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Algarve

Tavira (Santiago)

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Forte de Cacela loop from Tavira

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Tavira (Santiago)

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Forte de Cacela loop from Tavira

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3.0

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Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Forte de Cacela loop from Tavira

01:53

32.4km

200m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 31.5 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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Tavira railway station

Highlight • Rest Area

from here the railway line stretches along the entire Algarve coast. There is a 2 (also a 3) day ticket...entitled to use and hop on ... hop off.

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1.50 km

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

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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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8.21 km

Forte de Cacela

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Somewhat hidden in a hollow, on the edge of Cabanas, is a well-preserved fort.

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9.68 km

Orange Grove Gravel Road in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

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14.4 km

View of Cacela Velha and the Ria Formosa

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Cacela Velha is a small and unique historical place, bordered to the south by a fortress and to the east and west by the parish cemetery overlooking the Ria Formosa.

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24.2 km

Ribeira do Almargem

Lake

30.1 km

The Convento das Bernardas transformed the former Monastery of the Cistercian Order in Tavira into housing, which housed that religious order between the 16th and 19th centuries. The rehabilitation was …

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30.3 km

Chapel of São Sebastião (St. Sebastian)

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The Hermitage of St. Sebastian in Tavira is an 18th-century Baroque chapel built on medieval foundations. It contains a unique series of paintings from 1759 depicting the life of St. …

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31.2 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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32.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.9 km

7.56 km

3.22 km

603 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

7.14 km

6.95 km

708 m

482 m

192 m

Elevation

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Sunday 28 June

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Gilão River 🌊 Tavira – Forte de Cacela loop from Tavira

Tavira railway station

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Forte de Cacela

Orange Grove Gravel Road in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

View of Cacela Velha and the Ria Formosa

Convento das Bernardas

Chapel of São Sebastião (St. Sebastian)

Tavira Roman Bridge and the Gilão River

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