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Algarve

Cabanas De Tavira

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Cabanas De Tavira

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

Easy

4.3

(4)

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Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

01:55

28.1km

120m

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 16, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Zona de Proteção Especial da Ria Formosa

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.03 km

Convento das Bernardas

Highlight • Religious Site

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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7.85 km

Tavira lemon orchards 🍊🍋 along the EcoVia do Litoral

Highlight • Trail

This section of the EcoVia do Litoral bike trail is a wide gravel/packed dirt farm road, running a bit above and inlands of the salt works that occupy the lower lying wetlands, prime growing conditions for citrus fruit.

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11.9 km

Stream crossing 🌊 — EcoVia do Litoral, Pedras d'El Rei

Highlight • River

This section of the EcoVia is mostly along a gravel farm road, running a little inland up from the marshy coastline. A seasonal, maybe even perennial stream crossing is the border between Santa Luzia and Luz de Tavira communities.

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12.0 km

Historic well 🌊 Ecovia do Litoral 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Highlight • Monument

Gravel section of the ecovia, with the restored remnants of a historic water facility a little uphill from the current stream bed, currently behind a fence a few yards off trail. Could be a water wheel or a well.

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14.3 km

Santa Luzia Waterfront Promenade

Highlight • Trail

Beach promenade with view of the lagoon.

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14.8 km

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão

Highlight • Monument

What the town is famous for: octopus 🐙

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15.2 km

Fishermen's huts 🎣 Jardim de Santa Luzia

Highlight • Structure

Many pretty, colorful fishing boats anchor in the romantic lagoon, the Ria Formosa nature reserve. The lagoon flows like a river between the mainland and the offshore islands, a paradise for people, flora, and fauna alike.

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22.6 km

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Highlight • River

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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28.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

7.63 km

2.96 km

1.98 km

672 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.78 km

8.50 km

4.23 km

3.81 km

2.58 km

181 m

Elevation

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Friday 29 May

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Convento das Bernardas

Tavira lemon orchards 🍊🍋 along the EcoVia do Litoral

Stream crossing 🌊 — EcoVia do Litoral, Pedras d'El Rei

Historic well 🌊 Ecovia do Litoral 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Santa Luzia Waterfront Promenade

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão

Fishermen's huts 🎣 Jardim de Santa Luzia

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

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