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Algarve

Faro (São Pedro)

Beautiful forest section – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Faro

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Bike touring routes & trails

Portugal

Algarve

Faro (São Pedro)

Beautiful forest section – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Faro

Hard

4.6

(36)

222

riders

Beautiful forest section – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Faro

08:01

125km

640m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 57.3 km for 68 m

After 86.5 km for 66 m

After 86.7 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.07 km

Paço Episcopal

Castle

60.1 km

Mata Nacional das Dunas Litorais de Vila Real de Santo António

Forest

63.7 km

Beautiful forest section

Highlight • Forest

Shortly before Monte Gordo it goes through a beautiful forest. You can use the hiking trails.

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74.2 km

View of Cacela Velha and the Ria Formosa

Highlight • Viewpoint

Cacela Velha is a small and unique historical place, bordered to the south by a fortress and to the east and west by the parish cemetery overlooking the Ria Formosa.

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86.5 km

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

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Despite its name, the bridge itself is neither Roman nor has a Roman origin. It was built when Tavira belonged to al-Andalus (the Islamic Domain of Iberia), most probably in …

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96.8 km

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

Highlight • Trail

Wooden boardwalks and bridges guide the excellent gravel trail across the coastal wetlands and river estuaries.

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99.5 km

Salt Pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Structure

Very large areas for sea salt production. Very good air.

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103 km

Ecovía do litoral 🚴 Fuseta - Olhão

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Well-maintained gravel trail along the coastal wetlands

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106 km

Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Trail

A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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106 km

Old salt pans in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Structure

A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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107 km

Ria Formosa Special Protection Area

Nature Reserve

125 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.8 km

35.2 km

20.4 km

12.6 km

10.8 km

1.19 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

84.1 km

13.9 km

13.1 km

10.0 km

3.27 km

545 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 21 July

27°C

20°C

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Comments

July 20, 2022,Faro nach Vila Real de Santo António

From Faro we went to Vila Real de Santo António. This was the last leg of the route that we completed in Portugal. We completed the Camino Portugues from Valenca to Porto in 20 tours and "cycled" a large part of the coast of Portugal. We'll be in Spain tomorrow.

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January 5, 2024,Algarve-Tour, Day 6

Today was the last day and was supposed to end the tour where it started, in Faro...🇵🇹😉

Because the temperatures were sunny and fresh, I set off for breakfast and immediately chose a gravel slope through the local pine forests. I always wanted to go near the sea or the beach so that I could enjoy the great view and …

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September 19, 2023,Tag 21) Faro nach Vila Real de Santo António

Faro was boring, you really don't have to have been here, we leave the city without breakfast and first drive through rather shabby areas.

Shortly before Olhão we drive past shallow pools of water, after a quick look around it becomes clear that these are salt flats. Here, seawater is allowed to evaporate naturally in shallow basins and what is …

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March 6, 2022,Tag 1 Monte Gordo nach Faro

The plan is to drive the EV1 (Ecovia Litoral) in 3 sections to Sagres. But the signage is more than questionable. Partly extremely good, in the villages there was no sign at all and 2 times the expansion was simply interrupted and it only goes on adventurously or not at all. The first day is all marshland and the track …

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Beautiful forest section – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Faro

Beautiful forest section

View of Cacela Velha and the Ria Formosa

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

Salt Pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Ecovía do litoral 🚴 Fuseta - Olhão

Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Old salt pans in Ria Formosa Natural Park

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