Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

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Portugal

Algarve

Cabanas De Tavira

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

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Octopus Sculpture in Olhão – Gilão River 🌊 Tavira loop from Conceição

01:55

28.1km

120m

Mountain biking

Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

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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7.85 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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11.3 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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11.9 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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12.0 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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14.4 km

Santa Luzia Waterfront Promenade

Highlight • Trail

Beach promenade with view of the lagoon.

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14.8 km

Octopus Sculpture in Olhão

Highlight • Monument

What the town is famous for: octopus 🐙

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15.2 km

Fishermen's huts 🎣 Jardim de Santa Luzia

Highlight • Structure

Many pretty, colorful fishing boats anchor in the romantic lagoon, the Ria Formosa nature reserve. The lagoon flows like a river between the mainland and the offshore islands, a paradise for people, flora, and fauna alike.

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22.6 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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28.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.5 km

7.78 km

2.77 km

2.32 km

760 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.07 km

8.93 km

3.96 km

3.69 km

2.29 km

219 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 22 October

24°C

12°C

0 %

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Comments

September 28, 2024,Mtb loop

Interesting fact about the bridge over the river.If you look west from the the Bridge you can see the old roman bridge where a Legend starts. At the time of the Muslim occupation and Christian conquest of the kingdom of Algarve, there was a Moorish princess called Séqua and a Christian knight called Gilão. The two met and fell madly …