Cycling the Portuguese Coast - Sintra to Porto Family Cycling Tour - Episode 3

Biking the Portuguese coast from Sintra to Porto including Peniche and Nazare.
Biked March 25 - April 1, 2023.
This was part of a 5 month long family bike tour of Europe we did on sabbatical.
See a playlist of all of the videos in order here • European Family Bike Tour
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0:00 Intro
0:53 Day 11: Sintra to Santa Cruz
5:17 Day 12: Santa Cruz to Peniche
8:39 Day 13: Peniche to Foz de Arelho
13:40 Day 14: Foz de Arelho to Nazare
14:12 Day 15: Nazare to Figueira da Foz
18:13 Day 16: Figueira da Foz to Praia de Mira
23:04 Day 17: Praia de Mira to Canidelo
30:47 Day 18: Canidelo to Porto

[@rudolphpeter9464]

Amazing bike tour..

[@pedalpowerfamily]

Thanks ✌️

[@petersingleton6405]

Thanks so much for posting these videos! I’ll be in Lisbon in two weeks and am planning to follow the same route as you (at least to Pamplona) almost exactly a year later. Super helpful to see what your experiences were!

[@pedalpowerfamily]

It should be a great trip! Glad the videos are helpful. Spring is a great time to bike this area. I've also added a link to our route in our channel description, which includes Komoot routes from which you can download gpx files. Will Pamplona be your terminus or do you have another route in mind from there?

[@petersingleton6405]

@@pedalpowerfamily Cool! I’ll look for the route links. My return flight is from Copenhagen. From Pamplona I’m thinking maybe head to San Sebastien, then either stick to the coast or pick up EV-3 again to go through the Loire Valley, and eventually Belgium, the Netherlands, and east into Denmark. Really great to see road conditions, weather, and overall vibe from your videos for the first leg of the trip! Any particular standout spots or recommendations you want to share?

[@pedalpowerfamily]

Sounds great! It's definitely worth it to cycle around the perimeter of Peniche - it's just really beautiful! Hopefully you'll see much bigger waves than we did in Nazaré. If we'd had a bit more time, we would have incorporated Alcobaça Monastery but it's directly inland from Nazaré so you may be inclined to choose one or the other - maybe check surf conditions and head inland if there aren't any waves. The caminos are a different experience on bikes - much less social but also much faster and less of a grind. We sometimes called our trip the endless Spring as we generally travelled northward as the seasons shifted and mostly avoided the worst of the heat. Hopefully you will have similar conditions.

[@pedalpowerfamily]

Oh, and we'll be posting videos of our route along the North Sea coast between Amsterdam and Dunkirk in the coming month or two - but you may be taking a more inland route.

[@pedalpowerfamily]

See all videos in our 5000+ km cycling trip here: ruclips.net/p/PLHipvnq23SNrd7ZJDMvqVRpKPdptd1DIE

[@Bikepacking]

Very cool what camera gear did you use

[@pedalpowerfamily]

GoPro Hero 10, Pixel 7, Panasonic DC-ZS70

[@whitecompany18]

In Europe we don't have to refrigerate eggs because we don't wash them with chlorine, they have a natural barrier that keeps them fresh for weeks. They also don't need washing because European chicken farms have to be kept clean by law , clean eggs= no adding chemicals= no need to refrigerate 👍

[@pedalpowerfamily]

I had heard it had to do with not washing the eggs but didn't know the 'why' until now. Thanks for the explanation.

[@christrower]

so idyllic. can i ask what you used to film the tour? handheld gopro?

[@pedalpowerfamily]

The filming is on a GoPro Hero 10 mounted to one of these: a.co/d/hJNnKQh