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Monchique

Monchique (Algarve, Portugal)

Monchique is a small, bike-crazy town in the mountains of the Algarve. No wonder there are also a lot of great mountain bike trails here. The two great trail classics in the region are combined with this route to create a varied tour.


Description

The starting point of the tour is the Velochique restaurant in the center of Monchique. From here, take the asphalt road up to the summit of Foia with its large transmission masts and radar installations. The summit is the starting point for the first singletrail descent along the western ridge. The initial section is challenging and scratchy due to the many thorn bushes. Below the large radar system, however, the trail becomes super fun, fast and varied. The path was created by mountain bikers and leads to the wind turbines and then down through the wooded terrain to a small asphalt road. Here it's time to pedal again, a panoramic road with a view down to the Atlantic coast leads up to the larger summit road, which you follow again to the very top to the transmission masts.

The second descent leads over the eastern ridge and has a similar character to the first descent: initially challenging and rough, then increasingly smooth and fun. Caution: In the second part of the descent, the local mountain bikers have built in some big jumps, but all of them can be bypassed without any problems. This super trail ends at a small road, which you follow for a short distance on the right before turning left into the forest and riding the last few meters of trail down to the village center.

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24 km

820 m

820 m

437 above sea level

892 above sea level

1 day

Monchique

Monchique

2109

well suited

Thomas Giger
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Bikeschools

No bike schools are registered for this region. Registration as a partner takes place here.

Bikeshops

No bike shops are registered for this region. Registration as a partner takes place here.

Bikehotels

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Beautiful scenery, well-maintained trails, and a stop at “velochique”—highly recommended!

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