In the Vall d'Ebo, a small valley in the mountains of northern Alicante, the Abric de les Torrudanes is a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of many in the area that form part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin World Heritage listing. The paintings include human figures and animals in the Levantine style, and the shelter's location, on a cliff above the valley, offers views over the mountains. Nearby, the Cova del Rull is a show cave with stalactites and stalagmites.
Read the complete Abric de les Torrudanes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 51 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de les Torrudanes. Next is back through Barranc dels Garrofers.
4. back through Barranc dels Garrofers
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc dels Garrofers write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barranc dels Garrofers, late in the day. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II.
5. Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II to Barranc dels Garrofers
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II → Barranc dels Garrofers is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc dels Garrofers to Abric de les Torrudanes
Barranc dels Garrofers → Abric de les Torrudanes is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de les Torrudanes to back through Barranc dels Garrofers
Abric de les Torrudanes → back through Barranc dels Garrofers is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc dels Garrofers to Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II
back through Barranc dels Garrofers → Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.