Why this ride
100 km from Famorca to Famorca, about 2 h 26 of riding. It goes by way of Barraac de la Palla, Penya Escrita and back through Barraac de la Palla. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I and Penya Escrita
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 100 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 26
- 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. Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I
The Marina Alta is the region of Alicante where the coast gives way to a jumble of limestone mountains and deep ravines, and a little inland from the beach resorts is a country that feels like a different world. Castell de Castells, Vall d'Ebo and Benimantell are all small villages, with a few hundred inhabitants each, scattered among terraces of almonds, olives and carob. The Racó de Gorgorí is a ravine in this country, and the shelter named Abric I is one of the Levantine rock art sites that UNESCO listed in 1998 as part of the Mediterranean-arc group. A short distance away is Pla de Petracos, one of the best-known sites in the area, with painted figures that have been studied for decades.
Read the complete Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Barraac de la Palla.
2. 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.
Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barraac de la Palla comes up about 21 km into the recorded legs. Next is Penya Escrita.
3. Penya Escrita
In the folded limestone hills behind the Costa Blanca, far enough inland that the resorts feel like another country, a rock shelter called Penya Escrita holds prehistoric paintings. The name means something like the written rock, which is what the people of Tàrbena and Bolulla called it long before archaeologists arrived. The figures belong to the rock art of the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula, a UNESCO site made up of hundreds of shelters scattered from Catalonia down to Andalusia, painted by hunter-gatherers and early farmers thousands of years ago. They are small, faded and easy to miss, and they are best appreciated with patience rather than expectation.
Read the complete Penya Escrita write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 50 km into the recorded legs you reach Penya Escrita. Next is back through Barraac de la Palla.
4. back through Barraac de la Palla
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barraac de la Palla write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barraac de la Palla, late in the day. Next is Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I.
5. Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I to Barraac de la Palla
Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I → Barraac de la Palla is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barraac de la Palla to Penya Escrita
Barraac de la Palla → Penya Escrita is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Penya Escrita to back through Barraac de la Palla
Penya Escrita → back through Barraac de la Palla is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barraac de la Palla to Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I
back through Barraac de la Palla → Racó de Gorgorí- Abric I is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.