CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From El Campello it runs 422 km to El Campello; allow about 9 h 03 of riding. It goes by way of Barranc de frainos- Abric I, Barraac de la Palla, Cova de la Petxina and Abric del Garrofero. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
El Campello was a fishing village until quite recently, and it still has a working fish market on the seafront, where boats come in each afternoon and the catch is sold by auction. Today the town, with about 26,000 people, is one of the commuter and holiday towns on the coast north of Alicante, its beach lined with flats and its old harbour with small restaurants serving fresh fish and rice dishes. It is a nice place for a stop, with a long sandy beach and calm water, and in the summer evenings the promenade fills with families.
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Prado del Azogue is where the day begins. Next is Barranc de frainos- Abric I.
The mountains behind Benidorm are a world away from the high-rise hotels and the beaches. Inland from the Costa Blanca, the land rises quickly into a jumble of limestone ridges, the highest of which, the Serra d'Aitana, reaches over fifteen hundred metres, the roof of the province of Alicante. Between Sella, Benilloba and Relleu, deep in this rugged country, the Barranc de Frainos holds a rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, part of the UNESCO listing of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The sites here are small and fragile, and access is usually limited to guided visits, but the landscape is worth the journey.
Read the complete Barranc de frainos- Abric I write-up.
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Barranc de frainos- Abric I comes up 41 km in. Next is Barraac de la Palla.
Tormos and Sagra are tiny villages at the foot of the mountains in the north of Alicante province, at the point where the plain of the Marina Alta meets the hills. They are surrounded by orange groves and orchards, with the mountains of the Vall de Laguar and the Serra del Migdia rising steeply behind. The Barranc de la Palla, the ravine of the straw, cuts into the hills near Tormos, close also to Orba and the town of Pego.
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82 km in you reach Barraac de la Palla. Next is Cova de la Petxina.
Bellús is a small village in the valley of the Albaida river in southern Valencia, just upstream from where the river flows into a reservoir and then joins the Júcar. The old village was partly flooded by the reservoir, and the new one stands on higher ground. The Cova de la Petxina, the cave of the shell, is in the hills near the village, close to Guadasequies and Genovés.
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Cova de la Petxina, about halfway. 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 sits at 164 km, about halfway. Next is back through Cova de la Petxina.
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Read the complete Cova de la Petxina write-up.
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back through Cova de la Petxina comes up 204 km in. Next is back through Barraac de la Palla.
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Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
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245 km in you reach back through Barraac de la Palla. Next is back through Barranc de frainos- Abric I.
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Read the complete Barranc de frainos- Abric I write-up.
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back through Barranc de frainos- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Prado del Azogue.
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Read the complete Prado del Azogue write-up.
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The route ends here after 422 km.
Prado del Azogue → Barranc de frainos- Abric I is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de frainos- Abric I → Barraac de la Palla is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barraac de la Palla → Cova de la Petxina is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cova de la Petxina → Abric del Garrofero is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero → back through Cova de la Petxina is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cova de la Petxina → back through Barraac de la Palla is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barraac de la Palla → back through Barranc de frainos- Abric I is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de frainos- Abric I → Prado del Azogue is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.