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Achada do Gamo Copper Mine Ruins

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Achada do Gamo Copper Mine Ruins

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    December 18, 2022

    Cycling

    The old disaffected copper mines are just a lunar landscape gravel heaven, worth doing a bit of a research about the history of this place or just read the signs along the way. Smooth gravel tracks. Easy rolling. Amazing light reflected in the copper coloured little lakes. A must do if you are riding gravel in Portugal.

    May 21, 2024

    Cycling

    This abandoned mine presents itself to the viewer like a bizarre stage set. A dam-like road leads through the area on the finest gravel. Streams and ponds shimmer in copper to green and black. Signs warn about the water. Dramatic and eerily beautiful.
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    January 31, 2025

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    Unforgettable connection between Mina and Santana de Cambas. Route of the old railway line. The ACHADA DO GAMO site is post-apocalyptic (blast sulphur furnaces from the 1940's).
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    1. Rest area by the lake – Dirt road through the mines loop from Parque Estacionamento da Praia fluvial da Tapada Grande

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    Distance 5.98 km

    Uphill 10 m

    Downhill 60 m

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    Location: Santana De Cambas, Beja, Portugal

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