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Trans-Algarve Coast TourLeisurely cycle tours

Trans-Algarve Coast Tour 3.11a

Overview


  • Self-guided bike tour by touring bike or trekking bike. E-bikes are available in both ranges

  • 8 days / 7 nights / 6 daily tours

  • The daily tours average 45km and 500 metres of ascent

  • Total distance: 270 km

  • This tour can also be modified for children.

  • Extra days can be booked on request

  • Travel beginning is possible at any date

  • The tour leads on good, unsurfaced tracks or metalled side roads. The routes are predominantly flat to hilly. There are some steep climbs and descents on the last three days

Trans-Algarve Coast tour trail map

 


 

Holiday and bike tour description

 

Day 1 Arrival

You arrive at Faro airport and take a taxi to the hotel in Faro. You will be welcomed by a representative of AlgarveCycling in the reception area of the hotel at the agreed time. Then the tour information will be given to you and we will answer any questions you may have. Your bicycles will be handed over to you and any necessary adjustments made.

 

Day 2 Bike tour 1 Vila Real Sto António - Tavira 34km/ 240 meter of ascent

By train to Vila Real de Santo António (incl.), then by bike along the Guadiana river to the sea. You ride through pinewoods, citrus groves and vineyards and pass Cacela Velha, a small town, full of history, with white houses and an old fort. It stands high on top of a sea cliff. Here the Ria Formosa begins, a beautiful nature reserve with 60 km of sandbanks, islands and water channels, stretching as far as Faro and further west. The dunes provide nesting grounds for countless waterfowl. Large mussel beds alternate with salt flats from which the famous 'Salt Production' is extracted. You cycle on smooth paths to Tavira, an old town which has kept its character over many centuries. Its buildings tell the story of its historical and commercial development. You won't want to rush away!

 

Day 3/ Bike tour 2 TaviraFaro 45 km/ 300 meter of ascent

With the Atlantic breeze in your face and on good paths you ride through the fishing village of Santa Luzia and Pedras del Rei to Fuseta. Take a break by the harbour and watch the fishermen in their brightly coloured boats! Then ride on to the large and very busy fishing port of Olhão. As you cycle in, you can stop and explore the large Visitors' Centre. You will get to know Olhão as you explore the busy harbour and the old town with many small seafood restaurants. Next stop: Faro, capital of the Algarve. Good, well- signed cycle paths take you into the old walled town, rich in history and with many beautifully renovated buildings from the 16th and 18th centuries. You cycle through the town; on past the marina and you will reach your hotel.


Day 4 Bike tour 3 Faro - Olhos de Água 42km/ 330 meter of ascent

Very soon you will be back in the Rio Formosa, nature reserve. You cycle on small paths by the sea – past lagoons with countless wading birds, groups of flamingos and storks, past smart villas, parklands and very attractive golf courses. You reach an idyllic bay...stay a while! Afterwards you circumnavigate the marina of Vilamoura, with over 800 berths one of the largest private marina in Portugal, cycle on the port promenade. A small bridge leads to the broad, long white sand beach of Falesia and a gentle ride alongside this beach takes you to Olhos de Água, your next bed for the night.

 

Day 5 Bike tour 4 Olhos de Água - Portimão 57km/ 750 meter of ascent

You ride through Albufeira, previously a fishing village, now a busy Algarve tourist resort – and on to Galé, continuing a long board walk through Salgados, a protected area of dunes, as far as Armação de Pêra. The beautiful chapel of 'A Nossa Senora da Rocha' stands on a high sea promontory and is worth a visit. Here the coastal scenery changes: reddish Cliffs falling steeply into the sea and small sandy bays make a beautiful picture. The Alfanzina lighthouse marks the beginning of the deeply indented cliff scenery, where the high waves crash and foam. You cycle along the Cliffs by a blue Atlantic as far as the wide mouth of the Rio Arade delta. Very good cycle paths take you along the delta to ‘Praia da Rocha’, a beautiful beach with a backdrop of reddish-brown Cliffs.

 

Day 6 Bike tour 5 Portimão - Luz 49km/ 500 meter of ascent

First you reach the small fishing village of Alvor with its winding streets. Then on to the mouth of the Alvor delta and on down to the sea, to the largest cultivated oyster beds of the Algarve, clearly visible at low tide. You ride along the wide beach of ‘Meia Praia’ and reach Lagos. Crossing a bridge at the imposing marina, you reach the old town, rich in history. You go along by the old town walls, the former slave market and the ‘Bandeira’ fort and then you reach the ‘Costa d'Oiro’, the most beautiful stretch of the Algarve coast with its strangely shaped golden-yellow rocks, some rising needle-like out of the sea. Then on to Praia da Luz, a quiet seaside resort with an old church and a fortress. After that, only a few pedal rotations to today’s stage end in Burgau, a small village on a beautiful sandy beach.

 

Day 7  Bike tour 6 Luz - Sagres 43km/ 620 meter of ascent

First it’s up to a hilltop, along close to the steep Cliffs with a marvellous view of the deep blue ocean and the distant coast of Sagres. It leads further down to a secluded bay and then again, a short climb up to another hilltop with a view to the small fisher village Salema, situated by a sandy beach and backed by high Cliffs. Afterwards it goes up to the village of Figueiras, and then an undulating route across a steppe-like landscape with a number of megaliths, reminders of settlements here 1.000s of years ago. You pass a small bay with a nice restaurant and come to Raposeira where Henry the Navigator once lived and built a small chapel. You continue across a high plateau where you can really feel the salty air of the west coast and can see from afar the ‘Cabo de São Vicente’ lighthouse, the most south-westerly point of Europe. Just a short ride and you come to that very place. The lighthouse stands on Cliffs high above the raging of the sea. Then you follow a lovely coastal route to Sagres, a place steeped in legend. In the 16th century the nautical college for maritime explorers was to be found here. The greatest Portuguese navigators were educated here and went on to explore the oceans of the world.

 

Day 8 Journey back

 

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Prices

 

From 01.01.23 to 31.03.23 

From  01.11.23 to 31.12.23 

Double  845€
Single 1.100€

 

From 01.04.23 to 31.05.23 

From  01.10.23 to 31.10.23 

Double  905€
Single 1.300€

 

From 01.06.23 to 30.06.23 

From 16.09.23 to 30.09.23 

Double 1.100€
Single  1.500€

 

From 01.07.23 to 15.09.23

Double  1.250€
Single  1.750€

THE INDICATED PRICES ABOVE ARE BASE PRICES PER PERSON AND INCLUDE:

 

  • 7 nights in a 4-star/ 3-star hotel and typical Portuguese Pensions, double room with continental breakfast
  • Train travel to Vila Real do Stº António to the start of the tour
  • Luggage transfer between hotels
  • 6 carefully planned routes 
  • Bike map per route with directions and elevation profile as well as useful information
  • Travel documents with a detailed tour description, information on sights and interesting facts on the routes
  • Personal welcome with briefing / meeting, bike handover and fitting
  • Phone/GPS holder
  • Service hotline Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 18:00, weekends and bank holidays only in emergencies

 

EXTRA PER PERSON/ BICYCLE RENTAL

  • Touring Bike, 28“ wheels, 24 gears, seat and front fork suspension, rack, 110€
  • Trekking bike, 29“ wheels, 20 or 27 gears, front fork suspension, disc brakes, rack, 140€
  • MTB bike, 29“ wheels, 20 or 27 gears, front fork suspension, disc brakes, rack on request, 140€
  • MTB Premium bike, 29" wheels, fork suspension, disc brakes, 165€
  • E-Touring bike, 28“ wheels, 9 gears, 3 el. levels, seat and front fork suspension, disc brakes, rack, 170€
  • E-Trekking bike, 29" wheels, 11 gears, 3 el. levels, central fork suspension, 7 gears, disc brakes, rack, 190€
  • E-MTB bike, 29" wheels, 11 gears, 3 el. levels, fork suspension, disc brakes, optional rack, 190€
  • Standard equipment per bike: Pannier (on request for MTB and E-MTB)bottle holder, lock, frame pump, repair kit, tire lever, spare inner tube, tools and reduction valve for petrol station pump; in addition for e-bikes: battery and charger

 

ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR:

  • Single traveller supplement 125€
  • Transfer from airport to the Hotel in Faro approx. 35€
  • Half board on request
  • In some tows visitor's tax/municipal taxes are due. These range between from 1.50€ and 2.50€ p.p. and have to be paid locally.
  • Guide 150€/ day
  • Taylor-made options on request
  • Upgrades, transfers, excursions, additional nights, alterations to the tours, etc... Please contact us and we will be pleased to advise you!

 

SIGHTSEEING OPTIONS:

  • Museums in Faro and São Brás
  • Roman ruins "Ruinas de Milreu" and Roman road 
  • Churches and cathedral in Faro and Almancil
  • Nature Reserve "Ria Formosa
  • Nature park "Quinta de Marim"
  • Olive oil production
  • Cork accessories boutique
  • Winery with tasting

Package from 715 €

 

Choose a bike Model: Trekking bike 29, Mountain bike 29, Carbon road bike, e-Touring bike 28, e-Mountain bike 29, Kid Bike 20, Kid Bike 24, Touring bike 28, e-Trekking bike 29
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