Biking in Sintra, Portugal with Park E-Bike
While visiting Lisbon, we took a train to Sintra. There, we rented E-Bikes and rode between the different historical sights and palaces.
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Electric Bike Day Trips Sintra
A little intro to our Sintra Day Trips in Portugal, now featuring Electric Bicycles. All the joy of cycling up and down a UNESCO World Heritage site without even breaking a sweat. Our applauded Cycling Day Trips just got better!
Portugal's Hidden MTB Paradise - Part 2
Portugal is full of great mountain biking destinations but this place in particular, Figuera Da Foz, I had never heard of before. Some friends recommended stopping by here on our way around the country and am I ever glad we did!
Part 2 takes us down Little Cali rail which ends right on the beach in town. Following Joao of The Holidays Empire was one of the highlights of my time in Portugal. Guy can rip and has some really creative lines which I enjoyed trying to emulate a few times. Was great to ride with him before the start of the season back home.
If you're ever in Portugal check out his guiding outfit at He leads rides here in Figuera Da Foz and other nearby locations such as Lousa where the first round of the UCI DH World Cup goes down in 2020.
Park E Bike - Electric Bicycle daytrips and Rental
Riding through the hills from Palace to Palace on an Electric bicycle day trip in the UNESCO world heritage site of Sintra, Portugal.
Discover Portugal in a e-Bike - Explore Nature and the great outdoors of Peneda-Gerês National Park
Explore Nature and the great outdoors of Peneda-Gerês National Park - world heritage of biosphere by UNESCO (45 minutes from Oporto city). Do an Ebike tour and be amazed with the breathtaking landscape between the old villages of the Park.
Electric bikes offer a great advantage, allowing you to get to know some of the most beautiful trails near Peneda-Gerês National Park, going further in less time and not getting too tired to pedal.
With our high-quality facilities at Peneda-Geres Adventure Center by Tobogã we provide you the BEST group, family activities or private activities in the region.
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Wolf Rides - e-Bikes Sintra, Portugal
Follow your instincts Ride with nature !
WolfRides was founded by a young couple, who loves to travel and explore. After understanding the need and preferences of majority of people and after strong desire to offer something unique and special to add color to people’s lives Dana and Miguel created this project.
We realised that a lot of us have such busy intense lives and sometimes getaway to nature is a long forgotten but essential activity. As a result WolfRides decided to create unique tours and packages to take traveller to most beautiful, unknown, remote locations to dive into pure magic of nature, relax, acquire positive feelings and emotions.
Our aim was to provide experiences different from standard touristic routes and activities. We believe an intimate contact with nature and beautiful locations is the most therapeutic and helpful gift one could offer to the self.
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Micayla Gatto & Scotty Laughland Hit Sintra, Portugal's Best Trails | GoPro Track Down S1 EP3
Micayla Gatto & Scotty Laughland head to Sintra, Portugal for episode 3 of GoPro Track Down to sample the incredibly diverse trails on tap.
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E-MOUNTAINBIKE | Nature Movement EBike Tour | Algarve Portugal
We had family over this week from the UK and experienced a day with Nature Movement ebike Tours in the western algarve. Sadly Sarah was unable to join us this time :(
I've been curious as to how an ebike would perform on challenging terrain and we were all overwhelmed with how easy they are to use and how much further and longer you can ride without too much performance being compromised.
I will definately be spending another day with Nature Movement eBike tours - well worth the money!
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Exploring Quinta da Regaleira | Hiring a bike in Sintra | Week Four
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Day 22 - Millionaires pastle
Quinta da Regaleira. Past home to a batshit crazy millionaire. In the beginning, a basic palace was built on the land and owned by some dudes from Porto. But it was sold to Monteiro (the batshit crazy millionaire) in 1892. He basically made the palace grounds huge, and built loads of mementoes to represent his ideologies. This place was MASSIVE. No way he could find enough time to get use out of all this land otherwise. It was all really well done and really pretty. I loved the random, unique flowers and the huge, well-trimmed trees. The huge well stole the show for me though. The fact we could walk down to the bottom and it connected to a huge cave system was surreal. However, too many people knew about this place and I couldn’t move at my own pace at some points because of the crowds. We probably came a bit too late, ah well, still worth the visit.
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Day 23 - Goodbye Mr Frog
Teaching had finally finished. Time for a hike up to Mouros castle! Holy guacamole this place had the best views in Sintra! Views of the coast, Pena and the other White Castle I don’t know the name of! We are naughty though, we didn’t pay. We waited till the guard wasn’t looking, then legged it through the gate. This place delivered! Fewer people, more views, but… more steps. Claire doesn’t like steps. Or any sort of physical exertion. But it was worth it to see the top. This was an amazing day, but also a sad day. Claire has carried a teddy frog around with her for over a year, to remember a surprise holiday to Blackpool she took me on back in 2016. Mr Frog has now done his last trip with us and has started another journey. When Claire jumped off a wall, the frog fell off her bag. At the time we didn’t know this and we retraced our steps to find him. However, the agonising truth was discovered later as we watched the films from that day and witnessed Mr Frogs final moments. Don’t worry though, Mr Frog will live on forever!
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Day 24 - How to hire a bike in Sintra
I was SO excited for this day. I love bike riding, it’s one of my favourite things to do. Paired with my other favourite thing to do, seeing stuff! We woke up with high hopes and headed out bright and early! Which is 10am to us. We walked to the first bike rental place and they only rented out E-Bikes. EH NEH. Next place, only advanced bookings. Then we walked to a lovely little place near the train station called Greenwalk. Two lovely guys running a small business. Cheap too, €20 per day. The guys ran through a map and gave us so much information and worked out a route for us. Go pro set up, puncture kit packed, helmets on. Lets set off! Are you ready, Claire?
Zoom! We both zoomed off and started on what would turn out to be an epic adventure! A truly remarkable experience filled with jaw-dropping views. But first, we had already lost each other after 30 seconds of cycling. As navigator, I cycled ahead and expected Claire to be following, but she decided it was best to stay behind and blame me for being too risky.
Ok, now lets set off for real. She was doing so well. I'm an experienced cycler, so naturally I didn't expect Claire to keep up with me, but she was doing! For the first 5 minutes! We had to walk our bikes up most hills and she was so apologetic each time, it was adorable. I didn’t mind at all though, even when I had to walk two bikes!
First stop, Praia da Adraga. I didn't have this planned, however, the guy in the cycle shop recommended it. Let's give it a shot! 12km from the cycle shop to Adraga. And boy was it worth it! The waves were the biggest I have ever seen. Apparently, it was a surfers beach, so kinda expected I guess. But for your average plucky Brits, we were amazed. On to the next one! Cabo da Roca, the most westerly point of mainland Europe. Views? Amazing. Crowds? Absolute carnage. Meh, it’s alright. Cool to say we’ve been to the most westerly point!
This needs its own paragraph. Ursa beach. Was a spectacle. A true representation of why Nature is the Queen of beauty. Hobbled over the beaten track to this ‘Hidden Beach’. Wham. I was hit by one of the most beautiful views I had ever seen in my life. It was a difficult hike down to the beach and we just didn’t have time to go down. So I decided to run down as fast as I could while Claire stayed at the top. This was so worth it. If you go to Portugal, this is a must.
Now, 14km back to the Bike shop and sunset is 2 hours away. Come on Claire, let's get a move on! In the end, we decided my bike was easier to ride so we swapped, and it was mainly downhill so she did really well. Penedo village has some of the best views in Sintra. Bikes dropped off, I was pretty sure Claire's legs were about to fall off.
ELECTRIC CAR TOUR OF CASTLES / SINTRA, PORTUGAL
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Trailpark Serra de Sintra - Lisboa Portugal - MTB Winter-Roadtrip
While I was exploring this MTB-hot-spot near Lisboa,
I met some cool locals.
They have shown me some of their awesome trails.
It's like a park with a great trailnetwork, a Trailpark.
Whenever you go to Portugal / Lisboa check it out.
There is no need to bring your own bike.
It's also possible to hire one.
Guided tours, shuttle, mtb holidays in Portugal
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Electric Fat Bike Guided Tour Lisbon - Cascais - Costa da Caparica
Discover the secret sights of Lisbon, Cascais, Costa da Caparica on an Electric Fat Bike Tour. Cruise the seven Hills of Lisbon with minimum effort, experience Cascais or Costa da Caparica, in a more authentic, eco-friendly way with HappyFatBikes.com. Your Electric Fat Bikes Tours & Rentals Company in Costa da Caparica, Cascais, Lisbon, Sintra. Ride with us !! happyfatbikes.com
CYCLE : Sintra - Portugal
Welcome to the hills of Sintra, Portugal!
Back again with another cycling trail! A fast, bendy and hilly route takes you through the wonderful forest in Sintra. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site and famous for its amazing castle and beautiful village, most people tend to get to Sintra by train, from Lisbon. We decided to show how it looks when you cycle the surrounding roads.
A peaceful and grean landscape makes the perfect setting for a testing cycle, and pedaling instructions now help to know when to push harder for the quite large gradients.
Our Power Bar on the left of the screen shows the gradient you will be climbing and so will help you measure the effort exerted:
Bar 1: 0-2% gradient
Bar 2: 2.1-4% gradient
Bar 3: 4.1-6% gradient
Bar 4: 6.1-8% gradient
Bar 5: 8.1% gradient or more
Let us know what you think of the trail in the comments below. Like the power bar? Like the location? Want more like this? Or prefer more famous routes? Would love to your thoughts!
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Cycling in Portugal - view from Arrábida natural park
Arrábida is an amazing destination for road cycling and mountain biking. From the top, you have a spectacular view over the Convent, Setúbal and all over the portuguese Blue Coast, that stretches all the way from Tróia to the Alentejo natural park. For more info on our bike tours in Arrábida, click
Kamikaze trail (Sintra, Portugal)
My run on 2nd half of Kamikaze trail (RAW footage, GoPro).
Cycling around Lisbon
I did a tour with a friend in my bike throughout Lisbon, between the city center and forest park called Monsanto.
Some gnarly tracks!
CYCLE : Cascais to Guincho - Portugal
Welcome to Portugal!
This is a cycle trail from the seaside town of Cascais to Guincho Beach, just 25 kms from the capital, Lisbon.
The scenic road you will be cycling has been used in several TV productions and even a James Bond movie was shot at Guincho beach in the 60s.
The beach is famous for its golden sands and water sport activities. In the summer you have strong North-Western winds, which is great for kite surfing and windsurfing. In autumn and winter, the wind calms down and you´ll find some perfect waves. Several international surf and body board championships are being organized here regularly.
From Guincho beach you will also be able to see the Cabo da Roca, a cape which forms the westernmost extent of continental Europe. And behind that you will also see the Sintra mountains. Sintra is known for its many 19th-century romantic architectural monuments, which resulted in its classification as UNESCO World Heritage site. It has become a major tourist centre and in addition to the mountains and the nature park, Sintra is dotted with royal retreats, estates, castles and other buildings, including the mediaeval Castle of the Moors, the Pena Palace and Sintra National Palace.
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