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Algarve

Vila do Bispo e Raposeira

View of Cabo de São Vicente – Cabo de São Vicente loop from Vila do Bispo

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Portugal

Algarve

Vila do Bispo e Raposeira

View of Cabo de São Vicente – Cabo de São Vicente loop from Vila do Bispo

Hard

4.5

(154)

925

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View of Cabo de São Vicente – Cabo de São Vicente loop from Vila do Bispo

07:21

27.3km

280m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 12, 2026

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Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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10.1 km

Praia do Telheiro

Highlight • Beach

Rather small sandy beach not far from Capo Sao Vicente. Can only be reached via dirt roads and by descending on unpaved paths. An international group of young people has started a renaturation project there. So you shouldn't leave the route to the beach.

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11.5 km

View of Cabo de São Vicente

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Cabo de São Vicente (Cape St. Vincent) is a dramatic and historically significant cape at the southwestern tip of Portugal, near the town of Sagres in the Algarve region. It is the southwesternmost point of mainland Europe and is often referred to as the "end of the world"—especially in earlier times, when it was believed that nothing existed beyond the horizon.

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11.7 km

Seagulls' Rock

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Pedra das Gaivotas is a stone in Portugal and has a height of 9 meters. Pedra das Gaivotas is located in Ponta dos Arquizes, near Rocha das Gaivotas.

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12.1 km

Ponta da Gaivota

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It's worth a detour, even if you don't always see many seagulls.

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12.9 km

Costa Vicentina Cliffs

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The cliffs of the Costa Vicentina form a rugged and unspoiled coastline in southwestern Portugal. They feature steep rock faces, impressive views, and hidden beaches, and are part of the Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina (Southwest Alentejano and Vicentina Natural Park). A paradise for hikers and nature lovers.

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13.6 km

Cabo de São Vicente Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

Five kilometers from Sagres rises the mythical Cabo de São Vicente, the last gaze of land for explorers setting off towards the unknown of the vast ocean.

Wild, windy, and imposing, this promontory of steep cliffs plunges into the Atlantic, crowned by one of Europe's most powerful lighthouses.

Called by the Romans Promontorium Sacrum, the "end of the world" was for centuries a sacred place, shrouded in legends and mysteries. Today, it remains a pilgrimage point for sailors, hikers, and dreamers, where the horizon seems to dissolve into infinity.

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13.7 km

Cabo de São Vicente

Highlight • Monument

Five kilometers from Sagres rises the mythical Cabo de São Vicente, the last glimpse of land for explorers setting off towards the unknown of the vast ocean.

Wild, windy, and imposing, this promontory of steep cliffs plunges into the Atlantic, crowned by one of Europe's most powerful lighthouses.

Called by the Romans Promontorium Sacrum, the “end of the world,” it was for centuries a sacred place, shrouded in legends and mysteries. Today, it remains a pilgrimage point for sailors, hikers, and dreamers, where the horizon seems to dissolve into infinity.

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14.4 km

View to Cabo de São Vicente

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The cape has been a sacred place since the Neolithic, as shown by menhirs (stone settings) in the area. In Phoenician times it is said to have been dedicated to the deity Melkart.[1] The Greeks called the place Ophiussa (Land of the Serpents) and its inhabitants Oestrimni (Inhabitants of the Far West), while the Romans called it Promontorium sacrum (Holy Promontory), as a magical place at the end of the world where the gods live and the Sun sinks into the sea.

The Christians named the coastal tip after Saint Vincent of Zaragoza, a patron saint of sailors. According to legend, the martyr's body was floated there in a boat and recovered in 304.[2]

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27.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.8 km

4.95 km

4.50 km

4.30 km

1.79 km

Surfaces

9.97 km

8.61 km

5.30 km

3.37 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

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Comments

March 29, 2022,🇵🇹 Caminho Histórico: Cabo de São Vicente > Vila do Bispo

Today I start a stage hike on the caminho histórico within the hiking network of the Rota Vicentina. These are several long-distance hiking trails and at the same time a project for sustainable tourism in the south-west of Portugal. The area is dominated by hikers, cyclists and surfers. Package tourism does not exist here.

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April 18, 2023,FMT 2023 Dag 7 Vila do Bispo-Sagres

Rota Vincentina, Fisherments Trail Day 7, from Vila do Bispo to Cabo Vincente

This morning we took the bus back to the place where we ended yesterday, vila do Bispo and from there to the coast to walk along the coastal path to the most southwestern point of Europe, Cabo Vincente.
First of all through some flat, barren landscape with …

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January 12, 2025,Fischerpfad 🇵🇹 Etappe 9 | Vila do Bispo - Sagres

A very beautiful and sunny day with the intermediate goal of the most south-westerly point of Europe. The stage was not very strenuous, just perfect for switching off and enjoying yourself. There were always moments when you could see the lighthouse in the distance. Until it became more and more frequent and more present. And suddenly you are standing at …

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March 2, 2026,RV9 - Vila do Bispo über Kap nach Sagres

Yesterday my feet were desperately demanding a rest day 😬 My hiking boots aren't designed for the gravel and asphalt roads of the last few stages, and my untrained calves are still groaning from the many kilometers in the deep sand of the first few days. So today I'm walking alongside the rock-hard tracks in the grass to the cape …

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March 31, 2024,🇵🇹"Trilho dos Pescatores "🎣 - 9.Etappe: Von Vila do Bispo nach Sagres"

And again this morning, rainy showers awaited us🌧, but after a hearty breakfast and the first sign of blue skies, we got dressed🥾, shouldered our backpacks🎒 and left Vila do Bispo. Of course, it didn't take long before we were surprised by the next rain shower. The wind blew the rain horizontally across the path and for the first time …

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May 22, 2023,Fischerpfad Tag 9- Von Vila do Bispo nach Sagres

This morning we continued on the historical path, which didn't have much to offer except for a few cows, sheep and goats 😉🤷. When we finally got back to the coast, we especially liked the colors of the cliffs. Now we went on a rocky, sandy path, always along the great coast to the southwestern point of Europe, to Cape …

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View of Cabo de São Vicente – Cabo de São Vicente loop from Vila do Bispo

Praia do Telheiro

View of Cabo de São Vicente

Seagulls' Rock

Ponta da Gaivota

Costa Vicentina Cliffs

Cabo de São Vicente Lighthouse

Cabo de São Vicente

View to Cabo de São Vicente

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