Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

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Portugal

Algarve

Tavira (Santa Maria)

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

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Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

03:31

51.8km

760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 5, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 1.11 km for 132 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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917 m

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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1.17 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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1.27 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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3.75 km

Salt harvesting in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Structure

In the salt pans, the salt is extracted with an excavator. That is certainly faster than shoveling by hand.

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4.62 km

Salinas de Tavira

Highlight • Structure

Not the largest salt pans on the Algarve, but still impressive.

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4.77 km

Brine Basin with Salt Mound

Highlight • Structure

This is a salt pan into which seawater is introduced and then evaporated by the sun. What remains is salt, as you can see from the salt "mountain" next to it.

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5.34 km

Almargem Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Almargem railway bridge is a metal bridge on the Algarve line over the Ribeira do Almargem near Tavira in Portugal.

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13.5 km

Santa Rita Village

Highlight • Settlement

A picturesque village in the Algarve

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51.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.5 km

4.66 km

2.96 km

2.35 km

210 m

170 m

Surfaces

46.7 km

1.49 km

1.38 km

1.32 km

890 m

104 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Today

Sunday 8 November

22°C

17°C

90 %

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Comments

June 17, 2022,The hills behind Tavira

Use the main road at the beginning if your on a road bike , there is a gravel section after crossing the railwayline for the second time . Once in the hills the road surface is fabulous especiallyon tbe homeward stretch , no traffic at all and a amazing downhill swooping most of the way back to Tavira , again …