Cycle Tour Tavira VRSA Ayamonte Tavira

The Tour Sarts at 8/9 am at Tavira, we cycle to Vila Real de Santo António that takes approx 3/4 hours.

We have a choice of taking lunch there or crossing the river by a small ferry to Spain and lunching in Ayamonte

There are many inexpencive restaurants in both towns for you to explore.

We stay in either town for a few hours after lunch before taking the train back to Tavira.

Tavira

With long and inviting beaches, typical roofs and chimneys, this colourful city will give you a beautiful sight of the Gilão River and His roman bridge. Here, you can find several churches to visit: Santa Maria do Castelo (XIII – XVIII Centuries), Misericórdia (Renaissance), Nossa Senhora das Ondas (XVII century), São José (with Gothic and Manueline elements), churches São Paulo e Carmo (XVII – XVIII centuries). If you walk along the Dona Brite Avenue, you will see the beautiful medieval houses with gothic styled windows and doors. In the surroundings, in the little Luz village, there is a church ,of the time of the Rnaissance, wich was, for many centuries, place of pilgrimage.

Vila Real de Santo António

The ancient village of Santo António De Arenialla, builded by fishermen at the edge of Guadiana River, was destroyed by a violent storm. With the same determination showed in the rebuild of Lisbon after the 1755’s earthquake, Marquês De Pombal decided to rebuild a new “Santo António” from the ancient ruins.

The presence of sardines and tuna fish in the waters of the Algarve’s Coast, made the city in an important “fishing center”, while the city’s port were used by boats that floated the Guadiana River to load ore extracted from São Domingos mines.

The city innovated in 1886, was the first town in Algarve to have gás ilumination.

Price per person 50 euros this includes the bike & equipment

The price of the directions of the tour vaires you have

choice of the following

With a guide 25 euros an hour

With a GPS 50 euros a day

With the maps and papers 30 euros :

BICYCLE

Model:

         Name: Giant Explorer;

         Gears: 7 Speed;

         Rear Mech: Shimano Altus;

         Front Mech: Shimano Nexave;

         Wheel Size: 28 (700);

         Lights: Front and Back;

         Stand;

         Gear Type: Shimano Grip shift;

         Front Suspension and seat post suspension.

         Rear and front mud guards

More information:

         Rack;

         Lock and key;

         Bag with Allen key, tyre lever and emergency kit;

         Pump and water bottle support.