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Algarve

Vila Real De Santo António

Beautiful forest section – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Vila Real de Santo António

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Portugal

Algarve

Vila Real De Santo António

Beautiful forest section – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Vila Real de Santo António

Moderate

4.3

(65)

291

riders

Beautiful forest section – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Vila Real de Santo António

04:18

63.3km

390m

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: June 12, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Parque Natural da Ria Formosa

Reserva Natural do Sapal de Castro Marim e Vila Real de Santo António

Ria Formosa-Castro Marim

Zona de Proteção Especial da Ria Formosa

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.18 km

Mata Nacional das Dunas Litorais de Vila Real de Santo António

Forest

6.26 km

🇧🇫Cabanas Tavira EuroVelo Route E1 to Santo de Antonio

Highlight • Trail

Shady pine forest with a quite acceptable path

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7.22 km

Beautiful forest section

Highlight • Forest

Shortly before Monte Gordo it goes through a beautiful forest. You can use the hiking trails.

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12.7 km

Ecovia do Litoral

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path is in some parts very poorly signposted and often only found by luck!

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26.1 km

Salinas de Tavira

Highlight • Structure

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

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27.0 km

Salt harvesting in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Highlight • Structure

In the salt pans, the salt is extracted with an excavator. That is certainly faster than shoveling by hand.

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29.7 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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33.8 km

Cabanas de Tavira Waterfront Promenade

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice and small gravel roads, choose the Ecovia Litoral trail..

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62.4 km

Castro Marim to Vila Real de Santo António Bike Path

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Great bike path, which can get crowded, especially in the summer months...

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63.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.2 km

19.4 km

5.74 km

5.21 km

2.77 km

1.72 km

Surfaces

34.8 km

14.8 km

7.60 km

3.80 km

1.93 km

162 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 2 July

33°C

22°C

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Comments

November 24, 2023,Cacela Velha – Vila Real de Santo António 🏛️ loop from Conceição

A really beatiful ride, we complted on renter ebikes from Tavira, but could have done it quite happily on regular bikes. Passed through some nice villages and countryside, plenty of coffee stops, no reason to rush the journey

October 12, 2022,Algarve Day 6 Tavira to VRSA

Today was a leisurely ride through quaint little villages and beach towns to the Guidiana River that is the border with Spain. There is a large weeklong street festival in our last town attracting thousands of tourists packed on to the streets lined with vendors' stalls selling all manner of goods. We were able to take a ferry to Spain …

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🇧🇫Cabanas Tavira EuroVelo Route E1 to Santo de Antonio

Beautiful forest section

Ecovia do Litoral

Salinas de Tavira

Salt harvesting in the Ria Formosa Natural Park

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Cabanas de Tavira Waterfront Promenade

Castro Marim to Vila Real de Santo António Bike Path

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