Algarve Cycling Tours

In the Algarve cycling day tours and holidays are a great way to get off the beaten track and explore the region's diverse landscapes and take in some beautiful views and sights.

Algarve Cycling Tours

We offer Algarve cycle tours for both occasional cyclists who want a leisurely, reasonable flat ride and more demanding, longer tours for regular cyclists who are up for tackling a few hills. Depending upon your preferences, you could cover anything from 20-35km on a cycle tour (2-4 hours of cycling), you can go at your own pace and will have plenty of time to stop off along the way, take photos, enjoy some sightseeing or just refuel with a leisurely lunch. On the tours you'll be accompanied by an experienced guide who knows all the best back roads and tracks and points of interest. You can bring your own bike or we can arrange mountain bike and helmet hire.

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There are lots of great Algarve cycling routes. These are some of our most popular Algarve cycling tours to give you an idea of the type and range of tours on offer. These tours leave from Boliqueime (near Vilamoura and Loule)

Down to the coast
This tour really shows the diversity of the Algarve taking in the ruined castle at Paderne and the towns of Alvor and Tunes before winding along the striking coastline to Albufeira's colourful new marina and old town. 30km in total of moderately easy cycling.

Taking to the hills
Enjoy spectacular views as you head up and over the hills to Querenca, through the Fonte de Benemola nature park to the historic town of Salir and from there on to Alte via the rocky outcrop of Rocha da Pena. A break for sightseeing, shopping, maybe swimming then we head home via the vertile valley of Paderne Around 40 km of moderate cycling with plenty of hills but nothing too strenuous.

Tour of the Golf resorts
This Algarve cycling tour combines the modern golf resorts of the central Algarve with visits to more tradtional towns. From the gleaming yachts of Vilamoura marina the route takes you to the millionnaires' mansions and beach cafes of Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo. Then its time for a visit to the famous church of Sao Lorenco and a chance to explore the traditional market town of Loule before heading home on some picturesque back roads. Around 35 km of moderately easy cycling with just a few hills.

Mountain Biking
There are some great fun mountain biking routes in the Algarve along dirt track roads, challenging single track riverbanks pathways and through remote hill top villages and splendid scenery. We have a choice of mountain bike tours are suitable for both relative novices as well as regular riders who relish the challenge of some big hills and tricky tracks.

Algarve Cycling Holidays

In addition to the day tours we offer dedicated Algarve cycling holidays including trail rides, mountain biking and single base holidays. On our 3 or 7 night sngle base holidays you'll stay at a 4* hotel in the pretty village of Boliquieme from where you can explore the Algarve by bike and also have free time to enjoy other activities. Please let us know if you would prefer to cycle mainly on road or to go mountain biking. The 3 night holiday includes bike hire for 2 days and 1 guided Algarve cycling tour and costs from 229 euros to 319 euros per person (depends on the time of the year) based on two sharing a twin or double room. The 7 night holiday includes bike hire for 5 days and 2 guided Algarve cycling tours costs from 449 euros to 679 euros per person based on two sharing a twin or double room.

We also offer trail rides across the Algarve, staying in a different town each night. Each of the 7 nights hotels are located in interesting places where there are a choice of places to eat and explore. The Ecovia do litoral is a new dedicated Algarve cycling trail that links Sagres in the west of the Algarve to Vila Real de S. António on the Spanish border. This route combines trails in nature protection areas with linking stretches on traffic calmed or car-free routes. With a total of 214 km, the Ecovia do Litoral runs across 12 Algarve municipalities. There are two options for this ride. The first is a five night holiday with four moderately challenging days of cycling and the second a seven night option allows for a gentler pace with six relaxing cycling days and more time to explore the interesting towns along the way.

The five night holiday costs from 409 euros to 529 euros per person based on two sharing a twin or double room and the seven night holiday costs from 509 euros to 679 euros per person based on two sharing a twin or double room.

Our other trans-Algarve trail ride we have called the Best of the Algarve as it combines the best of the coastal way with the finest inland scenery and the chance to visit many delightful country towns and villages. This holiday provides up to 2 weeks of cycle touring including one rest day per week. You can choose to ride week 1 the Eastern Algarve to Silves, or week 2 the Silves and Western Algarve tour, or both weeks consecutively. The "Best of the Algarve" is designed to be a gentle and relaxing cycling holiday cycling mainly on quiet tarmac roads and occasionally on dirt tracks. There are options for daily route extensions if desired. Each evening you'll be staying in a good quality hotel in a different town with a choice of good restaurants to enjoy a well earned evening meal.

This Algarve cycling holiday includes quality bike hire with panniers to carry your luggage and essential bike equipment, detailed maps and directions, transfers to the start of the route and collection from the end and costs from 539 euros to 669 euros per person for 1 week or 749 euros to 1029 euros per person for 2 weeks based on two sharing a twin or double room. Please contact us for prices for solo cyclists or if you would like us to add luggage transfers or other services.



Mountain Biking Along the Via Algarviana
The Via Algarviana is a newly created long distance walking route, part of the European network of long distance GR routes and it's also a great, fun, sometimes challenging ride for mountain bikers. The Via Algarviana links Alcoutim on the Spanish border with Cape St Vincent, the south western tip of Portugal, a journey of around 240 km. The route offers a variety of surfaces from tarmac to tricky rocky slopes, dirt track roads and single track sections. The section of the Via Algarviana that we have chosen for our mountain biking holiday covers 168km and starts in the picturesque hillside village of Alte and heads west to Cape St Vincent. This section offers the best scenery, the most interesting places to visit along the way and good quality accommodation close to the route. It is also the most ride-able section for competent mountain bikers, though we can also recommend alternative routes for those clients wishing to avoid the most challenging sections.

The Via Algarviana mountain biking holiday is aimed at fit and competent mountain bikers. It is for this reason that the holiday price does not include bike hire, as our experience is that keen and regular bikers will want to bring their own bikes with them for this type of holiday. However, hire of good quality mountain bikes can be arranged if required. The cost of the Via Algarviana mountain biking holiday ranges from 225 euros per person to 325 euros per person (depending on the time of the year and based on two people sharing a room).

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