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Tavira (Santa Maria)

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

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Portugal

Algarve

Tavira (Santa Maria)

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

Hard

4.5

(2)

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Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

03:30

51.6km

760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

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Start point

Train Station

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917 m

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Highlight • Monument

Small park in downtown Tavira, a couple of blocks north of the Rio Gilao. At the center is this statue inaugurated in 1971, in honour of Dom Marcelino Franco, Algarve bishop.

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1.08 km

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

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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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1.30 km

Tavira Roman Bridge and the Gilão River

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Former military bridge built in 1990 as a temporary solution, following damage caused by a flood, but in the end it operated for more than 25 years.

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3.57 km

Salt harvesting in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

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In the salt pans, the salt is extracted with an excavator. That is certainly faster than shoveling by hand.

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4.45 km

Salinas de Tavira

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

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4.59 km

Brine Basin with Salt Mound

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This is a salt pan into which seawater is introduced and then evaporated by the sun. What remains is salt, as you can see from the salt "mountain" next to it.

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5.17 km

Almargem Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Almargem railway bridge is a metal bridge on the Algarve line over the Ribeira do Almargem near Tavira in Portugal.

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13.3 km

Santa Rita Village

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A picturesque village in the Algarve

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51.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.5 km

4.49 km

2.91 km

2.47 km

200 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

46.3 km

1.66 km

1.32 km

1.30 km

790 m

290 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

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Weather

Tuesday 14 July

32°C

18°C

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Comments

June 17, 2022,The hills behind Tavira

Use the main road at the beginning if your on a road bike , there is a gravel section after crossing the railwayline for the second time . Once in the hills the road surface is fabulous especiallyon tbe homeward stretch , no traffic at all and a amazing downhill swooping most of the way back to Tavira , again …

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Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira – Salinas de Tavira loop from Porta Nova

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Tavira Roman Bridge and the Gilão River

Salt harvesting in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Salinas de Tavira

Brine Basin with Salt Mound

Almargem Railway Bridge

Santa Rita Village

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