Sines to Herdade do Touril

Another very nice breakfast at the hotel, then we pushed our bicycles out of the underground garage and circled through city streets to begin our 42.7 mile ride to Herdade da Touril, an estate converted to a very nice country lodge complete with swimming pool, a donkey, sheep, and goats, all about one mile away from the coast. Had a tailwind today after headwinds the previous two days. Our first look at the famous cliffs, with periodic beaches that line much of the coast of this part of Portugal, the Algarve. Lots of gravel roads mixed with pavement that took us along shorelines, cliffs, beaches, stork nests, lots of agriculture, including a team picking beautiful carrots. Nifty room with cork headboard and wooden farm implements. Another great dinner with fish and wine.Read more