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CyCLE RoutEs | wesTeRN | level 1
51 km

ACCuMuLAtED CLIMB
MonChiQue
975 m

Commonly referred to as the “garden” of southerly direction to the hamlet of Montes de
the Algarve, the municipality of Monchique Cima. From here the successive up-and-downhill
welcomes you for a ride that ends at one of stretches are great fun and will bring you through
the best-known holiday resorts in the inland the village of senhora do Verde until you reach
Algarve. Leaving the town and heading towards Rasmalho and the main Portimão/Monchique
Portela da Viúva-selão, the winding roads take road. on the way back, linger for a while at the
you around Fóia and afford one of the most spa town of Caldas de Monchique, where the
sublime views over the uplands and the Vicentine scenery inspires a sense of peacefulness.
Coast. From Portela do Vale, ride downhill in a

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Monchique

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