Campo Maior - Elvas

Back and forth walk, 13 km

Route: Campo Maior - Elvas

A walk over the Barragem do Caia and through the interior to a stone quarry.

stage 1 - forth (6 km 029)

You walk over the dam along the lake. Then you walk along the road until you turn onto a wide path. You walk along paths through a landscape of meadows and holm oaks until you arrive at a stone quarry.

stage 2 - back (6 km 577)

You walk back to the road and walk back to the dam. Then you follow a path underneath the dam until you walk back up to the parking lot.

shape
return
length
12 km 605
location
Portalegre, Portugal
start
parking area Barragem do Caia, N243, Campo Maior
turning point
Elvas
path
path:79%  main road:21% 
elevation
rise: 148m / fall: -148m
lowest: 218m / highest: 260m
 
Photo: Barragem do Caia, Elvas
Barragem do Caia, Elvas
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Points of interest

  • Barragem do Caia, N243, Campo Maior

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Source

We have used publication ‘Campo Maior, stuwdam Barragem do Caia en langs graniet- en marmergroeven ’ of Wicky en Erick, published by Wikiloc in 2022, to develop this route.

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