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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End of the Tour
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Tour Reviews
Our trip with João to the 516 Suspension Bridge and the Paiva Walkways was extra special and a once in a lifetime experience. Crossing the bridge was exhilarating to say the least followed by a welcomed leisurely stroll along the walkway. Aveiro and Costa Nova were charming seaside towns. Our host, João, was gracious and informative. I highly recommend this tour. It was very enjoyable.
Nature!!! Along with an amazing tour guide!!!!
This day was definitely one of the most successful one…..beautiful nature and walking path !!! The guide was surly one of the best!!!
What an amazing day! João was a fantastic guide, very pleasant, helpful and genuinely interested in making sure everyone in the group was looked after. The suspension bridge and walk was excellent as was the traditional Portuguese lunch. Highly recommend this trip whilst visiting Porto! Thank you João – it was really lovely to meet you and James and I thoroughly enjoyed your company!
Très belle journée passée avec le guide et les participants ! Les paysages sont magnifiques et le repas aussi. Merci 🙂
We really enjoyed our day with Norberto! He was very clear with his instructions and how our day would unfold. We got to visit such beautiful locations and enjoyed his stories along the ride. He is a very good guide and it’s clear he not only loves to travel himself, but he loves to give great experiences to those of us traveling and joining his excursion!
Norberto was a very good hoSt and kept us on schedule. However, I thought the pace of the tour was quite a rush, even though we did walk at a good pace despite the rain, my recommendation would be to start earlier
Ausgezeichnet! 👍
We had a great tour with Ricardo. It was a very long day, but the scenery is beautiful and the suspension bridge was amazing. The Paiva walkway was beautiful even with a bit of rain. Lunch was delicious.
Thanks for a great day!
Thank you Ennetours for putting together such a marvelous day, Our guide Joao was simply wonderful. So considerate, thought of every way possible to make this trip the best ever. Kind. Relatable. The lunch was fabulous. Couldn’t have been better! THIS is the trip you take if you can only take one. The bridge, the walk are memorable. Really the whole day worked well, we did so much, enjoyed it all. Truly, Joao is a gifted guide, so grateful to him for providing all of us a safe and glorious day.
Had a wonderful time that was well-spent! Our guide João was very considerate and knowledgeable and ensured that everyone was well taken of during the tour. Cheers to him! Absolutely enjoyed the traditional Portugese lunch as well!
The tour guide Ricardo was excellent!
Everything was great me and my sister loved the day tour and the tour guide was very
good, lunch was very tasty and we all loved it.
Great day!
Guide was very good, great variety. Great weather for March, really enjoyed like it. Bridge was amazing and not too bad for people afraid of heights!!!
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