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Cabanas De Tavira

Ria Formosa Salt Pans – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

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Portugal

Algarve

Cabanas De Tavira

Ria Formosa Salt Pans – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

Moderate

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Ria Formosa Salt Pans – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

03:26

51.8km

380m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 39.5 km for 136 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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29.2 km

Ria Formosa Salt Pans

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Great park with many opportunities to discover flora and fauna.

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33.4 km

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

Highlight • Trail

Wooden boardwalks and bridges guide the excellent gravel trail across the coastal wetlands and river estuaries.

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34.9 km

Ria Formosa, Torre d'Aires 🏰 EcoVia Do Litoral

Highlight • Monument

Torre de Aires (also known as Torre d'Aires or Aires Gonçalves) is a site the village of Luz de Tavira. This village was part of the defense system of the Portuguese maritime territory. This watchtower covering the Ria Formosa was long abandoned and is now stabilized in arrested degradation.

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39.5 km

Bridge to Praia do Barril 🏖️ Ilha de Tavira

Highlight • Bridge

Cross the foot bridge to get to the Mini-Train or to walk the 1 km hiking path leading to the beach

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44.8 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. All three offer great views of the estuary and the old town.

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45.9 km

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Highlight • Monument

Small park in downtown Tavira, a couple of blocks north of the Rio Gilao. At the center is this statue inaugurated in 1971, in honour of Dom Marcelino Franco, Algarve bishop.

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46.1 km

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Highlight • Bridge

Despite its name, the bridge itself is neither Roman nor has a Roman origin. It was built when Tavira belonged to al-Andalus (the Islamic Domain of Iberia), most probably in the 2nd half of the 12th century. Then, for a few decades Tavira was an independent commune, before being submitted to the Almohade Empire.
The bridge was a fundamental element of the medieval defence of Tavira and its associated main road, limited with towers in both sides. It had houses on it in the Middle Ages. By 1550 it had apparently a movable wooden floor which could be removed for security reasons. The old bridge collapsed in 1655, then completely rebuilt in its present form. tavira.algarvetouristguide.com/attractions/the-old-roman-bridge

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49.4 km

Salinas de Tavira

Highlight • Structure

Not the largest salt pans on the Algarve, but still impressive.

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51.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.7 km

8.28 km

5.48 km

3.10 km

209 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

36.8 km

8.22 km

2.92 km

2.48 km

1.27 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (120 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Sunday 5 July

34°C

22°C

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Ria Formosa Salt Pans – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

Ria Formosa Salt Pans

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

Ria Formosa, Torre d'Aires 🏰 EcoVia Do Litoral

Bridge to Praia do Barril 🏖️ Ilha de Tavira

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Jardim da Alagoa 🌴 Statue of Dom Marcelino Franco

Old/Roman Bridge 🌉 Tavira

Salinas de Tavira

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