All year round
Dates
4 / 10
Physicality
+/- 9 Hours
Duration
6+
Age
Aveiro, Paiva
Location
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In this tour, the walk difficulty level is easy/medium! You`ll walk only 5km and downstream!
Short description: You`ll go across one of the longest suspension bridges of the world and walk one of the most beautiful trails: The Paiva Walkways! Visit one of the highlights of Portugal: Costa Nova, and Aveiro, the Portuguese Venice!
We leave from Porto towards Arouca town where we will stop shortly for bathrooms and coffee.
After a short drive, we`ll arrive at the Walkways and go across the Suspension Bridge! It spans 516 meters-long across the valley and hangs 175m above the Paiva river!
Notice: crossing the bridge is not mandatory. You have the option to skip it.
Then, you`ll walk the Paiva Walkways downhill in a total length of 5km over a wooden boardwalk zig-zagging along the left bank of the river. Trail Areinho-Vau.
The walk will be followed by another highlight of our day: lunch! (fish and vegetarian options also available)
After a power nap in the van, we`ll arrive to Costa Nova! Costa Nova is one of the highlights of Portugal – a beautiful fishing village known for its striped colorful houses!
Time to enjoy Aveiro, also known as the “Portuguese Venice”! Discover the city center on a short walk, enjoy some free time and relax on a boat trip to see the charming city through the canals!
Finish the day back in Porto.
PICK UP/DROP OFF | At meeting point: Calçada da Vandoma, next to Estátua de Vimara Peres (cathedral) | ||
START AT / END | 8:00 am / 6:30 pm (approx) | ||
INCLUDED |
Visit to Costa Nova and Boat ride at Aveiro canals |
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NOT INCLUDED |
Any service that is not clearly specified in the inclusions |
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Detailed itinerary
- Meet at the meeting point: Calçada da Vandoma, next to Estátua de Vimara Peres – (Horse statue at Porto Cathedral);
- The Paiva Walkways;
- The Arouca 516 Footbridge (optional)
- Traditional lunch at Arouca;
- Visit to cost Nova
- Drive to Aveiro;
- City center and fish market;
- Boat ride at the Aveiro canals.
Return to Porto.
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Tour Reviews
Wonderful tour: hiking, dining and canal tour.
We did this tour with Enne Tours during our recent visit to Porto. It was a wonderful choice. The Paiva walkway was a spectacular way to see the countryside. There are many stairs at the beginning of the 8k walk;however after that it was smooth sailing. Norberto and Katarina were excellent tour guides –friendly, informative,punctual and very easy going. I would HIGHLY recommend their tour company. The lunch they arranged as part of the tour ina restaurant in the nearby town of Arouca was absolutely delicious & one of the best meals we had during our stay in Portugal. The post lunch part of the tour to the town of Aveiro (called the Venice of Portugal)involved a short informative boat ride along the canals that were once the site of the salt harvesting industry. I only regret that we didn’t have more days to do the Enne tour to the Douro region.
Wonderful tour: hiking, dining and canal tour.
We did this tour with Enne Tours during our recent visit to Porto. It was a wonderful choice. The Paiva walkway was a spectacular way to see the countryside. There are many stairs at the beginning of the 8k walk;however after that it was smooth sailing. Norberto and Katarina were excellent tour guides –friendly, informative,punctual and very easy going. I would HIGHLY recommend their tour company. The lunch they arranged as part of the tour ina restaurant in the nearby town of Arouca was absolutely delicious & one of the best meals we had during our stay in Portugal. The post lunch part of the tour to the town of Aveiro (called the Venice of Portugal)involved a short informative boat ride along the canals that were once the site of the salt harvesting industry. I only regret that we didn’t have more days to do the Enne tour to the Douro region.
Wonderful tour: hiking, dining and canal tour.
We did this tour with Enne Tours during our recent visit to Porto. It was a wonderful choice. The Paiva walkway was a spectacular way to see the countryside. There are many stairs at the beginning of the 8k walk;however after that it was smooth sailing. Norberto and Katarina were excellent tour guides –friendly, informative,punctual and very easy going. I would HIGHLY recommend their tour company. The lunch they arranged as part of the tour ina restaurant in the nearby town of Arouca was absolutely delicious & one of the best meals we had during our stay in Portugal. The post lunch part of the tour to the town of Aveiro (called the Venice of Portugal)involved a short informative boat ride along the canals that were once the site of the salt harvesting industry. I only regret that we didn’t have more days to do the Enne tour to the Douro region.
Wonderful tour: hiking, dining and canal tour.
We did this tour with Enne Tours during our recent visit to Porto. It was a wonderful choice. The Paiva walkway was a spectacular way to see the countryside. There are many stairs at the beginning of the 8k walk;however after that it was smooth sailing. Norberto and Katarina were excellent tour guides –friendly, informative,punctual and very easy going. I would HIGHLY recommend their tour company. The lunch they arranged as part of the tour ina restaurant in the nearby town of Arouca was absolutely delicious & one of the best meals we had during our stay in Portugal. The post lunch part of the tour to the town of Aveiro (called the Venice of Portugal)involved a short informative boat ride along the canals that were once the site of the salt harvesting industry. I only regret that we didn’t have more days to do the Enne tour to the Douro region.
EN – We had a great day with this new company. A great programme with Ennetours: Paiva walkways tour and we had also the opportunity to visit Aveiro, take a small boat trip and have a lunch in a fishers village. The guide, Norberto, was really reactive in our email exchanges. He is both very kind and helpful, with a really interesting personal background. Would definitely recomment it to a friend. One of my friends told to me when we came back to our room that she had a bizarre feeling of having left a friend in the van when Norberto left.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, from France
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FR – Nous avons passé une superbe journée avec cette nouvelle entreprise proposant des tours. Nous avions hésité, mais le programme proposé par Ennetours était vraiment d une meilleure qualité (passage à Aveiro, petit tour en bateau, village de pecheurs, en sus du pack paiva walkways+du dejeuner proposés en général). Par ailleurs, ce qui ne gâte rien, c etait moins cher et le guide, Norberto a été dès la prise de contact très réactif par mail. Il etait à la fois, gentil, aidant, et accommodant; il a aussi des expériences très interessantes à partager (transsibérien, …). Si j ai un ami qui va à Porto, je lui recommanderai de contacter Ennetours. Une de mes amis, après avoir quitté Norberto en fin de journée, m a dit qu elle avait le sentiment bizarre de laisser partir un ami.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Paris
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ES – Fue un perfecto día, gracias a esta nueva empresa que propone tours cerca de Porto. Habia un dudo entre tomae Ennetours y màs viejas companias, pero el programa proponido por Ennetours era realmente de más cualidad (paiva walkways +comida, como los otros tours, pero tambien la visita de Aveiro, un pequeno pasaje en barco, y un pescadores pueblo). El guía Norberto fue muy rapido a responderme en los emails. Fue muy agradable y tiene un interesante pasado con sus viajes.
Si tenía un amigo quien quisiera ir a Porto, le diciera contactar a Ennetours. Una de mis amigas, al fin del día, me decía que tenía el sentimiento de haber quitado un amigo cuando Norberto se habia ido.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Francia
EN – We had a great day with this new company. A great programme with Ennetours: Paiva walkways tour and we had also the opportunity to visit Aveiro, take a small boat trip and have a lunch in a fishers village. The guide, Norberto, was really reactive in our email exchanges. He is both very kind and helpful, with a really interesting personal background. Would definitely recomment it to a friend. One of my friends told to me when we came back to our room that she had a bizarre feeling of having left a friend in the van when Norberto left.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, from France
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FR – Nous avons passé une superbe journée avec cette nouvelle entreprise proposant des tours. Nous avions hésité, mais le programme proposé par Ennetours était vraiment d une meilleure qualité (passage à Aveiro, petit tour en bateau, village de pecheurs, en sus du pack paiva walkways+du dejeuner proposés en général). Par ailleurs, ce qui ne gâte rien, c etait moins cher et le guide, Norberto a été dès la prise de contact très réactif par mail. Il etait à la fois, gentil, aidant, et accommodant; il a aussi des expériences très interessantes à partager (transsibérien, …). Si j ai un ami qui va à Porto, je lui recommanderai de contacter Ennetours. Une de mes amis, après avoir quitté Norberto en fin de journée, m a dit qu elle avait le sentiment bizarre de laisser partir un ami.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Paris
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ES – Fue un perfecto día, gracias a esta nueva empresa que propone tours cerca de Porto. Habia un dudo entre tomae Ennetours y màs viejas companias, pero el programa proponido por Ennetours era realmente de más cualidad (paiva walkways +comida, como los otros tours, pero tambien la visita de Aveiro, un pequeno pasaje en barco, y un pescadores pueblo). El guía Norberto fue muy rapido a responderme en los emails. Fue muy agradable y tiene un interesante pasado con sus viajes.
Si tenía un amigo quien quisiera ir a Porto, le diciera contactar a Ennetours. Una de mis amigas, al fin del día, me decía que tenía el sentimiento de haber quitado un amigo cuando Norberto se habia ido.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Francia
EN – We had a great day with this new company. A great programme with Ennetours: Paiva walkways tour and we had also the opportunity to visit Aveiro, take a small boat trip and have a lunch in a fishers village. The guide, Norberto, was really reactive in our email exchanges. He is both very kind and helpful, with a really interesting personal background. Would definitely recomment it to a friend. One of my friends told to me when we came back to our room that she had a bizarre feeling of having left a friend in the van when Norberto left.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, from France
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FR – Nous avons passé une superbe journée avec cette nouvelle entreprise proposant des tours. Nous avions hésité, mais le programme proposé par Ennetours était vraiment d une meilleure qualité (passage à Aveiro, petit tour en bateau, village de pecheurs, en sus du pack paiva walkways+du dejeuner proposés en général). Par ailleurs, ce qui ne gâte rien, c etait moins cher et le guide, Norberto a été dès la prise de contact très réactif par mail. Il etait à la fois, gentil, aidant, et accommodant; il a aussi des expériences très interessantes à partager (transsibérien, …). Si j ai un ami qui va à Porto, je lui recommanderai de contacter Ennetours. Une de mes amis, après avoir quitté Norberto en fin de journée, m a dit qu elle avait le sentiment bizarre de laisser partir un ami.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Paris
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ES – Fue un perfecto día, gracias a esta nueva empresa que propone tours cerca de Porto. Habia un dudo entre tomae Ennetours y màs viejas companias, pero el programa proponido por Ennetours era realmente de más cualidad (paiva walkways +comida, como los otros tours, pero tambien la visita de Aveiro, un pequeno pasaje en barco, y un pescadores pueblo). El guía Norberto fue muy rapido a responderme en los emails. Fue muy agradable y tiene un interesante pasado con sus viajes.
Si tenía un amigo quien quisiera ir a Porto, le diciera contactar a Ennetours. Una de mis amigas, al fin del día, me decía que tenía el sentimiento de haber quitado un amigo cuando Norberto se habia ido.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Francia
EN – We had a great day with this new company. A great programme with Ennetours: Paiva walkways tour and we had also the opportunity to visit Aveiro, take a small boat trip and have a lunch in a fishers village. The guide, Norberto, was really reactive in our email exchanges. He is both very kind and helpful, with a really interesting personal background. Would definitely recomment it to a friend. One of my friends told to me when we came back to our room that she had a bizarre feeling of having left a friend in the van when Norberto left.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, from France
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FR – Nous avons passé une superbe journée avec cette nouvelle entreprise proposant des tours. Nous avions hésité, mais le programme proposé par Ennetours était vraiment d une meilleure qualité (passage à Aveiro, petit tour en bateau, village de pecheurs, en sus du pack paiva walkways+du dejeuner proposés en général). Par ailleurs, ce qui ne gâte rien, c etait moins cher et le guide, Norberto a été dès la prise de contact très réactif par mail. Il etait à la fois, gentil, aidant, et accommodant; il a aussi des expériences très interessantes à partager (transsibérien, …). Si j ai un ami qui va à Porto, je lui recommanderai de contacter Ennetours. Une de mes amis, après avoir quitté Norberto en fin de journée, m a dit qu elle avait le sentiment bizarre de laisser partir un ami.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Paris
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ES – Fue un perfecto día, gracias a esta nueva empresa que propone tours cerca de Porto. Habia un dudo entre tomae Ennetours y màs viejas companias, pero el programa proponido por Ennetours era realmente de más cualidad (paiva walkways +comida, como los otros tours, pero tambien la visita de Aveiro, un pequeno pasaje en barco, y un pescadores pueblo). El guía Norberto fue muy rapido a responderme en los emails. Fue muy agradable y tiene un interesante pasado con sus viajes.
Si tenía un amigo quien quisiera ir a Porto, le diciera contactar a Ennetours. Una de mis amigas, al fin del día, me decía que tenía el sentimiento de haber quitado un amigo cuando Norberto se habia ido.
Aurore, Maria & Saoussan, de Francia
A great tour! The walkway makes it really easy for everyone to enjoy the beatiful landscapes, such a great day activity! And to enjoy the lunch by the river afterwards felt really rewarding. The guides were so nice and friendly as well!
A great tour! The walkway makes it really easy for everyone to enjoy the beatiful landscapes, such a great day activity! And to enjoy the lunch by the river afterwards felt really rewarding. The guides were so nice and friendly as well!
A great tour! The walkway makes it really easy for everyone to enjoy the beatiful landscapes, such a great day activity! And to enjoy the lunch by the river afterwards felt really rewarding. The guides were so nice and friendly as well 🙂
A great tour!
The walkway makes it really easy for everyone to enjoy the beatiful landscapes, such a great day activity! And to enjoy the lunch by the river afterwards felt really rewarding. The guides were so nice and friendly as well : )
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