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CyCLE RoutEs | sPORTs TRAINING ROUTes | level 3
132 km
ACCuMuLAtED CLIMB
tavira
2400 m
The Cork Route is a circuit that lets you constant uphill and downhill sections, ensuring
learn about the mysteries surrounding cork you control your pace accordingly. other uphill
growing and the production of the famous sections on this route include Cova da Muda,
Algarve bottle corks. And it lets you explore Montes novos and Monte da Ribeira, with the
the municipality of são Brás de Alportel, final flourish being when you reach the top
on the first part of a route that sets off from of Alcaria do Cume. From there, it’s a pleasant
the city which straddles the River Gilão. on downhill ride of 40 km through the pretty
some parts of the route the incline can be more scenery of the eastern Algarve.
than 15% and you have to concentrate on the
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