BTT L Parragil
The mountain bike route at Parragil in the council of Loulé takes off from the village's main cross roads heading south west. At first slowly down hill on a tarmac road. Soon we turn left to remain high on the hill side being offered new views on the coast and the Atlantic Ocean after every corner. We pass through the village of Soalheira and go around it towards Varejota. Only here we turn off road, inland and uphill. Not very high though. The descent on the other side of the hill top goes a lot deeper then where we came from. Very pleasant, this usually seems the other way around. At good pace we get back to the main road at the Monte Seco junction. The second half of the circuit remains on the western side of this road. no more tarmac, great country tracks. After passing through the Boa Hora valley the easy part is done and we strart climbing the dry rocky trails. A beautiful old connection track takes us along vegetable fields at the foot of Picota in direction of Alfontes. Long before we get there we have to negotiate some violent sections and suddenly take a sharp turn up to the left and start dealing with the climb to Picota itself. The climb soon becomes more gentle and when we get as high as São Faustino we start cruising relaxed along Picota's northern side overseeing the mighty Algibre valley. Finishing requires some attention, be sure to break enough and stop before flying onto the Parragil cross roads.
Distance: 15,09 km.
Accumulated ascent: 358 m.
Our rating:
- Technical difficulty: 2/5
- Physical difficulty: 3/5
- Scenery: 3/5
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