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Moncarapacho Town Square – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Faro

Moncarapacho Town Square – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Faro

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Moncarapacho Town Square – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Faro

04:42

113km

630m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 58.6 km for 145 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

13.5 km

Quiet road between Olhão and Moncarapacho

Highlight • Cycleway

17.7 km

Moncarapacho Cart

Highlight • Monument

19.3 km

Moncarapacho Town Square

Highlight • Settlement

The square is beautiful, with some churches and chapels, bars and restaurants.

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33.8 km

Tavira Castle and the Church of Santa Maria do Castelo

Highlight • Castle

The historic center of Tavira is beautiful, with narrow, cobbled streets. Some of the buildings are colorful or covered in tiles. To see: the old convent of Tavira, now converted …

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35.6 km

Tavira Roman Bridge and the Gilão River

Highlight • Bridge

Former military bridge built in 1990 as a temporary solution, following damage caused by a flood, but in the end it operated for more than 25 years.

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36.6 km

Discoveries Bridge - Gilão River

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful view of the Tavira riverfront from the Coastal Highway bridge across the Gilao river. Great spot to observe the sunset.

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37.0 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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80.3 km

Tavira Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The metal railroad bridge crosses the Gilão River.

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96.8 km

Ria Formosa Special Protection Area

Nature Reserve

113 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

60.2 km

47.2 km

4.15 km

662 m

380 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

106 km

6.52 km

213 m

159 m

Elevation

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Highest point (60 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Tuesday 14 July

28°C

19°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Moncarapacho Town Square – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Faro

Quiet road between Olhão and Moncarapacho

Moncarapacho Cart

Moncarapacho Town Square

Tavira Castle and the Church of Santa Maria do Castelo

Tavira Roman Bridge and the Gilão River

Discoveries Bridge - Gilão River

Gilão River 🌊 Tavira

Tavira Railway Bridge

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