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Mexilhoeira Grande

Vale de Lobos Trail loop from Algarve International Circuit

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Mexilhoeira Grande

Vale de Lobos Trail loop from Algarve International Circuit

Hard

5.0

(4)

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Vale de Lobos Trail loop from Algarve International Circuit

06:45

81.2km

1,060m

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: February 23, 2026

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Parking

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13.1 km

Bacia de dissipação

Lake

13.9 km

Panoramic View of the Odeleite Dam

Highlight • Viewpoint

Unfortunately, the reservoir has been at historic low levels: 13% at the end of 2024. Rains have done little to increase the level.

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21.6 km

Fording Ribeira da Sobrosa near Castanheiro

Highlight • River

This is only an issue after very heavy rains, which are rare in the Algarve. In most circumstances, it is possible to take the narrow path visible on the right handside of the photo.

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30.4 km

Cork Oak Forest on the Via Algarviana near Barão de São João

Highlight • Forest

Relatively close to Lagos, a spot that has beautiful cork oaks, parassol pines and palm trees, with a winding sandy gravel road

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47.6 km

Umbrella Pine Plantations North of Vale de Joana

Highlight • Forest

Ideal surface for gravel bikes

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58.0 km

Vale de Lobos Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

This section is part of the GR 13 of the Vía Algarviana. The real Algarve goats, their shepherds and sheepdogs are the only signs of life you will find.

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59.4 km

Algarvian Goats at Vale de Lobos

Highlight • Natural

The Algarve goat aka Cabra Algarvia is the result of crossbreeding between the Algarve Charnegais goat and the Moroccan goat (in the 19th century) and later crossbreeding with the Spanish Alpine goat (at the beginning of the 20th century).

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60.0 km

Viewpoint

81.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.9 km

24.8 km

5.94 km

583 m

Surfaces

39.1 km

17.3 km

9.66 km

8.81 km

5.66 km

637 m

Elevation

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Highest point (240 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

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Thursday 21 May

30°C

18°C

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Vale de Lobos Trail loop from Algarve International Circuit

Panoramic View of the Odeleite Dam

Fording Ribeira da Sobrosa near Castanheiro

Cork Oak Forest on the Via Algarviana near Barão de São João

Umbrella Pine Plantations North of Vale de Joana

Vale de Lobos Trail

Algarvian Goats at Vale de Lobos

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