Most riders who come to the Algarve never cross east of Faro. Here are the limestone climbs, empty roads and the Granfondo course that makes the hills above Tavira so hard...
Seven road rides in the Serra de Monchique, from the 8km drag up Fóia to a 115km day via Silves, with the gradients and café stops that matter...
The coast road out of Armação de Pêra is flat and busy. Ten minutes north it becomes the Algarve's quiet climbing country, and the Malhão is waiting...
Flat coast in front, the Barrocal behind and a Volta ao Algarve climb within a morning's ride. Six routes and climbs from Quarteira, with the numbers...
The newest Garmin Edge units are brighter, sharper and last less than half as long on a charge. Here is which one a road rider should actually buy in 2026...
Five routes, five bases, one castle. Which ride to Silves suits where you are staying, and why three of them take the quietest road in the Algarve...
The only base in the Algarve where you are already in the hills. No coastal transit, no flat warm-up, just the Barrocal from the town boundary...
It climbs like an R5 and cheats the wind like an S5. Why one bike covers a whole fleet, and the honest caveats before you book one...
The best coastal riding in the central Algarve starts at Carvoeiro's door, not twenty kilometres away. Here is where it goes...
Maurten costs roughly three times more per gram of carbohydrate than the Portuguese staple. Here is when that is worth it and when it is not...
