If we had to recommend only one route… it would be this one!
Route Data
The Coll de Rates pass can be considered “The Mecca” of cycling in our area.
To get to Parcent, the town from which this pass starts, we take the road to Pedreguer (CV-720).
Once the pass is crowned, there is a long stretch of descents and ascents through Tárbena (CV-715) and then to Castell de Castells through “el Somo” (CV-752).
After Castell de Castells, there is a long descent to Benigembla (CV-720), from where we return to Dénia through Murla (CV-719) andOrba(CV-715).