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CyCLE RoutEs | CeNTRAl | level 2
85 km

ACCuMuLAtED CLIMB
vilaMoura
1480 m

This idyllic holiday resort with its elegant descent to the Algibre stream. Here you join a
marina, winner of various international flat road that will take you to Querença, a typical
awards, is the starting point for an adventure village that is an undeniable benchmark in terms
in which the different elements of nature seem of regional gastronomy. the toughest part of the
to combine to enchant you. the route starts route requires some energetic pedalling up to
off flat then gradually rises up to Alfontes, where são Romão and Relógio, but then you can ease
the first uphill stretch – 2 km long – takes you to off on the way back down, passing through Vale
Picota. With the sea still claiming a spot on the do Lobo and Quinta do Lago, in Almancil.
increasingly diverse landscape, you begin the

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