National Cycle Touring Network - 2026 Edition

>  15 Road Books at once !!!

      Maps and GPS tracks for bicycle tours around Portugal. Azores Archipelago included ! English edition.

     Publish date //   March 2026

>   Number of road books per category

     - 1 Road Book with 326 pages with long distance routes:  7 315 km

     - 6 Road Books with Weekend tours:  237 km

     - 8 Road Books with tours for e-Bikes:  906 km

         All routes are divided into sections, each 30 to 50 km long.

>   What's in this All-in-One package

  - 1 Road Book with long-distance routes (the one you've always known, now with 326 pages and 7 315 km of routes) that includes 174 tracks in KML and GPX formats, with 4 new tracks corresponding to an additional 123 km of network.

  - 6 Road Books with weekend tours for the whole family and respective tracks in KML and GPX formats.

     LISBOA & COSTA DA CAPARICA
      RIBATEJO MARSHLANDS
      RIA DE AVEIRO ESTUARY
      LOWER TÂMEGA (new)
      SALREU ECOLOGICAL PATH (new)
      LEÇA RIVER GREENWAY (new)
      

  - 8 Road Books with tours for e-Bikes in mountain, high mountain and deep valley areas with the respective tracks in KML and GPX formats.

     AMARANTE
      INTERNACIONAL DOURO RIVER
      MALCATA SIERRA
      GUADIANA NATURAL PARK
       SETÚBAL PENINSULA
      HIGH COASTAL MINHO
      SANTA MARIA ISLAND, AZORES (new)
      BAIRRADA REGION (new)

   - 1 General Map of the entire network

   - 1 Railway Map with info about trains and bike transport capacity in Portugal

>   For those who already got the previous edition, what's new compared to 2025  ?

     - More 130 km and 4 new sections in the long distance routes.

     - 2 new sections added to Ecovia 2 and change of its starting point.

     - 3 new sections added to Ecovia 9.

     - 3 road books with Weekend Tours.

     - 2 road books with e-Bike Tours, one of them in the Azores.
     - Several improvments in many sections and tracks.

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- What is the National Cycle Touring Network -

   It is a project conceived by a road project engineer and enthusiast of bicycle tours, whose goal is to identify a network throughout the country with the best infrastructure for bicycle trips in slow travel mode.

-  What are the Road Books of the National Cycle Touring Network -

   They are touristic guides exclusively in digital PDF format (no paper edition) where the most beautiful roads with low car traffic in Portugal are identified, exclusively through satellite georeferencing, thus without the need for expensive vertical signage.     Based on the existing road network including cycle paths, rails-to-trails, greenways and macadam roads, this project selects for you the best routes that take you to visit the most beautiful and surprising landscapes in the country (including cities) on roads with low car traffic.

   The 2026 edition presents 15 road books, in 3 different cathegories. The pavements are mostly asphalt with some incursions on roads paved with compacted soil and thin gravel, wood or thick pavement, easy to pedal by.

  - What do I get with this edition -

     16 PDF road books (ovar 450 pages total) which include the GPS tracks (KML and GPX formats) for satellite guidance on GPS devices or smartphones with this technology.
- Thousands of identified kilometers, divided into sections of 30 to 50 km each, with detailed maps, technical data, tourist information and hundreds of photos.
- Tips for an amazing experience while cycling in Portugal.
- Entirely written in English.

  After the purchase, you'll get:
  3 ZIP files, each containing the respective road books, the general map and all the GPS tracks. for the different cathegories.
- After the first purchase, you will enjoy a lifetime discount of 80% for the purchase of future editions, to be published every year with new road books and more kilometers of network.

More information at www.ecovias.pt