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Fishermen's Trail (Trilho dos Pescadores): 8-day itinerary

The Fishermen's Trail (Trilho dos Pescadores) is a 224 km coastal long-distance path from Porto Covo to Lagos, climbing about 2333 m in total across 13 official sections. This summary is auto-generated, expand it and the topics below with well-sourced detail.

221 km3,119 m ascent8 walking daysPortugal
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4 days55.3 km a day7 days31.6 km a day8 days27.7 km a day9 days24.6 km a day10 days22.1 km a day11 days20.1 km a day12 days18.4 km a day13 days17.0 km a day

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8 days from São Torpes (Sines) to Lagos

Use these daily distances and overnight stops as a starting point, then customise the trip in the planner.

  1. 1
    Day 1: São Torpes (Sines) → Vila Nova de Milfontes

    29.7 km · 109 m ascent · 7h13–10h12 (about 8h30, incl. ~1h25 of stops)

    Via Porto Covo
  2. 2
    Day 2: Vila Nova de Milfontes → Zambujeira do Mar

    36.9 km · 318 m ascent · 9h23–13h15 (about 11h02, incl. ~1h50 of stops)

    Via Almograve
  3. 3
    Day 3: Zambujeira do Mar → Rogil

    33.1 km · 354 m ascent · 8h32–12h02 (about 10h02, incl. ~1h40 of stops)

    Via Odeceixe
  4. 4
    Day 4: Rogil → Vale da Telha

    23.0 km · 265 m ascent · 6h–8h28 (about 7h04, incl. ~1h11 of stops)

    Via Aljezur, Monte Clérigo
  5. 5
    Day 5: Vale da Telha → Carrapateira

    21.4 km · 260 m ascent · 5h38–7h58 (about 6h38, incl. ~1h07 of stops)

  6. 6
    Day 6: Carrapateira → Sagres

    34.8 km · 404 m ascent · 9h04–12h49 (about 10h40, incl. ~1h47 of stops)

    Via Raposeira, Vila do Bispo
  7. 7
    Day 7: Sagres → Budens

    20.6 km · 291 m ascent · 5h28–7h44 (about 6h26, incl. ~1h04 of stops)

    Via Figueira
  8. 8
    Day 8: Budens → Lagos

    21.7 km · 303 m ascent · 5h48–8h11 (about 6h49, incl. ~1h08 of stops)

    Via Luz, Espiche, Lagos