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Algarve

Tavira (Santiago)

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira loop from Tavira

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Mountain biking trails

Portugal

Algarve

Tavira (Santiago)

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira loop from Tavira

Moderate

4.6

(5)

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Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira loop from Tavira

03:05

42.5km

330m

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: July 10, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Zona de Proteção Especial da Ria Formosa

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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22.2 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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25.2 km

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

Highlight • Cycleway

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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26.6 km

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira

Highlight • Castle

In Roman times this was an important port. Therefore, a fortress tower called Torre Aires was built so that the port city could be protected from here.

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30.0 km

Historic well 🌊 Ecovia do Litoral 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Highlight • Monument

Gravel section of the ecovia, with the restored remnants of a historic water facility a little uphill from the current stream bed, currently behind a fence a few yards off trail. Could be a water wheel or a well.

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30.1 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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30.7 km

Coastal EcoRoute 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Highlight • Cycleway

This as an actually bikeable section of the EcoVia do Litoral, which is a dedicated bike trail mostly without cars along the entire Algarve coast that's mainly gravel, with a …

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32.4 km

Santa Luzia Waterfront Promenade

Highlight • Trail

Beach promenade with view of the lagoon.

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34.3 km

Tavira lemon orchards 🍊🍋 along the EcoVia do Litoral

Highlight • Trail

This section of the EcoVia do Litoral bike trail is a wide gravel/packed dirt farm road, running a bit above and inlands of the salt works that occupy the lower lying wetlands, prime growing conditions for citrus fruit.

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42.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.2 km

17.3 km

1.11 km

802 m

741 m

368 m

Surfaces

15.3 km

10.4 km

9.26 km

4.99 km

2.63 km

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

27°C

17°C

10 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta – Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira loop from Tavira

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira

Historic well 🌊 Ecovia do Litoral 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Stream crossing 🌊 — EcoVia do Litoral, Pedras d'El Rei

Coastal EcoRoute 🚵 Pedras d'El Rei

Santa Luzia Waterfront Promenade

Tavira lemon orchards 🍊🍋 along the EcoVia do Litoral

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