In the embedded map you can see the hotels where I stayed. As a further planning and orientation aid, I have inserted markings at a distance of kilometers - these appear as soon as the map is zoomed far enough.
The route always runs as close as possible to the sea, I only deviated from it in the following places (kilometer markings appear on the map as soon as the map is zoomed far enough):
- at km 2: Because of the special landscape: way through the lagoon instead of on the beach.
- at km 18: Walk around the Marina de Vilamoura basin.
- km 26 to 28: Detour to one of the hotels / interesting gorge in the red cliff with a beach elevator.
- km 31 to 32: at high tide, a short stretch may not be passable here. Possible workaround: see Description of stage 2.
- at km 38: Marina de Albufeira harbor basin.
- at km 48: Here I think the path along the lagoon is more varied.
- between km 50 and 51 is popular because of the mouth of the Ribeira de Alcantarilha river. Even on or after rainy days, you can get through here in knee-deep water.
- between km 67 and 69 the coastal hiking trail is closed, this part unfortunately has to be hiked
- at km 75: In Ferragudo there is an option to shorten the hike by approx. 6 km: in good weather you can take the boat to Portimão (link: Taxi ferry Ferragudo). From there continue hiking from km 81.
- km 93 to 99: From Alvor, the route runs along the lagoon through the interior to get to the Mexilhoeira Grande train station. At km 97,5, the path leads a short section over the narrow, single-track railway bridge. Particular caution must be exercised here!
The route is also available as a GPX file download and as a PDF hiking map (see also Instructions for importing GPX files into the smartphone app):
Available downloads
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Coastal walk Faro to the west: GPX file download
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Footpath between the airport Faro and downtown
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Algarve: PDF hiking map for download (1: 20.000, coastal section Faro - Alvor)
4,90 €
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