Portugal

Algarve (West)

Cabo são Vicente to Loule Station - 142.0 km. April 2003

14^th April 2003 - Cape Saint Vincent to Vila do Bispo
15^th April 2003 - Vila do Bispo to Vale de Boi
16^th April 2003 - Vale de Boi to Espiche
17^th April 2003 - Espiche to Odiaxere
18^th April 2003 - Odiaxere to Portimao
19^th April 2003 - Portimao to Silves
20^th April 2003 - Silves to Alcantarilha
21^st April 2003 - Alcantarilha to Tunes
22^nd April 2003 - Rest day
23^rd April 2003 - Tunes to Boliqueime
24^th April 2003 - Mini not well
25^th April 2003 - Boliqueime to Loule

Downloads

2003-04-Algarve-West.kml - Download this KML file. If installed, this loads into Google Earth.
2003-04-Algarve-West.gdb - Download this GDB file. If installed, this loads into Garmin MapSource.
2003-04-Algarve-West.gpx - Download this Garmin GPX file. This can be loaded into any application that recognises the GPX format.
GPS Babel is a really useful tool for translating between GPS file formats.

Railways | Eva Buses | Frota-Azul Buses

Here is another map we made.

Links: Sagres | Sagres | Henry the Navigator | Letztebratwurst | Lagos | Lagos | Barragem | Silves

Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) Data

We hope to provide GPS tracks for our walks. On this leg (Portugal 2003) we did not have the receiver and software. The cost was just too high. The Portugal 2004 leg should be better documented including dead ends and aborted routes! GPS receiver and software prices came down greatly between 2003 and 2004. We will be using a "Garmin eTrex Vista" receiver with PC MapSource software using the "Roads and Recreation (Europe)" CD ROM. The Portugal data on this CD is not very detailed. We have used the MapSource software to document the Portugal 2003 walks by re-constructing from the maps. This is better than nothing but not at all accurate. More recently we have re-estimated the distances with much better accuracy using Google Earth and the measuring tool. We have also provided reconstructions of our tracks. Most of these are quite accurate. Out route was well documented and we could remember where we had walked. The middle part of the Odiáxere to Portimão route is the least certain.