"Towards Algarve" / Road Bike Tour / Start 14.02.2009 - End 20.02.2009

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Lisbon Region (south), Alentejo (coast) and Algarve (coast)

7 days / 6 nights / 5 days cycling

Lisbon (Lisbon and Tagus Valley)

Lagos (Algarve)

Intermediate. You must be in good shape.

395km (245mi)

79km/day (49mi/day)

100% asphalt

These are on secondary asphalt roads (100%), with less traffic. On these tours, you ride more km/day than on a Hybrid Bike Tour. These tours can be Guided or Self-Guided (with a GPS device on the handlebar).

These are mainly on asphalt/tarmac (more than 50%) with some off-road rolling trails. Usually the tours are a little bit longer than the Mountain Bike version tours. These tours can be Guided or Self-Guided.

These are mainly on off-road rough trails and single tracks (more than 50%), sometimes technical, with very little asphalt/tarmac. You need some biking skills and also to be in good shape. These tours are always Guided.

Hybrid Bike Tour

12 The Beautiful Alentejo Beaches

(…) PortugalBike provides a glorious combination of stunning scenery, challenging but fun biking, and a fantastic culinary experience. The bike route Beaches of Alentejo took us along the beautifully rugged and windy Atlantic west coast to the beginning of the famous Algarve. On hybrids bikes we were able to go where cars could not, and were rewarded with spectacular untouched landscapes. Jose and Cristina were fantastic hosts and guides, providing everything from choosing the best daily routes to the most scenic picnic spots and restaurants. Every detail was well organized and thought-out. I could not have asked for anything more in a biking adventure

= Maria Pacella - Age: 36 (Canada), 2007. =

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