Why this ride
From Murla it runs 125 km to Murla; allow about 2 h 49 of riding. It goes by way of Barranc de Beniali- Abric l, Coves Roges- Abric I and back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners and Coves Roges- Abric I
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 125 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 49
- 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 Barranc de Beniali- Abric l.
2. Barranc de Beniali- Abric l
The Vall de Gallinera is one of those valleys that seems to exist slightly outside time. Running east to west in the mountains of northern Alicante, it holds eight tiny villages strung along a single road, terraced slopes of cherry trees, and above them limestone ridges cut by steep ravines. The Barranc de Beniali is one of those ravines, and in a shelter on its walls prehistoric people painted figures that are now part of the World Heritage site of Levantine rock art. The valley next door, the Vall d'Ebo, is just as wild, and its Cova del Rull is a show cave full of stalactites.
Read the complete Barranc de Beniali- Abric l write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barranc de Beniali- Abric l comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Coves Roges- Abric I.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Coves Roges- Abric I. Next is back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l.
4. back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Barranc de Beniali- Abric l write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l, late in the day. Next is Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners.
5. 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
Back at Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners to Barranc de Beniali- Abric l
Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners → Barranc de Beniali- Abric l is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Barranc de Beniali- Abric l to Coves Roges- Abric I
Barranc de Beniali- Abric l → Coves Roges- Abric I is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves Roges- Abric I to back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l
Coves Roges- Abric I → back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l to Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners
back through Barranc de Beniali- Abric l → Racó de la Cova dels Llidoners is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.