Longer Routes

There are so many options in Portugal – it depends on if you want coast, hills, small towns, castles… or a combination.

The routes below are just some ideas to get you started. You can also help expand the resources on this site by sharing details about your own routes. Use the Leave A Reply box below or email pedalportugal@gmail.com.

Some of the ideas below link up or overlap to some degree. You may also want to check out the other pages in  this section:

• Day Rides contains shorter rides, divided up by area
• Pedal Portugal Tours has routes we used to follow when operating guided tours
• Off Road has information on ecopistas and ciclovias, which are designated traffic-free cycle routes

Route suggestions

The lines on the map below give an indication of the different routes in this section – please note that this does NOT include our former Pedal Portugal guided tour routes. Follow the links below to the individual pages for details:

Alentejo Circuit: A tour around some of the prettiest towns in southern Portugal.

Alentejo to Algarve: A direct inland route down through the Alentejo to just north of Faro.

Central Bypass: An option if you want to avoid Lisbon – taking you across Portugal from Evora in the Alentejo to Peniche on the Beira coast.

Portugal Explorer: Taking in some of the magnificent castles dotted along Portugal’s wild and wonderful border country – divided into two sections (Alentejo and Beiras).

Sea to Salamanca: Another route taking you across Portugal, this time from the Atlantic coast south of Aveiro and across the border to Spain.

Alternative ideas

Pedal Portugal’s guidebooks include Cycling The Algarve, which includes a six-day touring route, plus a couple of two-day rides and 10 day rides.

Crazy Guy On A Bike is a wonderful information source through its an collection of online journals from individual’s cycle trips the world over.

It’s a great site because you can search by location… or just browse and read about other people’s adventures. (And look at their pictures). For the Crazy Guy entries on Portugal, click here.

Ramble Out Yonder includes a series of five posts on a month-long trip through Northern Portugal from 2012 – starting here – with a route map, notes on accommodation and descriptions of the ride, plus some great photographs.