Rio Alcabrichel 🌊 Maceira – The Alcabrichel Valley loop from Vimeiro

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Rio Alcabrichel 🌊 Maceira – The Alcabrichel Valley loop from Vimeiro

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Rio Alcabrichel 🌊 Maceira – The Alcabrichel Valley loop from Vimeiro

01:44

26.8km

220m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.33 km for 287 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.45 km

Rio Alcabrichel 🌊 Maceira

Highlight • River

This is by far one of the best parts of our 550 kilometers cycle trip in Portugal. Incredible winding road here.

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2.81 km

Fonte dos Frades, Termas do Vimeiro

Highlight • Natural Monument

Balneário and termas create a luxurious hot spring experience for tired muscles, but even the outdoors area around the springs is lovely for a break.

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3.44 km

Valley Between Hills of Peniche/Santa Cruz

Highlight • Gorge

3.47 km

The Alcabrichel Valley

Highlight • Gorge

The Alcabrichel flows in a valley between Maceira and Porto Novo. Interesting area!

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5.05 km

Santa Rita Beach

Highlight • Beach

A great boardwalk goes out here, accessing the long sandy heach

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12.6 km

Praia de Santa Cruz

Highlight • Beach

Santa Cruz has a very extensive beach, with different names depending on the concessionaire, and the well-known beaches are Praia do Navio, Praia do Mirante, Praia do Pisão, Praia da …

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20.5 km

Santa Rita South Viewpoint and Beach 🏖️

Highlight • Beach

Santa Rita Sul Beach is one of the most emblematic beaches in Torres Vedras, Portugal. Located on the Atlantic coast, it is known for its extensive sandy area and rough waters, ideal for water sports such as surfing and bodyboarding.

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22.8 km

Rio Alcabrichel

Lake

23.5 km

Beautiful tree-lined avenue in the Alcabrichel Valley

Highlight • Trail

This little road is one of the gems of this area, which crosses the cliffs of Maceira, a gorge dug over millennia by the Alcabrichel stream, which gives the idea of stage curtains opening onto fertile meadows.
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