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Fanal Laurisilva Forest – Road surrounded by nature loop from Ponta do Sol

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Fanal Laurisilva Forest – Road surrounded by nature loop from Ponta do Sol

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Fanal Laurisilva Forest – Road surrounded by nature loop from Ponta do Sol

06:16

91.5km

3,130m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 15.6 km for 822 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

19.2 km

Fonte de Pazeres

Highlight • Rest Area

Not much going on, if necessary also a restaurant on the square ... perfect to refill water bottles before the ascent

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50.5 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

3

52.3 km

Ilhéu Mole

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here you realize that you are in the middle of the Atlantic and what power the sea can unfold.

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62.2 km

Curral Falso

Viewpoint

5

66.2 km

Fanal Laurisilva Forest

Highlight • Forest

Very mystical in thick fog. The centuries-old trees extend their branches into the fog. Even dead trunks form new life.

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6

69.7 km

Road surrounded by nature

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

It is an extremely cool road, you are riding in the middle of the high bushes and the road its in perfect conditions, this is one the fewer parts of madeira where you can go flat out with the bike

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7

75.2 km

Quatro Estradas Junction, Parque Natural da Madeira

Highlight • Structure

The wind turbines on the plain have become irreplaceable for the island's electricity generation.

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8

81.3 km

Waterfall in Parque Natural da Madeira

Highlight • Waterfall

9

88.9 km

View of the Madeira Coast

Highlight • Viewpoint

10

90.3 km

Café in Madeira

Highlight • Cafe

The coffee saved me when I needed a good coffee and fresh water on my road bike on the way from Funchal to Porto Moniz. A nice and not yet …

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91.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

76.1 km

14.7 km

412 m

173 m

146 m

Surfaces

91.3 km

146 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,430 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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