Ancão Tidal Creek – Quinta do Lago loop from LLE-00085

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Portugal

Algarve

Almancil

Ancão Tidal Creek – Quinta do Lago loop from LLE-00085

Moderate

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323

hikers

Ancão Tidal Creek – Quinta do Lago loop from LLE-00085

02:16

8.99km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.95 km

View of the lagoon at Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Lake

4.06 km

Long wooden bridge in Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Bridge

Long bridge over the lagoon.
So close to the airport and yet so beautiful. A fascinating landscape🤩

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4.06 km

Quinta do Lago

Highlight • Natural

Europe's best golf area
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4.45 km

Esteiro de Ancão Boardwalk, Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Highlight • Bridge

4.48 km

View of the Atlantic Ocean from the beach at Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Beach

4.50 km

Quinta do Lago Wooden Boardwalk

Highlight • Bridge

7.74 km

Wooden boardwalk in Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

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Great walkway through the tidal meadow and its diverse flora and fauna

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8.99 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.78 km

2.69 km

470 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.73 km

1.72 km

475 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 18 October

22°C

12°C

33 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

March 6, 2025,Algarve 🇵🇹 5️⃣/2 ☆Vale de Lobo/Quinta do Lago ☆

Part two of today:
We drive to Vale de Lobo (Valley of the Wolf; we didn't see one 🤭) and Quinta do Lago (country estate on the lake?). That's what it says in the guidebook. Well, OK. We see many noble buildings, under construction or already occupied by the better-off residents...
We take the wooden path 🤷‍♀️ (national park) that …

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April 7, 2023,Urlaub in Portugal: Erster Ausflug ans Meer

Arriving at our paradisiacal accommodation a few kilometers inland from Faro, we make our first trip to the sea.

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November 3, 2024,Ria Formosa - Runde de Garrao

The Ria Formosa Nature Park begins near the town of Ancao. The wooden paths stretch several hundred meters above the swamp area. Easy paths for hikers and cyclists. Opportunity for bird watching, including white flamingos

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December 25, 2023,🇵🇹Naturschutzgebiet Faro25.12.2023

Marshland, mudflats, lush lawns, dunes, pine trees, salt and freshwater lagoons, water birds and airplanes - all of this can be discovered in the coastal area between Quinta do Lago and Faro airport

The São Lourenço route, just over three kilometers long, begins at the western end of the Ria Formosa and extends to the airport. It's six and a …

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