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

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

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

04:21

68.2km

680m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very 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 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 40.7 km for 61 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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49.4 km

Coastal tower 🏰 Luz de Tavira

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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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50.8 km

Ribeira dos Mosqueiros 🌉 Ecovía do Litoral

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Wooden boardwalks and bridges guide the excellent gravel trail across the coastal wetlands and river estuaries.

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50.8 km

EcoVia do Litoral 🚴 Flor de Sal Salt Pans

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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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53.5 km

Salt Pans of the Ria Formosa Natural Park

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Very large areas for sea salt production. Very good air.

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54.2 km

Salt Pans 🌊 Fuseta

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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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57.0 km

Ecovía do litoral 🚴 Fuseta - Olhão

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Well-maintained gravel trail along the coastal wetlands

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59.5 km

Ria Formosa Waymarked Trail

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A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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59.8 km

Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

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A very well-developed cycle path with the following destinations:

Olhão is a city in Portugal with 14,206 inhabitants (as of April 19, 2021). Olhão is located in the so-called Sand …

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61.3 km

Ria Formosa Special Protection Area

Nature Reserve

68.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.3 km

23.8 km

6.79 km

5.06 km

197 m

Surfaces

28.2 km

20.3 km

13.5 km

4.65 km

897 m

679 m

Elevation

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (0 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

25°C

19°C

11 %

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Wooden boardwalk in Ria Formosa Natural Park

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