Adventure bike routes in Valencia
Text reviewed on October 16, 2026 · OpenStreetMap data from October 8, 2026
The province of Valencia has 25,183 km of mapped dirt track and 39,190 km of unpaved ways: 68 % of its network is dirt, nearly all of easy and medium level. The hills are inland: the Serranía del Turia, the Rincón de Ademuz, the Ayora valley and the hills of Chera and Requena. OpenStreetMap figures from October 2026.
Whole region:Valencian Community
What the terrain is like
The Serranía is the province's classic terrain: firm, wide forestry tracks between Chelva, Tuéjar, Titaguas, Alpuente and Aras de los Olmos, with long climbs through pine forest and heights above 1,500 m. Further north, the Rincón de Ademuz rises above 1,800 m and is the highest ground in the province. To the south, the Ayora valley and the Caroig massif are another world: almost continuous dirt, few villages and many kilometres without meeting anyone.
Chera, Siete Aguas and the hills of Requena are an hour from the city and hold the nearest hilly track: it is where most people ride on weekdays. The Hoya de Buñol and the Ribera have flat, firm farm lanes that add kilometres to the figures but not fun.
Two out of three kilometres of dirt track have no surface tagged in OpenStreetMap (8,069 km are also singletrack, off-limits to motorbikes): the planner scores them from what it knows about neighbouring tracks and flags them as unknown. Reading the section's reason before you leave avoids surprises.
The terrain in figures
What is mapped in OpenStreetMap as of October 2026, scored with the same difficulty model the planner uses. Ways that cross the boundary count only for the part inside.
- Unpaved ways (dirt tracks, lanes and singletrack)
- 39,190 km
- Paved roads and streets
- 18,077 km
- Share of the network that is dirt
- 68 %
- Of which, dirt tracks
- 25,183 km
- Very firm dirt track1,226 km
- Firm dirt track3,555 km
- Rough dirt track3,114 km
- Very rough dirt track705 km
- Barely passable dirt track125 km
- No surface data16,458 km
- Other dirt lanes (rural, service)
- 5,938 km
- Singletrack and footpaths (almost always off-limits to motorbikes)
- 8,069 km
- Easy24,687 km
- Medium5,032 km
- Hard1,358 km
- Expert44 km
- Mapped fords
- 6,901 (6,845 points and 56 sections)
- Elevation (terrain model, approximate)
- from 0 to 1,810 m
- Fuel stations
- 663
- Bars and restaurants
- 5,435
Dirt tracks by surface (as tagged in OpenStreetMap):
Difficulty of tracks and lanes, singletrack excluded · average 21/100
Each way's difficulty comes from its surface, grade, condition and the real slope from the terrain model, in the easier direction; singletrack is left out of that average because on a motorbike it is almost never an option. Fords are the ones somebody has mapped in OpenStreetMap: there are more. It is all public, crowd-sourced data: it may not match what you find.
Routes to get started
Four routes with no singletrack: the classic Chelva → Aras, a half-day loop from Titaguas for a big bike, the route with the most dirt in the province across the Caroig, and one from Chera to the Júcar reservoirs.
Calculated with Corally's planner with no singletrack and at the level shown; times are riding time at adventure-bike pace, no stops. They are saved: the link does not expire.
Trail level · a bit of spice
Chelva → Aras de los Olmos
The Serranía classic: firm dirt tracks between Chelva and Aras de los Olmos, with a long climb and good views. The fords it crosses are gullies that usually run dry.
- Distance
- 34 km
- Time
- 52 min
- Dirt
- 77 %
- Max. difficulty
- 36/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +890 m
- Warnings
- 8 warnings · 8 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Ayora → Enguera
Almost all dirt across the Caroig massif: the route with the most dirt in the province, with one ford and a couple of climbs you will notice.
- Distance
- 60 km
- Time
- 1 h 42 min
- Dirt
- 93 %
- Max. difficulty
- 47/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +1,340 m
- Warnings
- 39 warnings · 36 fords
Trail level · a bit of spice
Chera → Cortes de Pallás
From Chera to the Júcar reservoirs over mountain tracks. Two fords and long climbs: a trail route with substance.
- Distance
- 68 km
- Time
- 1 h 47 min
- Dirt
- 63 %
- Max. difficulty
- 42/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +1,339 m
- Warnings
- 20 warnings · 19 fords
Maxitrail level · take it easy
Bucle desde Titaguas
Half-day loop over the tracks of the upper Serranía, topping out above 1,500 m. For a big bike.
- Distance
- 122 km
- Time
- 3 h 21 min
- Dirt
- 73 %
- Max. difficulty
- 42/100 · Medium
- Climb
- +2,321 m
- Warnings
- 33 warnings · 32 fords
Fords and crossings to watch
This region has 6,901 fords mapped in OpenStreetMap. The planner and the roadbook warn about them and tell apart the ones that carry water from the ones that may (ramblas and gullies that run dry most of the year).
The province's fords are mostly gullies and ramblas of the Serranía and the Caroig, dry nearly always. The ones crossing the Turia, the Cabriel or the gullies dropping to the Júcar carry water: the planner flags them as fords with water and, after rain, it is worth going round.
In the Ayora valley and towards Cortes de Pallás the tracks cross wide ramblas of loose stone: without water they are not a ford, but they are an uneven section the route marks in yellow.
What the rules say in Valencian Community
- The Valencian Community rules apply: open forest tracks 2 metres wide or more, registered bike, 30 km/h; no footpaths, no cross-country, no livestock trails, and no enduro or trials bikes or motocross tyres (Decree 91/2023, arts. 112 and 113).
- A chain, a sign or a fire-risk day with the hills closed shuts the track whatever the map says.
The rules in Valencian Community, explained article by article →
Base towns, fuel and food
Chera, Titaguas, Aras de los Olmos, Alcublas and Gátova are the villages with the most mountain track around, but hardly any has a fuel station: you fill up in Chelva, Villar del Arzobispo, Siete Aguas or Requena, and eat wherever a bar is open (in the Serranía, ask first).
Ranked by kilometres of hilly dirt track (sustained climb or descent of 6 % or more) within about 8 km. Fuel stations within 5 km and bars or restaurants within 3 km, according to OpenStreetMap. The region has 663 fuel stations and 5,435 places to eat mapped.
| Town | Hilly track (8 km) | Fuel (5 km) | Food (3 km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titaguas | 492 km | 1 | 1 |
| Chera | 490 km | 0 | 0 |
| Aras de los Olmos | 444 km | 0 | 2 |
| Alcublas | 442 km | 1 | 2 |
| Tuéjar | 440 km | 1 | 2 |
| Gátova | 439 km | 0 | 0 |
Plan your own
Set a start and an end (or a loop by time) in Valencia, pick your level and Corally gives you the route over dirt tracks with the difficulty of every section, the fords, the road exits for the group and the roadbook. You can try it without an account.
Page written by Corally with the figures from its database (OpenStreetMap and public terrain models) and routes calculated with its planner. It is public, crowd-sourced data: difficulty, fords and tracks may not match the ground. What you find on arrival, the signs, the closures and each region's rules always win.