Passage of automà ³ vel - approach Extensão 56 km

This passage joins três completely different zones of the Algarve: the south coast, with its beaches repletas, the green heights of the mountain range of Monchique and the landscape wasteland of the atlântica façade. In this stroll navegação evident é, therefore excuses itinerà ¡ detailed river.

SaÃda é de Portimão and becomes for north for the EN124. In Port of Lakes (name that suggests the one that point the assoreamento of the rivers if accented throughout the séculos) we branch off the left for the EN266. We are 11km of our first objectivo, Caldas de Monchique.

The spas function of 1 of June the 31 of October, being its ¡ guas recommended for reumà ¡ tico, afecções respiratà ³ you laugh and digestive as well as the problem of the bones. In the Caldas the edifÃcio one of the spas is distinguished elegant and decorated, in drawing neo-à ¡ rabe, peça romântica caracterÃstica of the ends of séc. XVIV. The surrounding bush, in £o having jà ¡ the esplendor of long ago, can still provide agradà ¡ veis strolls pé, safe alternative to the coast, Tornado insuportà ¡ vel for canÃcula of correlative August and multidões.
The village of Monchique, that after that is crossed, little seems to have of algarvia. One would be said versão modified of Sintra, são in such a way clear semelhanças to nÃvel of the houses and vegetação surrounding. The great única diferença é that in the sobranceiras hillsides the incêndios and eucaliptalização têm changed the landscape radically.

Before you attack heights of FAN ³ went, higher point of the Algarve with its 902 m, the traveller can make 8km northeast and to visit the interesting village of Alferce, the two steps Pillory, imponent other cabeço (773m).

Além of a ¡ guas, Monchique é known for its chairs and banks in shears, of inspiração Roman. They manufacture them Jaime Baiona, Jorge Manuel and José Tapir ³ nio Salvador (informações in the House of the Arcs, Old Road, Monchique).

After the heights, the trip for the coast. Leaving Monchique in direcção of Aljezur, it is transferred in curious povoação of

Marmelete (casinhas white between carob trees) e, apà ³ s first quilà ³ meters of curves, reaches it road of good floor that takes in them to the end of the passage (30km).

Aljezur é a land of artesões. In the Street of Nascer of the Sun it finds Carminda Saints (trapologia) Manuel of the Glà ³ laughs and Isidoro Saucers (it would cestaria). More ahead, in the Old Village, José WOOL ¡ zaro manufactures miniatures wooden. In the Plaza of the Pillory,

nº 5, can visit a “atelier” figurative Manusfactum and appreciate exposição of peças in cerâmica of Ernest Guerreiro and Zabel Underbrush.

Of this última village € “ where we suggest a stroll to it pé with navegação the letter (that poderà ¡ to ask for in the tourism rank), can leave later in direcção of the coast and to visit some of jà ³ you went of the Vicentina Coast: Arrifana, Bordeira (in £o it leaves to visit the village of name the same), Carrapateira, beach of the Loved e, over all, sucessão of half-desert beaches the north of Village of the Bishop (Castelejo, Murração, Cordoama, etc.). That is, one I add more of 60km to the passage.

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