Touring - Portugal Tour Routes?

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PeteW

03-06-06, 03:42 PM

We're headed to Portugal for 7 days in late April. What section of the country offers the best touring? We're experienced riders and usually ride 50-100 miles/day. We'll be travelling light and staying in hotels/B&B's. Thanks for any suggestions.

Jimmy Cactus

03-06-06, 04:36 PM

The biking association in quebec is offering the following 15 days biking tour. Maybe you could start from there... dont forget to click to the day by day link :

http://www.velo.qc.ca/voyages/travel.lasso?page=europe&surtitre=portugal

axolotl

03-06-06, 07:07 PM

I biked between Lisbon and the Douro valley. My favorite area was the Douro valley all the way down to Porto (a nice city) at the mouth of the Douro. The upper Douro valley is very hilly and is covered with vineyards. However, I have heard very good things abou the Minho region in northernmost Portugal just south of the Spanish border. We ran out of time and didn't make it there. In a week, you could bike in both the Douro valley and the Minho region.