Why this ride
268 km from Murla to Murla, about 6 h 08 of riding. On the way it passes Coves Roges- Abric I, El Pantanet, Abric del Garrofero and back through El Pantanet. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners and Abric del Garrofero
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 268 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 08
- 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 la Cova dels Llidoners
Somewhere up in these limestone folds, thousands of years ago, someone painted little figures on the rock that are still there. The Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is one of many painted shelters in the Marina Alta, the north-eastern corner of the province of Alicante, which form part of the UNESCO-listed rock art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The shelters hold Levantine, Schematic and older Macroschematic paintings, showing hunters, animals and abstract shapes, and many are protected by fences and only visitable with a guide. The valleys around Murla, Orba and Tormos are full of them.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is where the day begins. Next is Coves Roges- Abric I.
2. Coves Roges- Abric I
Planes looks like a village that has been arguing with gravity for a thousand years and winning. Its houses climb a hill crowned by the remains of a Moorish castle, and the whole place overlooks a valley of olive and almond terraces that falls toward the Beniarrés reservoir. The Coves Roges, the red caves, lie in the broken limestone country around here, and the first of their shelters carries prehistoric paintings, part of the scattered rock art of the Valencian mountains. The colour in the name is not poetry: the rock itself is stained a warm iron red.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Coves Roges- Abric I comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is El Pantanet.
3. El Pantanet
Few riders have heard of the Serra de Mariola, and that is a pity, because this little limestone range between Alcoi, Bocairent and Ontinyent is one of the most rewarding corners of inland Valencia. El Pantanet, near the village of Alfafara, is a small rock shelter with prehistoric paintings, one of the many sites in the UNESCO listing of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. As with most of its sisters, it is protected and access may be limited, but the hills around it reward the trip on their own.
Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach El Pantanet. Next is Abric del Garrofero.
4. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Abric del Garrofero, about halfway. Next is back through El Pantanet.
5. back through El Pantanet
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete El Pantanet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through El Pantanet sits at 138 km, about halfway. Next is back through Coves Roges- Abric I.
6. back through Coves Roges- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coves Roges- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Coves Roges- Abric I comes up about 232 km into the recorded legs. Next is Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
7. Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners closes the day.
Leg by leg
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners to Coves Roges- Abric I
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → Coves Roges- Abric I is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Roges- Abric I to El Pantanet
Coves Roges- Abric I → El Pantanet is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
El Pantanet to Abric del Garrofero
El Pantanet → Abric del Garrofero is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abric del Garrofero to back through El Pantanet
Abric del Garrofero → back through El Pantanet is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through El Pantanet to back through Coves Roges- Abric I
back through El Pantanet → back through Coves Roges- Abric I is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Coves Roges- Abric I to Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
back through Coves Roges- Abric I → Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.