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Algarve

Tavira (Santa Maria)

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Porta Nova

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Tavira (Santa Maria)

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Porta Nova

Moderate

4.6

(32)

159

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Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Porta Nova

03:42

54.4km

240m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: April 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Zona de Proteção Especial da Ria Formosa

Ria Formosa-Castro Marim

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.14 km

Chapel of São Sebastião (St. Sebastian)

Highlight • Religious Site

The Hermitage of St. Sebastian in Tavira is an 18th-century Baroque chapel built on medieval foundations. It contains a unique series of paintings from 1759 depicting the life of St. …

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7.17 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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12.4 km

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

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The EcoVia following the coast is mostly well-maintained gravel, here passing through the Parque Natural Da Ria Formosa, protecting the wetlands in the former salines, and some remaining operational salt works.

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16.3 km

Beach

22.5 km

Shoreline Path in Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Highlight • Trail

Great scenery to the ocean, the reefs and on the shore

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28.2 km

Wooden boardwalk in Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

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It's just a pleasure to bike through nature 😘

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32.3 km

Bridge in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Bridge

The nature park is very well developed and can be explored by bike or on foot! 🦩

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35.6 km

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta

Highlight • Natural

The EcoVia do Litoral is a mostly well-maintained gravel trail following the coast, here weaving on beautiful narrow dams trough the lagoons and wetlands in the former salines, and some …

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53.0 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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54.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.6 km

17.5 km

4.31 km

2.89 km

140 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

13.3 km

11.4 km

7.69 km

7.62 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 20 May

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