The pedestrian route starts at the dirt parking lot (Fica Bem), located next to the Municipal road (MR) 524 between the villages of Tôr and Querença, and it proceeds through the main dirt road, among the characteristic vegetation of the algarvian Barrocal, passing by information Panels regarding the Benémola Flora and Floodplains. Proceeding, the route crosses a small river and turns left at the crossroads, towards the Menalva River. Near the Ornithological Station of Fonte Benémola, there is an information Panel regarding the Birds.
The route continues along the main road, where an old hayloft appears on the left. When reaching the Panel regarding Water, the Olho (spring), the poldras (step-stone bridges), a first picnic park, and, on the right, the levadas (irrigation channels), the route continues forward up to the Fonte da Benémola (spring) and then to a second picnic park, an information Panel about Fauna and the remains of an old limekilns.
The section from the intersection up to here is common to the Via Algarviana (Algarvian Route) and the pedestrian route of Sete Fontes (PR12LLE). A variant to the route is possible by crossing the water line, before the first picnic park, using the poldras. There is also a guided audio route – the Water Route - next to the water line.
The route crosses the river and continues along the main road, where it is possible to find the house of an old basket maker from the region (to the left), until reaching again the Municipal Road 524. The route then turns left, crosses the Passagem Bridge, and turns left again. Following along the MR 524, it passes the old Passagem Mill (once one of the most important mills of the area) until arriving at the dirt parking lot (Fica Bem).
The Local Protected Landscape of Fonte da Benémola is a Protected Area of local scope, belonging to the Barrocal Site of Community Importance, under the management of the Municipality of Loulé, with its own Regulation, and occupying an area of about 406 ha in the Union of Parishes of Querença, Tôr and Benafim, municipality of Loulé.
Start Point: Fica Bem
End Point: Fica Bem
Distance: 4,2km
Duration: 1h
Type: Circular
Difficulty level: easy (level II)
Altimetry: D+188m