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Algarve

Santa Luzia

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Pedras d'el Rei

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Portugal

Algarve

Santa Luzia

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Pedras d'el Rei

Moderate

4.3

(56)

373

riders

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira loop from Pedras d'el Rei

04:02

64.7km

320m

Cycling

Moderate bike 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 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 59.4 km for 66 m

After 59.6 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.42 km

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Highlight • River

The wetlands trails can be explored by bike, but to cross the Rio Gilão either cross one of the historic pedestrian bridges in town or this modern coastal highway bridge. All three offer great views of the estuary and the old town.

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7.60 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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8.48 km

Salinas de Tavira

Highlight • Structure

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

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9.69 km

Cabanas de Tavira Waterfront Promenade

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice and small gravel roads, choose the Ecovia Litoral trail..

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33.9 km

Mata Nacional das Dunas Litorais de Vila Real de Santo António

Forest

36.4 km

🇧🇫Cabanas Tavira EuroVelo Route E1 to Santo de Antonio

Highlight • Trail

Shady pine forest with a quite acceptable path

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37.4 km

Beautiful forest section

Highlight • Forest

Shortly before Monte Gordo it goes through a beautiful forest. You can use the hiking trails.

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42.8 km

Ecovia do Litoral

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path is in some parts very poorly signposted and often only found by luck!

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59.4 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 the 2nd half of the 12th century. Then, for a few decades Tavira was an independent commune, before being submitted to the Almohade Empire.
The bridge was a fundamental element of the medieval defence of Tavira and its associated main road, limited with towers in both sides. It had houses on it in the Middle Ages. By 1550 it had apparently a movable wooden floor which could be removed for security reasons. The old bridge collapsed in 1655, then completely rebuilt in its present form. tavira.algarvetouristguide.com/attractions/the-old-roman-bridge

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64.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.6 km

13.1 km

12.5 km

8.57 km

5.75 km

1.22 km

Surfaces

46.3 km

5.77 km

5.54 km

4.23 km

2.75 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Saturday 23 May

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