08/09/2026
In this video I want to talk a little about the famous Portuguese boardwalks.
If you are planning to ride the EuroVelo 1 route or the Coastal Camino de Santiago route in Portugal, you are going to come across them. At the entry point of every boardwalk you may find signs that indicate if cycling is allowed on them or not, but not all boardwalks have such signs. Boardwalks often have "side entrances" along their length and often these side entrances have no signs. In some cases boardwalks may have signs at one end of the boardwalk, but not at the other, so it depends on the direction you are taking.
So, I just wanted to highlight in this video that the coast of Portugal has a lot of these boardwalks and they are really useful. There are some boardwalks that have bridges over small lakes or rivers that, without taking the boardwalk to cross over them, the detour on normal roads is sometimes several kilometres longer.
My recommendation is to use good sense. As the saying goes, where there is a sign, there is history, so regardless if the sign tells you that you can or cannot ride your bicycle on them, if you decide to ride on a boardwalk please be careful and respectful. They are used by pedestrians of all walks of life (no pun intended), such as seniors and children, as well as dogs.
