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
great mix of nature & culture
Guide Joao did a wonderful job. He has an engaging personality and took good care of us. The bridge and following hike were gorgeous. The rest of the day was enjoyable and it was nice to spend a day out of Porto seeing other areas. Very happy we did this.
Great adventures experience!
Joao is an exceptional tour guide!
Beautiful places, well organised and really good guide!! 🙂
Ricardo was a great guide! Very knowledgeable, considerate, genuine & thoughtful. The experience itself is once in a lifetime must do!
I would recommend this to my friends!
La excursión muy bonita y agradable. Muy completa. Nuestro guía Joao, un 10. Nos hizo el trayecto muy ameno y agradable. Nos proporcionó mucha información. Y nos ayudó en todo. La comida también muy buena en un restaurante de buen ambiente. Recomiendo la excursión.
c’était génial!! au top. super organisation superbe endroit. tout est très bien! mention excellente pour notre guide Ricardo. il est au top et grâce à lui l’excursion est encore mieux. je recommande vivement. ne pas hésiter.. merci beaucoup!!
Norberto was a charming, communicative and attentive host. He shared such great information regarding locale customs and gave us a fantastic day. I highly recommend this experience.
Perfect tour!
let me start by saying I decided to do this tour as a solo traveler. I had an amazinnng time & experience with the tour guides. From the beginning to the end, it was my best tour yet ! The tour guides are all friendly, have great customer service, communicate very well & continue to make sure everyone is having a great time. I will definitely be recommending this tour to others & plan to go back to visit!!!
Ich hatte einen wunderschönen Tag, mit tollen Attraktionen, netten Menschen und einem sehr engagierten Guide. Ich kann diese Tour ohne Kritik weiterempfehlen. Es war toll. Vielen Dank für diesen schönen Tag, den ich so schnell nicht vergessen werde.
Très bonne journée, timing impeccable, guide au top, la passerelle est impressionnante et la balade le long de la rivière est dépaysante… Le repas est correct, la balade à Avéro est à faire, art déco… On a passé une super journée…
Ricardo was a fabulous host! The suspension bridge park was so worth it, meal was delicious, left with new friends!!
So much to see and go to! It was a fun day!
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