Coves de Canelobre (El Campello)

Start Town	Altitude	Elevation Gain	Length	Gradient	Difficulty	Rating
El Campello	555m	543m	17.4 km	3.1%	480	***

Climb Description

Coves de Canelobre is a nice climb starting not far from the coast in Campello. It mostly has quite gentle gradients, and also some fairly long downhill sections in the middle, and so is not particularly challenging.

The first few kilometres are not the most scenic, but around the town of Busot it becomes much more spectacular, with fantastic open views of the mountains. The climb finishes at the Coves of Canelobre, which is a set of large karst caves, housing dramatic calcite formations.

The town of Busot is also worth a brief stop. You can visit the castle or enjoy a coffee in the historic centre.

The climb to Coves de Canelobre is open throughout the whole year.

Roads & Traffic

The road surface is in very good condition throughout most of the climb. After passing the town of Busot, it does become slightly rougher, but is still absolutely fine to ride on a road bike.

There is generally little traffic throughout the climb, particularly after Busot it becomes very quiet.

Alternative Routes

There are several ways to get to the Coves of Canelobre, but this side is the only really sustained climb.

Nearby Climbs

La Carrasqueta

Port de Benifallim

Palomarets

Coll del Cid

Xorret de Catí

Guixop

Alto de Tibi

Alto del Tigre

Alto de Teix

Cycling Holidays

Coves de Canelobre can be climbed as an optional route extension on our Mountains of the Costa Blanca cycling holiday.

In the links below you can find out more about this and some similar tours that we run in the mountains of Spain.