The "Rota Vicentina" long-distance hiking trail
The Rota Vicentina - and especially the fishing path - has already been recommended to us by many other hikers and is now at the top of our personal hiking holiday wish list!
The long-distance hiking trail "Rota Vicentia" in the southwest of Portugal actually consists of two different, parallel hiking trails:
- The fishing path ("Trilho dos Pescadores") starts at "Porto Covo" and runs directly on the Atlantic coast.
- The historical path ("Caminho Histórico"), on the other hand, begins in "Santiago do Cacém" and runs mostly in the hinterland.
In the last third, the two long-distance hiking trails intersect several times and then end together at "Cabo de São Vicente", the cape at "Sagres", the southwestern city of Portugal.
However, whoever speaks of the "Rota Vicentina" usually means the much more popular fishing path: The largely undeveloped Atlantic coast in the southwestern tip of Portugal has a very special charm for hikers. There are many small guest houses and hotels along the route, and large hotel complexes are rarely found (in contrast to the nearby Algarve, the most popular coastal region in Portugal).
We have put together some information about the "Rota Vicentina" below - this relates only to the fishing path.
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You can use the to estimate the distance Tape measure function use. In order to calculate the approximate hiking time from this, the altitude and the altitude also play a role (see Hiking time calculator).
You can make an approximate estimate using the following table:
height meter (each time and descent) | Distance in km | |||
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10 km | 15 km | 20 km | 25 km | |
0 m | 03:00 | 04:30 | 06:00 | 07:30 |
250 m | 03:48 | 05:18 | 06:48 | 08:18 |
500 m | 04:42 | 06:06 | 07:36 | 09:06 |
750 m | 06:18 | 07:03 | 08:24 | 09:54 |
1000 m | 07:54 | 08:39 | 09:24 | 10:42 |
1250 m | 09:30 | 10:15 | 11:00 | 11:45 |
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Information about the long-distance hiking trail
Portugal: Rota Vicentina | |
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Length: | 183,5 km |
Elevation gain: | 3.270 m |
Descent in altitude: | 3.240 m |
The highest point: | 160 m |
Number of stages: | 10 days |
Altitude difference per stage: | 325 m |
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Rota Vicentina (fishing path): PDF hiking map for download (1: 25.000)
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Rota Vicentina (fishing path): GPX file download
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3D preview of the long-distance hike
The entire long-distance hike is available in a three-dimensional view at Ayvri.com. This can be very helpful when planning a long-distance hike. The preview is interactive: the camera perspective can be adjusted at any time using drag & drop. The speed of the preview can also be set variably.
(Click on the picture to open the 3D simulation on Ayvri.com)
Related Links
- Official Website: https://rotavicentina.com/en/
- Luggage transport: https://www.vicentinatransfers.pt/
12 November 2022
Open October open from Porto Covo near Lagos. Het was for me de tweede keer maar wat is het daar mooi en wat a geweldige route! Veel los zand waar je doorheen moet maar dat is het zeker wel waard. (I'll say that there are a lot of people with overly nice things that will happen in a nice place. Slim!) It's nice to see that you can sit and enjoy everything.
The route is perfect as indicated by the route without the avenue loop and the altiid fijn om die ook op gps bij me te hebben. Ik mis nl. wel eens een aanwijzing than ik van de omgeving aan het riveted ben! He zijn voldoende hostels in different price classes with te overnight stays. Van Odeceixe to Carrapateira loop je nauwelijks langs de kust and heb ik ervoor gekozen om met de plaatselijke bus te irritating. (see google maps)
Mensen van over de hele wereld and van all leeftijden lopen de route maar happy heb je meestal het idea dat jij de enige bent. Whenever you loop along the coast, you can't miss the Rota Vicentina.
I was flown to Lisbon with the Rota Express (long aftandbus) to Porto Covo and talked about the trip to Lagos Faro om van daaruit terug te fly.