Day-by-day trail itinerary
Fishermen's Trail (Trilho dos Pescadores): 15-day itinerary
The trail starts at Praia de São Torpes with the Sines industrial zone still behind you, and the first ten kilometres of low cliff and small coves into Porto Covo are the gentlest walking it ever offers. From Porto Covo the real character sets in: dune track, frequently loose enough to sink into, running above one beach after another past Ilha do Pessegueiro and the Malhão sands. That is nearly 20 km of it to Vila Nova de Milfontes, and the surface rather than the climbing is what decides the day, so signed timings and your own tend to part company. Milfontes is the largest town of the northern half and sits on the Mira, which the marked route crosses by the road bridge at the edge of town, about two kilometres of tarmac either side. Past Praia das Furnas the going firms up onto sandy track and low cliff for the run down to Almograve. Villages and cafés come more often on this stretch than anywhere else on the route.
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A practical starting point
15 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.
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Day 1: São Torpes (Sines) → Porto Covo
10.3 km · 38 m ascent · 2h30–3h32 (about 2h56, incl. ~29m of stops)
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Day 2: Porto Covo → Vila Nova de Milfontes
19.4 km · 111 m ascent · 4h49–6h47 (about 5h40, incl. ~56m of stops)
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Day 3: Vila Nova de Milfontes → Almograve
15.1 km · 171 m ascent · 3h55–5h32 (about 4h37, incl. ~46m of stops)
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Day 4: Almograve → Zambujeira do Mar
21.8 km · 328 m ascent · 5h50–8h15 (about 6h53, incl. ~1h09 of stops)
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Day 5: Zambujeira do Mar → Odeceixe
18.3 km · 355 m ascent · 5h05–7h11 (about 5h59, incl. ~1h of stops)
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Day 6: Odeceixe → Rogil
14.8 km · 223 m ascent · 3h55–5h32 (about 4h37, incl. ~46m of stops)
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Day 7: Rogil → Aljezur
7.7 km · 45 m ascent · 1h57–2h45 (about 2h17, incl. ~23m of stops)
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Day 8: Aljezur → Arrifana
17.2 km · 332 m ascent · 4h44–6h42 (about 5h35, incl. ~56m of stops)
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Day 9: Arrifana → Carrapateira
19.5 km · 260 m ascent · 5h11–7h19 (about 6h06, incl. ~1h01 of stops)
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Day 10: Carrapateira → Vila do Bispo
15.4 km · 315 m ascent · 4h16–6h02 (about 5h01, incl. ~50m of stops)
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Day 11: Vila do Bispo → Sagres
19.4 km · 199 m ascent · 5h02–7h07 (about 5h56, incl. ~59m of stops)
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Day 12: Sagres → Cerro do Homem
10.0 km · 95 m ascent · 2h35–3h38 (about 3h02, incl. ~31m of stops)
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Day 13: Cerro do Homem → Budens
10.6 km · 267 m ascent · 3h03–4h19 (about 3h35, incl. ~36m of stops)
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Day 14: Budens → Luz
10.7 km · 181 m ascent · 2h56–4h08 (about 3h27, incl. ~34m of stops)
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Day 15: Luz → Lagos
11.0 km · 199 m ascent · 3h02–4h17 (about 3h34, incl. ~35m of stops)
Via Lagos
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