Church of São Pedro de Rates – Famalicão Cycle Path loop from Póvoa de Varzim

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Church of São Pedro de Rates – Famalicão Cycle Path loop from Póvoa de Varzim

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Church of São Pedro de Rates – Famalicão Cycle Path loop from Póvoa de Varzim

03:08

53.5km

290m

Cycling

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

Last updated: November 6, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.9 km for 55 m

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312 m

Ecopista do Ramal de Famalicão

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The Ecopista do Ramal de Famalicão runs from Póvoa de Varzim to Vila Nova de Famalicão and was built on the old Póvoa line, which connected the city of Porto to Póvoa de Varzim. Ecopista aims to connect the characteristic hills and rural interior of Vila Nova de Famalicão to the Atlantic coast and beaches of the beautiful city of Póvoa de Varzim.

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3.53 km

Amorim Parish Church

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14.0 km

Church of São Pedro de Rates

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The Monastery of São Pedro de Rates (Portuguese: Mosteiro de Rates) is a former Benedictine abbey located in the parish of São Pedro de Rates, in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, in the Porto district, northern Portugal.

All that remains of the former monastery complex today is the Romanesque church Igreja de São Pedro de Rates, also known as the Românica de Rates, dedicated to its patron saint, São Pedro de Rates. Due to its art-historical significance as the "nucleus" of Portuguese Romanesque architecture and its historical significance for the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the church was registered and protected as a National Monument in 1910.
(Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloster_S%C3%A3o_Pedro_de_Rates)

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20.8 km

Famalicão Cycle Path

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26.9 km

Famalicão–Póvoa de Varzim Cycle Path

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Very beautiful bike path, when it is over it will be excellent!

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35.0 km

Balazar Station – Linha da Póvoa

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The bike path from Famalicão to Povòa do Varzim runs along the route of the old railway line. Very interesting part of Balazar with broken shelters and station sign (or better -stein). The past can be guessed here.

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linha_da_P%C3%B3voa?wprov=sfla1

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