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

4.95 based on 728 reviews
ennetours
11/08/2022

Incredible memories!
Best trip ever in Portugal. The trip is really well-organised and the time dedicated for each activity was more than enough to enjoy every place. Norberto and his explanations couldnt be better, he is totally dedicated with his job and Im sure every passanger will feel home with him. We started with the bridge (incredible!), then the Paiva walkways (about 8 km with a easy walk, the views were amazing, mountain down, next to the river) and after that, we went to a classic restaurant from that area, the meat was really good. In the afternoon we went to Costa Nova and Aveiro, both are touristic places where you can take nice pictures and enjoy the river’s view. We will repeat with no doubt.

ennetours
10/08/2022

A great way to experience a day trip from Porto. Excellent from the start with the convenience of pick-up, knowledge of our guide and hospitality of everyone overall. Highly recommended. The only thing–if enjoying this excursion during the summer (July/Aug.), beware it is HOT (100+F/38+C and a full 8KM/5mile hike. Bring plenty of water; one (large) bottle of water was not enough per person and there was no opportunity to refill; we had to start rationing water with a lot of breaks. I wish we had known this, as we would have purchased more water on the ride during one of our bathroom stops. This was the only reason I rated Good instead of Excellent.

ennetours
06/08/2022

Amazing day!
Ricardo, our guide, was excellent! Friendly and always wanting the best for us. He was where he said he would be, when he said he would be. Wonderful, kind person who I would gladly travel with again.
The trip had a great pace and we saw a lot in one day.
Our lunch spot was amazing! The food was wonderful and the resturant service fantastic.
It was a great day!

ennetours
06/08/2022

Ricardo was our guide and he was wonderful. He was very thoughtful and knowledgeable. We had a great time!

28/07/2022

Felipe was our driver and guide for the day and he was absolutely fantastic. There were 8 people in the whole group and half only spoke Spanish. Felipe repeated everything the whole day in English and Spanish, made sure we were comfortable and had a good time, and took extra care to make sure we understood everything. It was such an amazing experience that also included so much! The price tag seemed a bit hefty at first for me but with the suspension bridge, the nature hike, the transportation, a three course meal, boat ride in Aveiro, and other stops for sightseeing, it was more than worth the price. Highly recommend!!!

ennetours
27/07/2022

Emozionante attraversare il ponte e camminare nella natura sulle passerelle. Bellissimo tour, ottimo pranzo. Bella anche la visita ad Aveiro con tour in barca tipica e la sosta a Costa Nova. Philip, la guida è stato simpatico professionale e disponibile. Ottimo anche gruppo multiculturale.

ennetours
26/07/2022

Ricardo was a friendly, informative tour guide who was very in tune with the needs of the group. There was so many moments packed into this experience. I would definitely recommend this tour to everyone.

ennetours
26/07/2022

A wonderful day!
This was a wonderful day, I booked it because it looked nice in the pictures and I have wanted to do something outside in nature, The experience exceeded all my expectations, we had a fabulous guide both knowledgeable and helpful, and the views were spectacular, ending the day in Aveiro was perfect and most enjoyable.

19/07/2022

If warm weather, be sure to bring Sunblock, water, and wear comfortable clothing. The walkways are mostly in direct sun. Views are spectacular!

ennetours
16/07/2022

A great day out – don’t miss it.
Prompt pick-up from our hotel by Felipe who was funny, informative and untiring. The weather was bad, drizzle developing into rain, but Felipe produced waterproof ponchos for everyone for the walkways and footbridge. Due to mist, there wasn’t much to see during the drive, and there was a lot of driving, but Felipe said that the views were great in good weather. This was easy to believe as the roads wound through hills, woods and villages in between our destinations. The footbridge and walkways were the perfect way to see some beautiful landscape and the lunch at the end was very good. Aveiro was beautiful – don’t do the tour without taking in this town and surroundings. We got huge amounts of information from Felipe and the lovely lady on the canal boat – definitely the best tour we did on our trip to Porto.

ennetours
16/07/2022

Great trip! Well structured!
Filipe did a great job of informing us of the program and options that allowed each participant to do as much or as little as desired. Bridge was amazing and the 7K walk was beautiful. Our group of 8 all gelled and we had great conversations and lots of laughs!

ennetours
13/07/2022

Great tour!
This is a long day but well worth it. We’ll never forget walking across the Arouca views. I thought I’d be terrified but it’s very stable and I’m so happy I pushed forward. The walk down the mountain was a beautiful easy trek through nature. The included lunch was the best meal I had in Portugal hands down. Ricardo was an excellent and knowledgeable guide.

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