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Portugal

Algarve

Alte

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Alte

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

Hard

riders

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

05:54

69.3km

1,220m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 20, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 48.7 km for 268 m

After 53.3 km for 251 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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83 m

Fonte Grande de Alte

Highlight • River

The main attraction in Alte is Fonte Grande, a beautiful natural pool transformed into a bathing area, where the spring gushes forth in cold, crystal-clear water. A stone channel carries …

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1.97 km

Orange Groves of Barrocal

Highlight • Natural

Gravel Cycle, Easy dusty tracks

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12.8 km

Singletrack With a View of Rocha da Pena

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

One of the best and especially longest single trails in the Algarve. Sometimes you have a magnificent view, but you have to concentrate very much on the ground. It's stony and slippery when wet.

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25.3 km

Fonte Grande de Alte

Highlight • Natural Monument

It's a village in the interior of the Algarve. The Ribera de Alte River flows from a mighty spring. The water is said to be very healthy and can be …

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30.3 km

View of Espargal

Highlight • Viewpoint

What a vision!

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68.2 km

Quiet village, with cobbled streets, fireplaces, springs and the beautiful Queda do Vigário waterfall. In summer, the river beaches of Fonte Pequena and Fonte Grande, which are, in reality, bathing basins on the Alte river, are very pleasant.

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68.4 km

Alte Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

The whitewashed houses with colorful doors, the Algarve chimneys are finely decorated, and the narrow streets are made of cobblestones. Walking through this town undoubtedly gives you the feeling of being inside a living painting.

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69.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.9 km

23.7 km

10.8 km

4.59 km

1.29 km

Surfaces

30.7 km

10.8 km

9.95 km

8.94 km

8.76 km

251 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Wednesday 20 May

31°C

14°C

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Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

Fonte Grande de Alte

Orange Groves of Barrocal

Singletrack With a View of Rocha da Pena

Fonte Grande de Alte

Barrocal

View of Espargal

Parish Church of Alte

Alte Village Center

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