Portugal Bike Tours & Cycling Holidays
Portugal Cycle Tours: An Overview
Portugal is an ideal place for a wonderful cycling vacation or bike tour. It has a mild climate and 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Cycling in Portugal presents an exceptional range of different landscapes to pedal through. Tradition and modernity blend together in perfect harmony. Its superb cuisine, fine wines and hospitable people make for a cycling holiday to never forget! Join Wild Atlantic Cycling for a unique challenge and cycle the Portugal N2 - the 739 km cycle route that starts in Chaves in the north and finishes in Faro.
Portugal End to End on the N2
Join us at Wild Atlantic Cycling for our fantastic cycle tour of Portugal on the N2. Otherwise known as the Portugal End to End or Portugal Top to Bottom. The N2 cycle route of Portugal has quickly become one of the Must Do cycling holidays of Europe! Our route is slightly adapted in places from the established N2 to avoid some busier sections and include a couple of fantastic detours that can't be missed! Find out more about the N2 Cycle Tour here.
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Cycle Portugal End to End N2
05 May 2023 and 22 Sep 2023
Overview of the Portugal N2 Cycle Tour On our Portugal End to End tour you will cycle the length of this wonderful country from North to South mainly on the popular N2 route. The N2 in Portugal is known as Europe's Route 66. The tour starts in Chaves - located in Northern Portugal, next to the shores of Tâmega river and only a few kilometres away from Spain, Chaves is a city that has both a natural beauty and an incomparable historical and cultural legacy. The tour is all on road. Level of Difficulty, Distance and Climbing The Portugal End-to-End tour is a challenging tour with some longer days in the saddle. Days vary, but generally the route has some climbs of medium difficulty and a few which are challenging. You will most likely need to train for the event and ensure you are fit enough to complete the distance and climbing. This Portugal cycle tour is suitable for our AVID Riders. Find out if you are an AVID or ACTIVE style of rider here. It is approximately 120 km and 1,700 meters of climbing per day. Price The price is £1,330 per person sharing. Some single rooms are available for an additional supplement of £350. Route Map of the Portugal N2 Cycle Tour Portugal N2 GPX / GPS Files All our cycle tours are supported with GPX files of the entire route. These start at the door of the hotel you are leaving and finish right at your finish hotel. The GPX route files for your Portugal N2 End to End cycle tour will be sent well in advance for you to check uploading to your bike computer. Any revisions will be resent. read more read less
What to Expect on a Cycling Holiday in Portugal
Landscapes and Cycling Portugal's N2
Whether you choose the sea at your side, to go up and down mountains, or to meander through the towns and villages, the options are endless! Within a few kilometres, you can go from the hills to the beach, from the hustle and bustle of the city to the peacefulness of the countryside since, in Portugal, there's a great diversity of landscapes within a short distance of each other. And it's even easier to make the necessary detours by bike to get to those places where the views are absolutely breath-taking. Also, many regions have invested in the creation of bike parks and in maintaining and improving trails, making it perfect for mountain biking.
The Portugal N2 cycle route is known as Europe's Route 66. National Road N2 offers some of the best road cycling in Portugal. It's one of the most varied and best cycling routes you'll find. The 739-kilometre route traverses the length of the country, from its mountainous north in Trás-os-Montes, to the verdant valleys of the south in the Barrocal Algarve. Wild Atlantic Cycling's Portugal End to End road bike tour offers a fully supported cycle vacation primarily following the N2 cycle route.
Portugal's N2 road crosses four mountain ranges, 11 rivers, and 35 municipalities, with a menu of local gastronomical delights and world-famous wine to fuel your journey of rich Roman heritage.
Porto airport is perfect to discover the North of Portugal, the Douro, to cycle to Santiago de Compostela by the Minho region; Lisbon airport is a better option to discover Sintra, the silver and blue coasts or Alentejo wine country; Faro airport will provide you a gateway into the south of the country, to the southwest coast and the Algarve. These are the three main airports in continental Portugal.
Weather whilst Bike Touring in Portugal
With a pleasant climate, without great extremes of temperature, and a sun that shines throughout the year, Portugal offers lovely conditions to be explored by bike. Portugal has a great cycling climate all year long. It faces the north Atlantic Ocean and is home to a maritime climate, with average annual temperature of 16 Degrees and sunny weather all year long, making it perfect for cycling in Portugal. In July or August, it's best to choose the region of your liking wisely, as it can be too hot for cycling in some interior areas. Autumn and Winters are moderate with sunny spring and summer seasons.
The most distinctive feature of Portuguese cuisine comes from the sea. As you enjoy a simple grilled fish, always fresh like the seafood that abounds from end to end along the coast, you can be sure that you are in Portugal! Cataplanas, bouillabaisses and any other fish or seafood dish are also excellent choices. Each dish is matched to the right wine. The whole country produces wine and, while Port wine is famous, the Douro, Alentejo and many other table wines are no less superior. On your Portugal cycle tour you will discover the Douro and Alentejo have been voted best wine countries in the world. Home to some of the best wine tasting, as well as picturesque and authentic landscapes, people, wineries, farms and culture. In short, Portugal's cuisine is as rich and varied as its landscape.