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Braga
Fão

Apúlia Windmills – Apúlia Beach 🏖️ loop from Esposende

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Bike touring routes & trails
Portugal
Braga
Fão

Apúlia Windmills – Apúlia Beach 🏖️ loop from Esposende

Easy

2.0

(2)

7

riders

Apúlia Windmills – Apúlia Beach 🏖️ loop from Esposende

01:00

16.5km

50m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 23, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 12.5 km for 8 m

After 13.4 km for 5 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

3.41 km

Apúlia Windmills

Highlight • Monument

The Apúlia Mills are a true work of art and a relic of Portuguese history.
In addition to their importance as a flour milling center, they also played a vital …

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2

3.65 km

A boardwalk curves around a group of six well preserved historic coastal windmills on the dunes of Apúlia beach.

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3

3.94 km

Apulian Windmills

Highlight • Monument

The windmills of Apúlia, located in the parish of Apúlia, municipality of Esposende, are an iconic landscape of the northern coast of Portugal.

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4

4.23 km

Chapel of Our Lady of Guia

Highlight • Religious Site

5

4.64 km

Apúlia Beach 🏖️

Highlight • Beach

Lovely ensemble of wide sandy beach with an esplanade in front of the old castle and town. The fishing village with its beautiful boats peacefully wrapped around the old castelo.

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6

5.18 km

Beach access boardwalk

Highlight • Bridge

At the mouth of a small stream the boardwalk gives access to the beach so you can roll closer to the water before hitting the sand

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7

6.70 km

Memories of times gone by and the toil of riverside people

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8

13.4 km

Fão Bridge

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Metal bridge from 1892 over the river Cávado. Before its construction, locals and pilgrims had to cross on the Barca do Lago.

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16.5 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.52 km

4.35 km

1.78 km

1.48 km

1.26 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.63 km

7.60 km

900 m

201 m

121 m

< 100 m

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Saturday 16 May

20°C

9°C

23 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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