Circular routes

Haven’t you made your debut on Rota Vicentina? Start here.

These are short routes, with their beginnings circling back to their end points. These routes are an even easier way to discover the pleasure of hiking the SW of Portugal as they are short half a day or less hikes, without transfers or complications.

Your choice now has 24 routes, between Santiago do Cacém and Lagos, which complement and enrich the classics of the custom: Historical Way and Fishermen’s Trail.

24 Circular Routes are available in a total of 263 km.

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Datasheet

263 km in circular paths, starting and ending in the same place

24 half-day walking tours with a maximum of 16 km

Intuitive signage to make the entire journey in autonomy, both ways

Accommodation and other services along the entire route. Study the interactive map

If you’re a cyclist please check our netowrk of MTB trails in the Cycling Trials page, and always pay attention to hikers.

Avoid doing interior routes by bike or jeep. Study alternatives

The movement of vehicles in the dunes is prohibited

Difficulty level: see each course.

9

Historic Santiago

4.5

Sissal Beach

8 / 13

The paddy fields of Campilhas

7.5

Cercal do Alentejo

6 / 12

Mediterranean Ponds

3.5

S. Luís Gardens

5 / 8 / 13

Senhora das Neves

8.5

The Dunes of Almograve

11.5

Troviscais to Mira

8 / 12.5

S. Martinho das Amoreiras

8.5

S. Teotónio’s heathlands

13.5

Discovering Totenique

10

Santa Clara to the Lake

15

Odeceixe to the Sea

14.5 / 16

Odeceixe to the River

7

Amoreira

14

Carrascalinho

6 / 13.5

From Bordeira to the Sea

7 / 17

Endiabrada and the Hidden Lakes

10.5

Carrapateira Cliffs

14

Carrapateira Hills

5

Vilarinha

8

Amado

10 / 15.5

Cordoama

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