14 Aug Best Cycling Routes in Quinta do Lago: Roads, Climbs and Local Knowledge
The smoothest tarmac in the Algarve, a lagoon on the doorstep, and 501 metres of climbing an hour north. Where to ride from Quinta do Lago...
The smoothest tarmac in the Algarve, a lagoon on the doorstep, and 501 metres of climbing an hour north. Where to ride from Quinta do Lago...
Some of the best close at 8pm, before the sun is even down in June. Here is where to drink at altitude in the Algarve, and when to arrive...
Granola before, a pastel de nata and a Coke during, Haribo in the pocket because chocolate melts. Fuelling a big ride using only what Portugal actually sells...
One of them runs out of a bike shop on the main road out of town, which makes the choice fairly straightforward...
Three directions out of town and the fourth one is the Atlantic. Here is how to ride from Sagres, and why the wind matters more than the gradient...
Pick the café first and let the ride follow, from a 24 km spin to Burgau to a 90 km loop for the best coffee in the western Algarve...
Percebes cost five times more on a plate than on the rocks, and the best kitchens are nowhere near the resorts. Here is what to order, and where...
December is the wettest month, July the driest, and wind matters more than either. Here is what the forecast actually looks like, month by month...
The highest climb in the Algarve, a fast flat run to a race circuit, and an easy ride to a Moorish castle, all from the same marina...
The Monchique cycling cafe now has a sea-level branch in Portimão, and it changes where every ride in town should start and finish...