Portugal, Algarve: Alte
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 8.84 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,325 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 1,325 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,413 ft
- TrailRank
-
44
3.2
- Min elevation
- 661 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 5 hours 46 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1322
- Uploaded
- July 17, 2012
- Recorded
- June 2012
near Alte, Faro (Portugal)
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Itinerary description
Tegen de helling van de Serra do Caldeirão ligt Alte, misschien wel het meest typische bergdorpje van de Algarve, met straatjes zo steil en smal dat er geen auto door kan. We parkeren dus aan de rand van het stadje, nabij de fraaie picknickplaats aan de bron Fonte Pequena. We volgen een stukje de grindweg langs de rivier en beklimmen dan links de overwoekerde helling naar het gehucht Soidos, waar we rechtsaf een goed gemarkeerd pad volgen naar een fraai uitzichtpunt. We keren terug naar Soidos en wandelen via Atalaia en Arneiro naar Santa Margarida om dan via Alcaria do Joao - waar we de GR13 'Via Algarviana' oppikken - terug te keren naar Alte.
Neem (zeker als't warm is) uw drank mee: buiten Alte zagen we geen café of winkel. Wandeling op 19/06/2012
Alte is situated on the slopes of the Serra do Caldeirão, it is perhaps the most typical mountain village in the Algarve with streets so steep and narrow that no car can pass. So we parked at the edge of Alte, near the pretty picnic area at the source Fonte Pequena. We followed the gravel road along the river for a while and then climbed left the overgrown hillside towards Soidos, where we turned right into a well marked path to a beautiful lookout. We returned to Soidos and walked through Atalaia and Arneiro to Santa Margarida and then to Alcaria Do Joao where we went on the GR13 'Via Algarviana' to return to Alte.
Take (especially when it's hot) your drinks with you: outside Alte we saw no cafés or shops
Walk on 19/06/2012
Neem (zeker als't warm is) uw drank mee: buiten Alte zagen we geen café of winkel. Wandeling op 19/06/2012
Alte is situated on the slopes of the Serra do Caldeirão, it is perhaps the most typical mountain village in the Algarve with streets so steep and narrow that no car can pass. So we parked at the edge of Alte, near the pretty picnic area at the source Fonte Pequena. We followed the gravel road along the river for a while and then climbed left the overgrown hillside towards Soidos, where we turned right into a well marked path to a beautiful lookout. We returned to Soidos and walked through Atalaia and Arneiro to Santa Margarida and then to Alcaria Do Joao where we went on the GR13 'Via Algarviana' to return to Alte.
Take (especially when it's hot) your drinks with you: outside Alte we saw no cafés or shops
Walk on 19/06/2012
Waypoints
Hiking
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Arneiro
Running
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Atalaia
Intersection
1,125 ft
Caminho de Soidos de Cima
Car park
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Carpark Alte
Carpark Alte, Distrito de Faro, PRT
Fountain
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Fonte Pequena
Fonte Pequena
Hiking
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Santa Margarida
Hiking
0 ft
Soidos
Hiking
0 ft
Via Algarviana Gr13
Panorama
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Viewpoint
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Hallo, LucT! Die Tour hat uns (Febr. ´13) sehr viel Freude gemacht: Danke! Es ist aber für den Teil der Strecke nach Soidos unbedingt ein GPS nötig; nur mit Karte wird man es nicht finden:
Grüße, Kasimir123
Richtig! Der Abschnitt zwischen km 1,7 und 3,0 ist keine richtige Straße und war auch nicht auf unserer Karte eingezeichnet. Es sind mehr oder weniger sichtbaren Ziegenpfade zwischen dornigen Sträuchern der Hang hinauf. Der Rest der Wanderung geht entlang meist guten Wegen und ist leicht zu finden.
Grusse, Luc
We have just completed this walk and I would like to point out that the track as currently shown is partly incorrect.
When one leaves the river, the actual turn off is 1,25 km from the start, to the left, through an overgrown path between to stone walls. After a few hundred meters this track stops and then it becomes necessary to turn left through old fields and over stone walls until the bottom of the valley is reached. Then there is a track used by local farmers that leads to Soidos.
The track leading to the top of Rocha dos Soidos is not shown. That part of the track is marked with the usual yelow and red signs.
Also to be noted that in Santa Margarida, the track follows the caminho Fonte Santa.
This is a beautiful walk with great views.
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Mooie track. Maar het lijkt me juist om ook de bedenkers van de route te noemen: Roel Klein en Bert Stok. Zij hebben de route beschreven in " Algarve , 26 wandelingen ".
Zoals reeds opgemerkt, het laatste traject naar Rocha dos Soidos ontbreekt in de track.
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Zie mijn eerdere reactie.
Bedankt voor de aanvulling. De meeste van onze wandelingen in de Algarve kwamen uit het boek "Mais de 50 Percursos Pedestres Pelo Algarve" waaruit ik in de Biblioteca Municipal in Albufeira een aantal pagina's gekopieerd heb. De auteur(s) daarvan herinner ik mij niet meer.