This route will give you a unique perspective of the municipality of Portimão, focusing more on its inland areas. In a diverse rural landscape dominated by signs of human settlement, we see how human activity has harmonized with nature through traditional ways of using the land.

We will see citrus groves, almond orchards, and farmland dotted with mastic trees and beautiful carob trees, whose fruit is used in traditional Algarve sweets. The scene is enlivened by flocks of goldfinches, greenfinches, linnets, and chaffinches, unconcerned by the watchful eyes of the birds of prey patrolling this area: the booted eagle and the honey buzzard. During spring, you can spot the red-legged partridge with its brood of chicks.

On the road’s slopes, you can observe two plant communities with adaptations that allow them to thrive in fire-affected areas: rockrose and eucalyptus. You can also spot many specimens of the only native palm tree of the Iberian Peninsula, the dwarf palm.