I also hope it would contain a few useful titbits of information for anyone considering something similar. A view on the map shows that this journey covers 36 degrees of latitude and in total has a length of 7200 km. The trip started in Norway and from there led us through Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and finally to Gibraltar. Not the shortest route, but also an exploration of the better parts of Europe. We rode to the Atlantic coast, where cliffs drop hundreds of feet to a rocky shore.
Old windmills line the cliffs.
Intense colors, wind whistling through the windmills, spectacular views, and a small winding road made for a memorable day. A Bike Tour in Portugal by Ute Dasburg and Markus Sauer . A brief description of a bike tour which we undertook in Portugal in September '94. We started from Faro at the Algarve coast, proceeded via Sagres to Lisbon and terminated our journey in Coimbra in middle Portugal. The overall distance was about 800 km.