$1,718.66
5 أيام
نعم
* In case the minimum number of participants is not reached, the tour can be cancelled or extra charges applied
The Big Lake, named like this because after crossing the all South Alentejo and the Algarve inland feeling the width of the South Portugal Country Side you`ll discover and crossover the Europe`s biggest artificial lake.
Designed for off-road bikers with experience not because the dificulty of the tracks but because you should be in a medium good shape to ride the 4 days. If you are not in the best shape...don`t worry we have short cuts if in any time during the day you rather go straight to hotel.
This tour is a total of 5 days; your arrival, plus 4 days biking and more than 800 kms of all kinds of trails through sand, rivers, mountains and valleys, forest, single track, technical and fast flat lanes.
There is the possibility to add an extra night in Lisbon at the end of your tour and include a dinner with a Fado performence (World Music Heritage).
Non-bikers also possible in our rallyraid support vehicle.
Bring your family. We may manage a program that allows everybody to join in the end of the day and at lunch time.
You will experience
The beauty of Alentejo plains
Typical style accommodation in awarded Country Houses
Wonderful meals of traditional Portuguese cuisine
Wonderful medieval villages
Friendly, welcoming people
Unforgettable memories
Technical sandy tracks
Fast tracks to improve your drifting
Tight montain turns
GPS Navigation
Itinerary
Day 1 Lisbon - Evora - 0
Arriving to Lisbon Airport the transfer will take an hour to Évora. Check in at the hotel and pick up the appropriate equipment; boots, pants, helmets ...
Dinner is scheduled in a nice restaurant inside the ancient walls and you can enjoy a walk by lovely city of Évora, World Heritage by Unesco.
Day 2 Lousal - 216
Breakfast at 8.00 and briefing to explain you how to use the GPS, safety rules and other important details about the day stage. Leaving Évora towards north you`ll get wide lanes between fences of the Alentejo farms until you reach the Divor`s dam and a few more kms you`ll see in the top of the hill the XIII century castle of Arraiolos. Soon after we cross Ravasqueira`s vineyards just before we get to Ciborro, a litlle village plantted in the midle of nowhere. Turning southwest on typical tracks of this region you`ll slalow the cork oak trees and cross ahead a sandy bottom river before having lunch in Vendas Novas.
After lunch again wide lanes in sections sometimes sandy but firm. Refueling in Alcácer do Sal, then get in sandy tracks, a section to the try your skills, followed by bumpy tracks until the arrival to Lousal mines. The ruins worth visiting.
Day 3 Lousal - Portimão - 227
It is the longest stage of the expedition. Connecting Ermidas do Sado for refueling, and then go on sandy and great driving enjoyment tracks. Long bumpy tracks to the Cercal and soon after the Sierra, more technical and physically demading, followed by a section of the Rota Vicentina and the visit to "grab the Pious", already close Odemira, our lunch spot.
In the afternoon, more sinuous sections of Sierra before reaching Aljezur. We refuel, and headed to the Atlantic with the mythical descent of the "Barranco Canal", where you can enjoy the "needle tip", symbol of the beach of Arrifana. Then we went to this on wide slopes along the wind, passing the Odiáxere Dam, already very close to the Golf Resort where we will be staying.
Day 4 Portimão - Mértola - 181
Refueling shortly after departure, and by the "Enchanted Valley" where starts the crossing of the Algarve mountains with beautifull views over the Southern Atlantic Cost. Lunch "off track" by the Ribeira do Vascão. Refueling in Ameixial and pass by Martim Longo. Already near Mértola you`ll be riding side by side with Guadiana River, a great beauty and driving pleasure. Dinner in a Moroccan-influenced restaurant and spent the night in a hotel overlooking the Guadiana.
Day 5 Mértola - Evora - 216
Coming up the left bank of the Guadiana, visiting the "Pulo do Lobo" for a memorable photos. Passing by Serpa for the mythic fresh beer at "Lebrinha", followed by Pias and Moura, already very close to the Alqueva the Europe`s biggest articial lake. At Mourão the lunch will be served at "Adega Velha" where you`ll have a spontaneous performence of Alentejo`s rural singuers.
In the afternoon, the mediavel village of Monsaraz with an unforgetable view over the Lake!! Refueling in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Europe`s Wine Capital for one last wavy section near the Monte Novo Dam, as well near Evora, where we return after 4 days.
What's Included
Supplement price: $0.00
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Important notice, in case of cancellation: The flight tickets, supplements and optional services subscribed in this tour regardless of the basic program, are subject to 100% of early cancellation costs. |
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