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Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Olhão

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Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Olhão

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Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Olhão

03:44

64.3km

510m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 26.2 km for 66 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

7.00 km

Ria Formosa Special Protection Area

Nature Reserve

2

15.7 km

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

Highlight • Cycleway

The EcoVia following the coast is mostly well-maintained gravel, here passing through the Parque Natural Da Ria Formosa, protecting the wetlands in the former salines, and some remaining operational salt works.

Tip by

3

17.2 km

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira

Highlight • Castle

In Roman times this was an important port. Therefore, a fortress tower called Torre Aires was built so that the port city could be protected from here.

Translated by Google •

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4

21.5 km

Ria Formosa Natural Park border 🌳 at rail crossing 🚂

Highlight • Natural Monument

While the coastal park mainly protects the wetlands and aquatic resources along the water, the protected area begins along this rail line, about a mile inlands, and encloses some grandfathered coastal communities like Pedras d'El Rei.

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5

26.2 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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6

26.3 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 …

Tip by

7

57.6 km

Wooden boardwalk in Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Highlight • Trail

It's just a pleasure to bike through nature 😘

Translated by Google •

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B

64.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.0 km

24.7 km

4.88 km

2.74 km

762 m

241 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

53.5 km

4.14 km

2.78 km

1.83 km

1.72 km

350 m

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