Why this ride
A 168 km round trip from Castell de Castells - roughly 3 h 08 in the saddle. The stops in between: Port de Confrides- Abric I, Coves de la Vila and back through Port de Confrides- Abric I. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Racó de Sorellets- Abric I and Coves de la Vila
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 168 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 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 Sorellets- Abric I
The Racó de Sorellets is tucked between Castell de Castells and Vall d'Ebo, and to reach it you cross some of the most rugged ground in northern Alicante. This is the country of the Serrella and its neighbours, a jumble of ridges and ravines that the sea breeze hardly reaches, where goats still graze and the villages cling to the sides of the valley. Pego sits ten kilometres away on the plain, and the gap in character between the two is startling.
Read the complete Racó de Sorellets- 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 Sorellets- Abric I is where the day begins. Next is Port de Confrides- Abric I.
2. Port de Confrides- Abric I
Inland from Benidorm, barely half an hour from the high-rise towers and the beach crowds, the mountains of Alicante rise steeply and the whole mood changes. The Port de Confrides is the saddle on the CV-70 between the Guadalest valley and the upland basin of Confrides and Benasau, with the long limestone wall of the Sierra de Aitana to the south. Aitana, at 1,558 metres, is the highest peak in the province, and on a clear winter morning you can see the sea glittering behind you as you climb.
Read the complete Port de Confrides- Abric I write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Port de Confrides- Abric I comes up about 43 km into the recorded legs. Next is Coves de la Vila.
3. Coves de la Vila
Planes sits in a cleft of the green hills above the Serpis river, in the Comtat, and the village of Beniarrés a few kilometres away is known for its reservoir, which fills the valley floor with a long, quiet sheet of water. The Coves de la Vila are a set of rock shelters in the cliffs above the village, and they belong to the Mediterranean Basin rock art that UNESCO listed in 1998. The paintings are in the Levantine style, red figures of hunters, goats and deer, and the shelters look out over the valley, giving you the same view as the people who painted them.
Read the complete Coves de la Vila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Coves de la Vila. Next is back through Port de Confrides- Abric I.
4. back through Port de Confrides- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port de Confrides- 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 Port de Confrides- Abric I, late in the day. Next is Racó de Sorellets- Abric I.
5. Racó de Sorellets- Abric I
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Racó de Sorellets- 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 Sorellets- Abric I. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Racó de Sorellets- Abric I to Port de Confrides- Abric I
Racó de Sorellets- Abric I → Port de Confrides- Abric I is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Port de Confrides- Abric I to Coves de la Vila
Port de Confrides- Abric I → Coves de la Vila is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Coves de la Vila to back through Port de Confrides- Abric I
Coves de la Vila → back through Port de Confrides- Abric I is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Port de Confrides- Abric I to Racó de Sorellets- Abric I
back through Port de Confrides- Abric I → Racó de Sorellets- Abric I is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.