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Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta loop from Tavira

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta loop from Tavira

Moderate

4.0

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Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira – Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta loop from Tavira

02:49

48.4km

290m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Zona de Proteção Especial da Ria Formosa

Ria Formosa-Castro Marim

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.36 km

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira

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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.

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9.80 km

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

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Wooden boardwalks and bridges guide the excellent gravel trail across the coastal wetlands and river estuaries.

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9.82 km

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

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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.

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12.5 km

Salt Pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park

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Very large areas for sea salt production. Very good air.

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13.2 km

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta

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The EcoVia do Litoral is a mostly well-maintained gravel trail following the coast, here weaving on beautiful narrow dams trough the lagoons and wetlands in the former salines, and some …

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16.0 km

Ecovía do litoral 🚴 Fuseta - Olhão

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Well-maintained gravel trail along the coastal wetlands

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18.5 km

Ria Formosa Waymarked Trail

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A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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18.8 km

Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

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A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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48.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.8 km

14.1 km

2.67 km

1.80 km

876 m

140 m

Surfaces

27.3 km

13.1 km

4.98 km

2.66 km

323 m

108 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 19 May

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Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

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