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Cafe Velochique – Monchique Town Center loop from Estação Ferroviária de São Marcos

Cafe Velochique – Monchique Town Center loop from Estação Ferroviária de São Marcos

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Cafe Velochique – Monchique Town Center loop from Estação Ferroviária de São Marcos

03:25

64.8km

1,200m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

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After 28.1 km for 93 m

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15.0 km

White Chapel of Monchique

Highlight • Religious Site

You can find it directly after the climb. You can visit its interior. Besides being unusual, it's super cool inside. It's a pleasure on hot days.

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28.0 km

Cafe Velochique

Highlight • Cafe

Very nice Café!

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28.1 km

Outdoor café in Monchique

Highlight • Cafe

On the main square you will find some restaurants and cafés before the next climb.

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28.2 km

Monchique is located in a valley on the slopes of Mount Fóia. It is known for the nearby six hot springs, "Caldas de Monchique," and the panoramic 902-meter-high Fóia Mountain. Here you can enjoy the Algarve in its purest form, whether by road bike, mountain bike, or on foot.

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32.0 km

12% climb in Monchique

Highlight • Climb

nice ramp on this quiet and shady side route - but easy to drive

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32.5 km

Scenic Road Through Eucalyptus Forest, Monchique

Highlight • Forest

Up and down, perfect road surface and pure nature.

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42.8 km

Monument to the Construction of the Monchique Road

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Quiet stop before climbing to Alto da Fóia. This road is not so used nowadays but this mosaics show the original process of road building. The first tarmac arrived here in the 1930's.

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64.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.8 km

19.1 km

986 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

61.5 km

3.26 km

138 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

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Monday 18 May

26°C

8°C

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Cafe Velochique – Monchique Town Center loop from Estação Ferroviária de São Marcos

View of the Monchique Hills

White Chapel of Monchique

Cafe Velochique

Outdoor café in Monchique

Monchique Town Center

12% climb in Monchique

Scenic Road Through Eucalyptus Forest, Monchique

Monument to the Construction of the Monchique Road

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