Você está aqui - in Monchique, on the via algarviana.
Posted by: greysman
N 37° 19.078 W 008° 33.388
29S E 539298 N 4130238
An information board in the Largo dos Chorões, Monchique, entitled 'Trail of the Windmills'.
Waymark Code: WMRN4Z
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 07/11/2016
Views: 8
The 'via algarviana' runs from Alcoutim on the Spanish border in the east to Cabo de São Vicente in the west, the upper map showing the route in outline, the lower map the section currently being walked in detail. Here GR13 is shown running westwards from Monchique to Marmelete, a distance of 14.70km, and shown as a thin blue line starting at this board and going through Garganta and Fontinha de Fóia.
For the Trail of the Windmills, Trilho dos Moinhos, the track is PR4 MCQ, some 9km long and shown as a loop starting and ending here and going clockwise past the convent, through Malhada Pequena, over Portela das Eiras, ascending Peso, 673m, and returning to Monchique over Mata Porcas. There is also masses of information regarding the surroundings, its history, the natural history, heights of surrounding peaks, and some famous trees, amongst a great deal more.
The wording is in both Portuguese and English.