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Ria Formosa Salt Ponds – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Fuseta

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Portugal

Algarve

Moncarapacho

Ria Formosa Salt Ponds – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Fuseta

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Ria Formosa Salt Ponds – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Fuseta

03:00

45.3km

350m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 4, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 16.4 km for 109 m

After 17.4 km for 86 m

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Start point

Train Station

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951 m

Ria Formosa Salt Ponds

Highlight • Structure

The colors look really cool.

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1.23 km

Salt Pans and Birdwatching in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Natural

Road has split. Take care.

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1.88 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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4.61 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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6.11 km

Ria Formosa, Torre d'Aires 🏰 EcoVia Do Litoral

Highlight • Monument

Torre de Aires (also known as Torre d'Aires or Aires Gonçalves) is a site the village of Luz de Tavira. This village was part of the defense system of the …

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17.2 km

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Highlight • Monument

Small park in downtown Tavira, a couple of blocks north of the Rio Gilao. At the center is this statue inaugurated in 1971, in honour of Dom Marcelino Franco, Algarve bishop.

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17.4 km

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Highlight • Bridge

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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17.5 km

Republic Square ⛲ Tavira

Highlight • Monument

This town square on the Rio Gilão riverfront served as Tavira's promenade and a marketplace for centuries, with vendors selling fish and fruit, as well as slaves in the dark …

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45.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.8 km

5.88 km

3.03 km

1.48 km

149 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

34.7 km

7.15 km

1.52 km

1.08 km

921 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

34°C

19°C

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 15, 2024,Quinta Jabuti F07 Tavira 02

This is another round to Tavira, more inland, quiet roads, especially on weekdays. Today we continued to smell the orange blossoms.
We drove a bit wrong in Tavira, our apologies. But active cyclists will probably figure it out.

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March 2, 2025,🚲 Pedras d'el Rei - Tavira - Moncarapacho- Fuseta

This tour went towards Tavira where we followed the right bank of the Rio Séqua. This is a beautiful valley with a quiet road in the middle of the orange fields.
Later we took more gravel roads and we also drove through a wilder area.
In Moncarapacho it was carnival, so we had to adjust the tour there. We continued …

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Ria Formosa Salt Ponds – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Fuseta

Ria Formosa Salt Ponds

Salt Pans and Birdwatching in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Salt Pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

Ria Formosa, Torre d'Aires 🏰 EcoVia Do Litoral

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Republic Square ⛲ Tavira

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