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 Benasau it runs 234 km to Benasau; allow about 5 h 27 of riding. On the way it passes Barranc de les Coves- Abric I, Abric de la fos, Abric del Garrofero and back through Abric de la fos. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
In Valencian, a port is a mountain pass, and the Port de Penàguila is one of the best known in this part of Alicante province. It crosses the Serra de Mariola's neighbouring ridges, linking the high valleys of the interior with the coastal side, and it has been a route for people, flocks and goods for centuries. The shelter at Port de Penàguila, Abric I, lies about four kilometres from Benilloba, and carries painting in the Levantine tradition, protected by UNESCO as part of the rock art of the Mediterranean basin in Spain. The ride ties it to Olula, another site in the district.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric I write-up.
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Port de Penaguila- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
Ibi is the toy capital of Spain, a fact that surprises everyone who rides through this mountain town in the hills of Alicante. Since the early twentieth century, workshops here have produced dolls, tin toys and plastic figures, and the Valencian Toy Museum tells the story. The rock shelter named Barranc de les Coves Abric I lies in the hills between Ibi and Alcoy, in a ravine whose name simply means the gully of the caves.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abric de la fos.
The Vall d'Albaida is a broad valley in the south of the province of Valencia, between the Serra Grossa to the north and the Serra de Mariola to the south, and its towns grew wealthy on textiles. Aielo de Malferit, a small town on the edge of the valley, has a rock shelter called the Abric de la Fos in the hills nearby, with prehistoric paintings in the Levantine style. The shelter is protected and access is limited, so check with the local tourist office or interpretation centres before visiting.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric de la fos. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
Bicorp is a small village in the Canal de Navarrés, a valley in the interior of Valencia province walled in by rugged mountains and deep ravines. The surrounding Macizo del Caroig is one of the largest wild areas in the Valencian Community, a vast tableland of pine, scrub and gorges cut by the Júcar's tributaries. The Abric del Garrofero, the shelter of the carob tree, lies in the hills near Bicorp, Quesa and Navarrés.
Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
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Abric del Garrofero, about halfway. Next is back through Abric de la fos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la fos write-up.
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back through Abric de la fos sits at 121 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de les Coves- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I comes up about 205 km into the recorded legs. Next is Port de Penaguila- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric I write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Port de Penaguila- Abric I closes the day.
Port de Penaguila- Abric I → Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Abric de la fos is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la fos → Abric del Garrofero is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → back through Abric de la fos is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la fos → back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de les Coves- Abric I → Port de Penaguila- Abric I is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.