€125
3 road books at once !!!
Touristic road books and GPS tracks for short and long distance bike trips.
English edition.
Publish date // April 2023
Number of road books // 3
Number of pages per road book // 287 + 76 + 17
Identified kilometres per road book // 6603 + 652 + 45 km
Divide by section, with 30 to 50 km each
Language // English
What's new comparing with 2022?
- Now there is not just 1 road book! Nor two!
But SEVERAL road books with different bike rides:
- 1 Road Book with long distance routes (the one you already know since 2015)
- 1 Road Book with tours in mountains and deep valleys areas, ideal for those who have an e-bike (or a lot of energy, of course).
- 1 Road Book with weekend tours, for the whole family. LISBON is the first city for this new category of road books.
What's new for the LONG DISTANCE ?
- MORE 194 km of routes and 6 new sections, making 6603 kms of network divided in 154 section.
- Corrections and improvements in several sections.
- 154 single GPS tracks, one for each section of the netwrok, both in GPX and KML.
- Dozens of photos at full page size, to better help you choose your trip around the country.
- 3 complete routes: Ecovias 12, 14 e 17.
What's in the road book THE BEST TOURS FOR E-BIKE ?
- 4 fabulous tours (with 3 to 5 sections each) in mountain and deep valleys areas: Terras de Basto & Guimarães, International Douro Natural Park, Cova da Beira & Malcata Sierra, Guadiana Valley Natural Park.
What's in the road book WEEKEND TOURS ?
- Weekend tours in and around the city of: LISBON
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What is the National Cycle Touring Network ?
It is a project conceived by a road project engineer and enthusiast of long and short bicycle trips, 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 2023 edition presents 3 road books, with different themes. The pavements are mostly asphalt with some incursions on roads paved with macadam, compacted soil, wood or thick pavement, easy to navigate by.
What do I get with the 2023 Edition?
- 3 PDF road books (total 380 pages) 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 photos.
- Tips for an amazing experience while cycling in Portugal.
- Entirely written in English.
After the purchase, you'll get:
- 3 ZIP documents, each containing the respective road book, the general map and all the GPS tracks.
- After the first purchase, you will enjoy a lifetime discount of 80% for the purchase of future editions, to be published every year with more kilometers of network.
More information at www.ecovias.pt