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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

(65)

385

riders

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

04:09

66.5km

330m

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: August 18, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 61.3 km for 66 m

After 61.4 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. …

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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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32.9 km

Vila Real de Santo António

Highlight • Settlement

In the 18th century, the village of Santo António de Arenilha was swallowed by the sea and sand. Vila Real de Santo António was then built: it was important to …

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35.7 km

Mata Nacional das Dunas Litorais de Vila Real de Santo António

Forest

38.3 km

🇧🇫Cabanas Tavira EuroVelo Route E1 to Santo de Antonio

Highlight • Trail

Shady pine forest with a quite acceptable path

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39.2 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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44.7 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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61.2 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 …

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66.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.8 km

13.4 km

12.1 km

8.78 km

6.37 km

1.22 km

Surfaces

46.7 km

6.50 km

5.54 km

4.23 km

3.44 km

141 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 25 August

25°C

16°C

31 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

October 12, 2022,Algarve Day 6 Tavira to VRSA

Today was a leisurely ride through quaint little villages and beach towns to the Guidiana River that is the border with Spain. There is a large weeklong street festival in our last town attracting thousands of tourists packed on to the streets lined with vendors' stalls selling all manner of goods. We were able to take a ferry to Spain …

January 30, 2025,Von Fuzeta nach Monte Gordo

A storm is forecast. The train is cancelled, so I cycle the 22 km to Martin's hotel and pick him up. We then cycle together to Monto Gordo, where there is a small pub by the sea. I was here last November. It was my first stop in Portugal. You can't say anything about a beer from the tap in …

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November 24, 2023,Cacela Velha – Vila Real de Santo António 🏛️ loop from Conceição

A really beatiful ride, we complted on renter ebikes from Tavira, but could have done it quite happily on regular bikes. Passed through some nice villages and countryside, plenty of coffee stops, no reason to rush the journey

April 24, 2025,Portugal - Rondje Monte Gordo naar Tavira

Nice hilly cycle route from Monte Gordo to Tavira. Plenty of sun and a temperature of 24 degrees. Cycling remains special, sometimes on a highway. But many back roads were also easy to pass 😎

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

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Salinas de Tavira

Cabanas de Tavira Waterfront Promenade

Vila Real de Santo António

🇧🇫Cabanas Tavira EuroVelo Route E1 to Santo de Antonio

Beautiful forest section

Ecovia do Litoral

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

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