Algarve
Senior
Bikers
ASB ROAD TOURS
2025 LONGER TOURS
5/8/9 Days
To Alentejo, North Portugal and Spain.
Organised by Walter Kollert
Preliminary information below.
Pleases note: The only way to register your interest or obtain more information is by email to
Walter
Alentejo Spring Tour 2025
Organizer: Walter Kollert (walter.kollert@gmail.com)
Duration: 5 days/4 nights, Monday 5 May to Friday 9 May 2025
Closing date: Friday, 4 April 2025
Tour starting point: Pias, Alentejo
Tour end point: Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo
Level of difficulty: easy to medium (some twisty roads, hilly terrain)
Total route: 825 km
Average route/day: 165 km
Number of bikes: 6 bikes max
Contribution to charity: 25 €/person
Detailed program will be sent after registration
Assistance with hotel reservations will be requested from all participants.
Tour highlights:
• Small twisty roads in Portuguese Alentejo and Spanish Extremadura
• Wine tasting in Pias at Vinhos Margaça winery
• Visit of Jerez de los Caballeros in Spain, a medieval town founded in 1229 and later turned over
to the Knights Templar (“los caballeros”)
• Visit of Delta Coffee Museum near Campo Maior
• Visit of Portalegre in the nature park Serra de São Mamede
• Visit of the well-preserved medieval castle of Marvão founded in the 9th century by the Islamic
knight Ibn Marwan.
Motorbike tour to Spanish Extremadura
Organizer: Walter Kollert, (walter.kollert@gmail.com)
Tour starting point: Arraiolos, Alentejo
Tour end point: Évora, Alentejo
Duration: 8 days/7 nights, Tue 20 May to Tue 27 May 2025
Closing date: 15 April 2025
Level of difficulty: medium (twisty roads, mountainous terrain, some hair pins)
Total route: 1400 km, one rest and hiking day in the Jerte Valley
Average distance/driving day: 200 km,
Number of bikes. 6 bikes max
Contribution to charity: 40 €/person
Detailed program will be sent after registration
Assistance with hotel reservations will be requested from all participants.
Tour highlights:
• Small twisty roads in Portuguese Alentejo and Spanish Extremadura
• Arraiolos, the carpet town in Alentejo.
• Visit of the well-preserved medieval castle of Marvão founded in the 9th century by the Islamic
knight Ibn Marwan.
• Cáceres, UNESCO World Heritage Site with a blend of Roman, Moorish, Northern Gothic and Italian
Renaissance architecture
• Trujillo, a city with a rich history and culture that dates back to prehistoric times.
• Hiking tour in the Jerte Valley famous for its millions of cherry trees and natural wonders
• Parque Natural de Sierra de Gredos, a high mountain range in central Spain (2600m)
• Talavera de la Reina, on the Tagus River, is famous for its pottery, which was declared intangible
cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2019
• Royal monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe, UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Miajadas, the European tomato capital
• Medieval town of Évora, capital of Alentejo, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Summer Tour to Northern Portugal
Alentejo-Monsanto-Douro Valley-Peneda Gerês National Park-Braga-Porto-Setúbal
Logistics
Organizer: Walter Kollert (walter.kollert@gmail.com)
Tour starting point: Elvas, Alentejo
Tour end point: Setúbal
Duration: 9 days/8 nights, Monday, 9 June to Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Closing date: Friday, 9 May 2025
Level of difficulty: medium (twisty roads, mountainous terrain, some hair pins, city traffic,
driving on motorway)
Total route: 1600 km, avg. distance/driving day 230 km,
Rest days: 1 hiking day in Peneda-Gerês National Park, 1 sightseeing day in Porto
Number of bikes. 6 bikes max
Contribution to charity: 50 €/person
Detailed tour program will be sent after registration
Assistance with hotel reservations will be requested from all participants.
Tour highlights:
• Small twisty roads (N221, N222, N324, N212)
• Medieval town of Elvas, former frontier fortress of easternmost central Portugal,
• Delta-Coffee Museum in Campo Maior
• Marco: the smallest international bridge in the world
• Extremadura province of Spain and old Roman bridge across the Tejo river in Alcántara,
• Monsanto, the most Portuguese village of Portugal
• Medieval town of Ciudad Rodrigo, surrounded by 12th century walls, famous for its Iberian ham,
• Douro valley, the oldest wine growing region in the world,
• National Park Peneda-Gerês at the Spanish border,
• Cities of Braga and Porto
