Briefing at the Hotel

Arrival and welcome briefing with notes and bike delivery.

Dinner will be provided at the hotel.

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Overnight: Ribeira da Azenha at Três Marias

Meals included: Dinner

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This touring program will take you into a full experience of authenticity, allowing you to explore the inland and coastal tacks at your own pace. Discovering local gastronomy at each dinner and finding your own places to stop and enjoy your picnic and to have the best photos and memories. This route along the countryside and coastal roads and tracks are normally gentle and full of landscape variety and with vegetation and ocean smells. Center-based in 3 unique hotels with full board, it promotes a comfortable holiday stress-free with time and focuses on trails and local routines, crossing thru small towns and hamlets, farmlands and agricultural fields, cork oak forests, streams, and between the plains and coastal hills covered in short vegetation. The unknow SW Portugal.

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Price: 1186€ (EUR) | 985$ (USD) |713£ (GBP)

Includes: 7 nights B&B | 6 Self-guided stages | luggage transfer | bicycle rental | GPS | Full Board

TOTAL DISTANCE: 238Km/148Miles

TOTAL CLIMB: 2180m

TOTAL DESCENT: 2342m

DISTANCE: 36Km/23Miles;

DURATION: 6h;

CLIMB 428 M;

DESCENT: 428 M;

Today´s route will be 75% cross country using dirt tracks, so be sure to use good cycling shorts and gloves.

This route will take you through the inland landscapes towards the fishing village of Porto Covo and the wonderful sea views of the Atlantic, having a bit more of it at the end of today’s tour with the stunning view to the island of “Pessegueiro”, a good place to make a stop and enjoy the sea smell having a coffee.

Overnight: in Ribeira da Azenha;

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic, and Dinner (drinks included).

DISTANCE: 42Km/26,1miles;

DURATION: 5h;

CLIMB 627M;

DESCENT: 626M;

The itinerary follows inland to the hills o Cercal and São Luis Villages, providing time to explore the rural landscape, always with an eye on the Coast. Villages inland are not touristic and will allow you to explore and watch the daily routines of the residents.

The terrain will be mainly asphalt.

Overnight: in Ribeira da Azenha;

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic, and Dinner (drinks included).

DISTANCE: 51Km/31,7Miles;

DURATION: 5h;

CLIMB 520 M;

DESCENT: 529 M;

The route today will take you along the most beautiful coastal villages, like Vila Nova de Milfontes, Almograve, and Cavaleiro. Those small places get crowded during the summer season because of the nicest beaches in the country, inside the natural park of the SW and Vicentina Coast. The highlight of this tour is to cycle along a cliff area for around 7 km, just before reaching your accommodation.

Overnight: in Zambujeira (Herdade do Touril);

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic (from Três Marias), and Dinner (drinks not included).

DISTANCE: 41Km/25,5Miles;

DURATION: 6h;

CLIMB 563 M;

DESCENT: 564 M;

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Today the track will lead you inland to the main village of the region, the Village of Odemira, where the River Mira, that you saw before in Milfontes, also passes. A Village near the river margins banks. The tour will use mainly asphalt secondary roads used for agriculture accesses and will cross several farming areas, special the production of red fruits just before reaching the coast again to Zambujeira do Mar and it´s the magnificent beach and sea views.

Overnight: in Zambujeira (Herdade do Touril);

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic, and Dinner (drinks not included).

DISTANCE: 35Km/28,5Miles;

DURATION: 5h;

CLIMB 506 M;

DESCENT: 501 M;

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Leaving the hotel behind and heading south you will cross Zambujeira do Mar Village, but before it, worth’s to stop and watch the fishermen’s small harbor.

The route follows South through Carvalhal Beach, Brejão Village, and another fishing harbor, popular because of the seaweed collection for medicines. Before it, also time to explore, maybe by foot the Amalia Rodrigues beach.

After Azenha do Mar you will officially cross the bridge over the River Ceixe and pedal into the Algarve region, exploring the Beach before reaching the hotel.

Overnight: in Odeceixe (Casas do Moinho);

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic in Herdade do Touril, and Dinner (drinks not included) at Casas do Moinho.

DISTANCE: 40km/24,8Miles;

DURATION: 6h;

CLIMB 530 M;

DESCENT: 541 M

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The last day starts in Odeceixe and goes towards the South stopping in some of the nicest beaches of this part of the Algarve, like “Vale-homens”, “Amoreira” or “Arrifana”. On the way, a stop in Rogil village to try the sweet potato produced and collected just there, the best in the world they say.

Aljezur, the Moorish village also offers great views over the valley and fantastic views from the castle at the top.

Overnight: in Odeceixe (Casas do Moinho);

Meals included: Breakfast, picnic, and Dinner (drinks not included) at Casas do Moinho.

The best way to return to Lisbon is by BUS using the Rede Expressos BUS service in the morning. Also possible to return using the train, but the connection from the hotel to the train station in Funcheira takes 40 minutes and needs to be using a local taxi.

If using Faro Airport, Train is also an option.

The Bus Service also an alternative with a connection in Lagos to Faro. To reach Lagos needs to be using Bus or Táxi.

Both airports are reachable by private transfer - on request.