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 430 km to Benasau; allow about 8 h 48 of riding. On the way it passes Abric de la Creu, Abric del Garrofero, Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I and Covacha del Barranc del Diable. 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 Abric de la Creu.
Ontinyent and Bocairent sit close together in the southern part of Valencia province, in the upper valley of the Clariano river, surrounded by the mountains of the Serra de Mariola and the Serra Grossa. Ontinyent is a textile town with a fine old quarter on a hill above the river, crowned by the tall bell tower of the church of Santa Maria. Bocairent, a few kilometres away, is a medieval village perched on a rocky outcrop above a ravine. The Abric de la Creu, the shelter of the cross, lies in the hills between the two.
Read the complete Abric de la Creu write-up.
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Abric de la Creu comes up about 44 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 98 km into the recorded legs you reach Abric del Garrofero. Next is Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
Alginet sits in the Ribera Alta, the flat, fertile plain south of Valencia where the Júcar river spreads out among orange groves, rice fields and small towns. To the west, the plain meets the first hills of the interior, low ridges of limestone covered in pine and scrub. The Barranc de la Falaguera, the ravine of the fern, cuts into these hills near Alginet, Alfarp and Benifaió.
Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I, about halfway. Next is Covacha del Barranc del Diable.
Puçol is a modest, busy town on the coast north of Valencia, famous locally for its orange groves, its beach and its long sandy shore. Inland from it the land rises quickly into the Sierra Calderona, a low range of pine, rosemary and dry gullies. The Barranc del Diable, the Devil's Ravine, is one of many small ravines cut into the foothills, and the covacha, a shallow cave, holds a few rock paintings from the Levantine tradition. These belong to the Mediterranean-arc rock art UNESCO listed in 1998, and they are typically small, red and easy to miss unless a guide shows you where to look.
Read the complete Covacha del Barranc del Diable write-up.
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Covacha del Barranc del Diable sits at 185 km, about halfway. Next is back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I.
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Read the complete Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I write-up.
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back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I comes up about 266 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abric del Garrofero.
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Read the complete Abric del Garrofero write-up.
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about 330 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abric del Garrofero. Next is back through Abric de la Creu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abric de la Creu write-up.
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back through Abric de la Creu, late in the day. Next is Port de Penaguila- Abric I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port de Penaguila- Abric I write-up.
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The route ends here after 430 km.
Port de Penaguila- Abric I → Abric de la Creu is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric de la Creu → Abric del Garrofero is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → Covacha del Barranc del Diable is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Covacha del Barranc del Diable → back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de la falaguera- Abric I → back through Abric del Garrofero is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric del Garrofero → back through Abric de la Creu is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abric de la Creu → Port de Penaguila- Abric I is 44 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.