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
Pick up/drop off at Calçada da Vandoma (cathedral)

Transport by top class minivan (8 people)

Paiva Walkways and Suspension Bridge tickets

Traditional lunch (roasted veal)

Visit to Costa Nova and Boat ride at Aveiro canals

NOT INCLUDED
Personal expenses
Gratuities (optional)

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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End of the Tour


The paiva walkways
people hiking at the paiva walkways
arouca 516 bridge
Arouca 516
the paiva walkways stairway and river
the paiva walkways along the river paiva
Art Nouveau buildings in aveiro and the moliceiros boats
Aveiro canals
Aveiro tour

Tour Reviews

4.94 based on 739 reviews
14/04/2022

Eu não consigo descrever como eu amei esse passeio mesmo com chuva em parte do trajeto em Paiva mas mesmo assim foi perfeito e Norberto faz tudo parecer leve . sem dúvidas foi perfeito ah e a trilha recomendo ir com tênis e muita animação kkkkk!

ennetours
10/04/2022

This experience let us explore areas we probably wouldn’t have had time to otherwise! The bridge and walkways were fab, Norberto dropped us off at the start then met us part-way along the hike to check we were doing ok, then picked us up at the end and took us straight to lunch. Lunch was delicious, fab views from the restaurant. There’s quite a lot of travelling between parts of the day, so be prepared for that! It would have been nice to spend a little bit longer in Aveiro. There are lots of instagrammable places on this trip! Norberto and Philip were great hosts too, easy to hold conversations with.

ennetours
10/04/2022

Great Guide, we had an amazing day and the food was delicious. As a solo traveller it was also nice too meet new people. The group was great! Thanks!

ennetours
10/04/2022

Fizemos um caminhada de aproximadamente 8 km margeando o rio, em contato direto com a natureza e sobre um passadiço de madeira…
Local maravilhoso e encantador. Contato com uma região de muita beleza.

ennetours
09/04/2022

Brilliant!
Absolutely fantastic experience. We had Philip as our driver and he was very entertaining throughout the day. We started by visiting the suspension bridge and the Paiva walkways, both of which had incredible views. Then off to lunch which was traditional Portuguese food and tasted delicious. Then off to Aveiro and Costa Nova. I couldn’t recommend this trip enough and would definitely use this company for other day tours.

ennetours
05/04/2022

Esperienza super e completa per diversità di genere.
Il ponte sospeso è stupefacente!

ennetours
30/03/2022

I’m really happy I went on this experience. We got to experience so much in a day and it was such a good value. The view at the bridge was great and the 7 km walk after was absolutely beautiful and such a good time to connect with others on the tour and also get some quiet time to just enjoy nature. I would’ve just been happy with the first half but then we also got to have a delicious lunch with vinho Verde included and then visit Aviero which was a really cute small town. Everyone on the tour was friendly and Norberto did an amazing job. Ask him about his travels, he’s done some amazing things. Highly recommend this tour!

ennetours
30/03/2022

Super organisierte, durchdachte Tour bei dem dein eine Highlight auf das andere folgte. Wir waren mehr als zufrieden und können diese Tour nur empfehlen. Norberto war super sympathisch und kompetent, extrem freundlich und ist sogar spontan auf Unverträglichkeiten beim Essen eingegangen. Das Mittagessen war sehr autentisch und tradizionell und super lecker. Die Hängebrücke war beeindruckend, der Wanderweg war gut ausgebaut und man hatte einen tollen Blick auf den Fluss. Auch die Bootsfahrt war interessant. Ein rundum gelungener und toller Ausflug.

ennetours
29/03/2022

Amazing tour by Norberto, we got to see and do so much all into one day! I would 100% recommend to anyone visiting Porto.
From start to finish Norberto was super friendly and accommodating. He was extremely knowledgeable too which added to what was a fantastic day out.

ennetours
28/03/2022

This was a full day of adventure, lots of walking, the best meal I’ve had yet in Portugal, and seeing interesting sites. Our guide was great and very knowledgeable. The swinging bridge was not as scary as I had feared and the walk along the River on the wooden pathway beautiful. I highly recommend this tour!

ennetours
16/03/2022

This tour was wonderful! Everything was well planned and thoughtful, full of beauty, local knowledge and thoughtful details. Norberto was an excellent guide who made sure we all felt comfortable and secure in the tour. There were options and everything ran smoothly. The variety of the tour, between the hiking , boat ride and sightseeing made this a very balanced, laid back and joyful day. I loved the opportunity to move out of the city centre into the countryside. And the traditional meal was one of the best meals I have ever had. Do yourself the favour and join this tour. You will not be disappointed. Thank you Norberto!

ennetours
14/03/2022

Norberto is een zeer fijne en goede gids. Hij doet erg zijn best om het je naar de zin te maken. De traditionele lunch in een klein authentiek dorpje was erg lekker en sfeervol. Deze dagtoer is een aanrader!

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