Why this ride
Out of Parede, one way: 94 km, roughly 1 h 35 in the saddle. The stops in between: Barcarena and Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço. Monte Estoril is the high point.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Douro Valley Overnight · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 94 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 35
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Atlantic Coast N247
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 22 km this is Atlantic Coast N247, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 6 km
- Named road
- Atlantic Coast N247
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Parede
Parede is a seaside town on the Estoril coast west of Lisbon, strung along the Marginal road between Carcavelos and São Pedro do Estoril, with houses climbing the low slope above a small, rocky-edged beach. It is mostly a residential place for people who commute into the city, but it has an old reputation of its own, and it makes a practical, pleasant start and finish point with fuel, coffee and the ocean right there.
Read the complete Parede write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Douro Valley Overnight is where the day begins. Next is Douro Valley Overnight high point.
2. Monte Estoril
Faded grandeur and Atlantic light define Monte Estoril. The district rises from the coast between Estoril and Cascais, west of Lisbon, with villas, gardens and old hotels on the slopes above the sea, and a long promenade along the beach below. This was once one of Europe's most fashionable resorts, and some of that elegance survives in the palm-lined avenues and the houses with their tiled facades.
Read the complete Monte Estoril write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Douro Valley Overnight checkpoint 8.
3. Barcarena
Gunpowder was made at Barcarena for more than four centuries. The royal powder factory in the valley of the Ribeira de Barcarena, a small stream that winds down to the Tagus estuary, supplied the Portuguese army and navy from the sixteenth century until the twentieth, and the old mills, workshops and storehouses have been restored as a cultural park, with a museum and gardens by the stream.
Read the complete Barcarena write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 146 km. Next is Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço.
4. Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço
Planning note
Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço, late in the day. Next is Photo stop near Alenquer.
5. Photo stop near Alenquer
Planning note
Finish at Photo stop near Alenquer. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço to Photo stop near Alenquer
Scenic stretch near Sobral de Monte Agraço → Photo stop near Alenquer is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.