Wild Algarve Premium

Quite literally, from the minute we met Jorge and Mario our fantastic guides, we were treated like royalty. Everything was about how my wife and I could have the best experience in Portugal. Until our last day we had a ball and easily the best holiday of a lifetime.
We did two back to back tours, Atlantic coast & Wild Algarve and can thoroughly recommend both. We saw the beauty of the Alentejo region and some of the best sights in the Algarve. We ate the best food daily. How the lads managed to provide varying picnics daily and also give us the opportunity to sample such a range of Portuguese food for the length of our tours beats me. The range of beautiful wines selected was spectacular.
The bikes - excellent quality, 27 gears, much of my time spent in the granny gear!
The guides - wonderful guys, interesting, humorous, knowledgeable, friendly.
The scenery - spectacular.
The picnics - unreal.
The accommodation - we did select the upgrade and were delighted with the rooms and hotel facilities.
The cycling - we felt really safe with Mario and Jorge, they prepared us thoroughly each day as to what was ahead for the day, they stopped before any serious hazards to warn us beforehand, we learnt such a lot of cycling tips for the off road sections.
The admin - We found the handling of our booking to be excellent. With the changing government Covid travel requirements, our flights were cancelled twice, but nothing was too much trouble. Our hotels were all rebooked and alternatives sorted for those unavailable. This was all achieved without any hassle by the admin staff. The itinerary provided was detailed and the daily trips and routes well laid out and referred to regularly.
We found no fault at all with this holiday. It was without doubt the best holiday we ever had, thanks in no small way to Jorge and Mario's efforts.

I have been on many bicycle tours in Europe and this is top-notch! Teresa, Maria, Manuel and Andre are a wonderful tour guides with great personalities and very accommodating. They go over and above to make the tour special and their first priority is your enjoyment and safety, the accommodations were wonderful, each with a different vibe. Food was regional and delicious, especially the picnics, I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone wanting to visit Portugal close up and personal .

This was our first trip to Portugal, and we loved having a guided tour. We did this tour in early June when the weather was unseasonably cool, but great for biking. It was too cold to get into the water, but the scenery was beautiful. We signed up through the website about 5 months before the trip. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that the 2 of us were getting an exclusive trip on our own, with 2 great guides, Jorge and Maria-Jose ("Ze"), to keep us in line. They were friendly, courteous, informative. The communication before the trip was no problem, but "relaxed" but everything was very organized in the end.

The itinerary is hotel door to hotel door on bike with a single exception. You travel in the van from Lagos to Olhao to skip the busy part of Algarve. We stayed in Faro a couple of days on arrival to acclimatize since that is the pickup point, so that area was familiar. If you do that, the commuter trains run fairly often along the coast and you can visit places like Olhao (wonderful Saturday market) on your own without a car.

Each day is about 40-50km of fairly relaxed riding with breaks, starting around 9:30 and arriving at the destination around 4-5 PM. Since dinner is not until 8, there is plenty of time to wash up and explore each area. The hotels were very good, and the pousada at Sagres was more than that.

The description on the website very accurately states that about 75% of the route is on unpaved roads. There is some riding on asphalt roads, and drivers are very courteous and careful. The unpaved surfaces ranged from very rocky (walk up and down a path through Barranco), to sandy, to gravel, and cobblestones. Many of the streets in the core areas of the towns are cobblestones. The bikes were hybrid with front shocks and fairly wide treaded tires (37-42 mm I would guess), and well-suited for unpaved. Rear rack with a trunk stored the extra layer, phones, cameras, etc.

The food was delicious without attempting to be fancy. The 2 picnic lunches were great. Guides enthusiastically shared much information about historical and present day Portugal, gave us tips on Setubal where we were planning to go.

We hope to do another trip with them on a return visit in the future.

Quite literally, from the minute we met Jorge and Mario our fantastic guides, we were treated like royalty. Everything was about how my wife and I could have the best experience in Portugal. Until our last day we had a ball and easily the best holiday of a lifetime.
We did two back to back tours, Atlantic coast & Wild Algarve and can thoroughly recommend both. We saw the beauty of the Alentejo region and some of the best sights in the Algarve. We ate the best food daily. How the lads managed to provide varying picnics daily and also give us the opportunity to sample such a range of Portuguese food for the length of our tours beats me. The range of beautiful wines selected was spectacular.
The bikes - excellent quality, 27 gears, much of my time spent in the granny gear!
The guides - wonderful guys, interesting, humorous, knowledgeable, friendly.
The scenery - spectacular.
The picnics - unreal.
The accommodation - we did select the upgrade and were delighted with the rooms and hotel facilities.
The cycling - we felt really safe with Mario and Jorge, they prepared us thoroughly each day as to what was ahead for the day, they stopped before any serious hazards to warn us beforehand, we learnt such a lot of cycling tips for the off road sections.
The admin - We found the handling of our booking to be excellent. With the changing government Covid travel requirements, our flights were cancelled twice, but nothing was too much trouble. Our hotels were all rebooked and alternatives sorted for those unavailable. This was all achieved without any hassle by the admin staff. The itinerary provided was detailed and the daily trips and routes well laid out and referred to regularly.
We found no fault at all with this holiday. It was without doubt the best holiday we ever had, thanks in no small way to Jorge and Mario's efforts.

I have been on many bicycle tours in Europe and this is top-notch! Teresa, Maria, Manuel and Andre are a wonderful tour guides with great personalities and very accommodating. They go over and above to make the tour special and their first priority is your enjoyment and safety, the accommodations were wonderful, each with a different vibe. Food was regional and delicious, especially the picnics, I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone wanting to visit Portugal close up and personal .

This was our first trip to Portugal, and we loved having a guided tour. We did this tour in early June when the weather was unseasonably cool, but great for biking. It was too cold to get into the water, but the scenery was beautiful. We signed up through the website about 5 months before the trip. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that the 2 of us were getting an exclusive trip on our own, with 2 great guides, Jorge and Maria-Jose ("Ze"), to keep us in line. They were friendly, courteous, informative. The communication before the trip was no problem, but "relaxed" but everything was very organized in the end.

The itinerary is hotel door to hotel door on bike with a single exception. You travel in the van from Lagos to Olhao to skip the busy part of Algarve. We stayed in Faro a couple of days on arrival to acclimatize since that is the pickup point, so that area was familiar. If you do that, the commuter trains run fairly often along the coast and you can visit places like Olhao (wonderful Saturday market) on your own without a car.

Each day is about 40-50km of fairly relaxed riding with breaks, starting around 9:30 and arriving at the destination around 4-5 PM. Since dinner is not until 8, there is plenty of time to wash up and explore each area. The hotels were very good, and the pousada at Sagres was more than that.

The description on the website very accurately states that about 75% of the route is on unpaved roads. There is some riding on asphalt roads, and drivers are very courteous and careful. The unpaved surfaces ranged from very rocky (walk up and down a path through Barranco), to sandy, to gravel, and cobblestones. Many of the streets in the core areas of the towns are cobblestones. The bikes were hybrid with front shocks and fairly wide treaded tires (37-42 mm I would guess), and well-suited for unpaved. Rear rack with a trunk stored the extra layer, phones, cameras, etc.

The food was delicious without attempting to be fancy. The 2 picnic lunches were great. Guides enthusiastically shared much information about historical and present day Portugal, gave us tips on Setubal where we were planning to go.

We hope to do another trip with them on a return visit in the future.