Why this ride
A 226 km round trip from Confrides - roughly 4 h 24 in the saddle. On the way it passes Barran de Parets, Cova del mansano, Cova del mig dia and back through Cova del mansano. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II and Cova del mig dia
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 226 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 24
- 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 Barran de Parets.
2. Barran de Parets
The Vall d'Ebo is a pocket of mountains behind the Costa Blanca where the sea is only half an hour away, yet the villages look as if they belong to another century. Adsubia and Vall d'Ebo are tiny settlements of a few hundred people, in a landscape of steep ravines, terraces and bare limestone walls. The Valencian word barranc, a ravine, is on the map everywhere, and each one has its own name. The Barranc de l'Infern, the Hell Ravine, nearby, is a famed walk on a path of thousands of stone steps that the Moriscos, Muslim farmers, built to link villages. They were expelled in 1609, and the terraces and steps are a legacy of their work.
Read the complete Barran de Parets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barran de Parets comes up about 45 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cova del mansano.
3. Cova del mansano
Every cyclist in Europe seems to know the Coll de Rates, and that is a good hint for motorcyclists too. The climb starts in Parcent, a few kilometres from the Cova del Mansano, and winds up the mountainside in a long sequence of smooth, well surfaced bends to a pass with a view over the whole Vall de Pop and the sea beyond. The rock shelter itself sits in the hills around Jalón, Alcalalí and Parcent, a short walk from the road, and its paintings belong to the same World Heritage group as the other Levantine shelters of the coast.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Cova del mansano. Next is Cova del mig dia.
4. Cova del mig dia
The Montgó dominates the coast between Dénia and Xàbia, a massive limestone mountain rising to 753 metres straight from the sea, its profile said to resemble a sleeping elephant. The Cova del Mig Dia, the cave of midday, is in the flanks of the Montgó, one of several caves and shelters on the mountain, some with traces of prehistoric occupation and rock art. The Montgó is a natural park, with paths leading through scrub and pine to caves, viewpoints and the summit.
Read the complete Cova del mig dia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cova del mig dia, about halfway. Next is back through Cova del mansano.
5. back through Cova del mansano
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cova del mansano write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cova del mansano sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barran de Parets.
6. back through Barran de Parets
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barran de Parets write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barran de Parets comes up about 181 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II.
7. 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
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II closes the day.
Leg by leg
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II to Barran de Parets
Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II → Barran de Parets is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barran de Parets to Cova del mansano
Barran de Parets → Cova del mansano is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del mansano to Cova del mig dia
Cova del mansano → Cova del mig dia is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova del mig dia to back through Cova del mansano
Cova del mig dia → back through Cova del mansano is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova del mansano to back through Barran de Parets
back through Cova del mansano → back through Barran de Parets is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barran de Parets to Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II
back through Barran de Parets → Penyó de les Carrasques- Abric II is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.