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61 km

ACCuMuLAtED CLIMB
v. do Bispo
835 m

situated at the westernmost tip of the Algarve, and Barão de são João. In Bensafrim, you begin
vila do Bispo joins with the Parque Natural the climb up to Espinhaço de Cão on a wide road
do sudoeste Alentejano e Costa vicentina that will take you to the opposite side of the
(southwest Alentejo and vicentine Coast hills. the sudden change in the scenery along
Nature Park) to attract visitors to its beautiful the Vicentine Coast will take you by surprise as
beaches and bays, some on the southern coast you descend to the little villages of Bordeira and
and some on the western coast. this route will Carrapateira. then, after a gentle uphill stretch,
first of all let you explore the civil parishes of you will come to a plateau where a steady wind
Raposeira, Figueira and Budens. After this, you carries the intense scents of the still pristine
head north to the villages of Barão de são Miguel natural surroundings.

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Vila do Bispo

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