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Portugal
Algarve
Alte

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

Routes
Mountain biking trails
Portugal
Algarve
Alte

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

Hard

21

riders

Fonte Grande de Alte – Fonte Grande de Alte loop from Faro

05:53

69.3km

1,220m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 48.9 km for 268 m

After 53.5 km for 251 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

83 m

Fonte Grande de Alte

Highlight • River

The main attraction in Alte is Fonte Grande, a beautiful natural pool transformed into a bathing area, where the spring gushes forth in cold, crystal-clear water. A stone channel carries …

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2

1.97 km

Orange Groves of Barrocal

Highlight • Natural

Gravel Cycle, Easy dusty tracks

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3

3.98 km

Benafim Church

Highlight • Religious Site

It is said that the Church of Our Lady of Glory, in Benafim, stands on the site of a former mosque, where traces of Arab roots were found.

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4

13.0 km

Singletrack With a View of Rocha da Pena

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

One of the best and especially longest single trails in the Algarve. Sometimes you have a magnificent view, but you have to concentrate very much on the ground. It's stony and slippery when wet.

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25.5 km

Fonte Grande de Alte

Highlight • Natural Monument

It's a village in the interior of the Algarve. The Ribera de Alte River flows from a mighty spring. The water is said to be very healthy and can be …

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6

30.5 km

Barrocal

Highlight • Trail

7

44.4 km

View of Espargal

Highlight • Viewpoint

What a vision!

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68.4 km

Parish Church of Alte

Highlight • Religious Site

Quiet village, with cobbled streets, fireplaces, springs and the beautiful Queda do Vigário waterfall. In summer, the river beaches of Fonte Pequena and Fonte Grande, which are, in reality, bathing basins on the Alte river, are very pleasant.

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69.3 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.5 km

23.8 km

10.5 km

5.36 km

1.17 km

Surfaces

30.2 km

10.9 km

10.6 km

8.85 km

8.54 km

279 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

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Sunday 18 October

23°C

12°C

29 %

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