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 693 reviews
02/08/2019

This was a great tour. I had a wonderful time. I was able to maximize my experience of the Paiva Walkways, Averie, and Costa Nova without feeling rushed. Lunch was excellent, topping on the cake 🙂

02/08/2019

Awesome experience!
Norberto was such a great and nice host and guide. He knows a lot about the places we saw and did a great job by organizing the program after the walk. It was overall a very good tour to spend a day! I highly recommend him!

31/07/2019

Een heel vriendelijke gits, duidelijk. Echt een aanrader om deze tour te doen!

31/07/2019

This experience was awesome to have through Norberto as we couldn’t have effectively done this by ourselves as tourists. Having a host drive us from Porto the the Paiva Walkways was incredibly helpful as renting a car and dong it all ourselves would have been time consuming and daunting. Being able to learn in detail about where we were going and its significance was helpful as well as the information about the region and places we drove through. Norberto’s outgoing personality and great knowledge about the region and country, as well as worldly topics, made the driving portions fun and informative. The walkways themselves were gorgeous and the nature we went through was beautiful. It was great to see some nature after many days in the city. The meal after the walkway was also great as we were very hungry and the meal itself was authentic and fun to experience, let alone delicious as well as the wine. More great conversation was had over the meal including honest and informative conversations about Portugal and its history. It was great to experience the history from someone who is so knowledgable and passionate about it. The afternoon tour of Aveiro was pleasant and nice. a contrast to the active morning.

28/07/2019

What a spectacular day! Our family really enjoyed the day. Norberto was very friendly and engaging. The walk was beautiful, the lunch was delicious and the sightseeing / boat ride was very interesting. We would not hesitate to book this excursion again. A definite highlight of our trip!

23/07/2019

Preciosos sitios, Norberto profesional y encantador!
Fue un día lleno de aventura! Las pasarelas con un paisaje natural espectacular ( muy cansados pero valió la pena) Aveiro precioso y Costa Nova muy instagrameable! Jaja

ennetours
20/07/2019

In the beginning of the walkways there is a long stairway up. Our tour guide Norberto gave us moral support to make it to the top of the stairs. After the stairs it was a nice walk down towards the end of the walkways. If you like nature and beautiful scenery you should take this tour.

ennetours
20/07/2019

An amazing day. A hike with great views; delicious lunch at local establishment; walked around a fishing village and ended with a dessert and ride in the canal. Could not have done this on my own. Drove from one activity to the next. Well thought out activities. Worth while experience.

ennetours
18/07/2019

Merci Norberto!
C’était une journée fantastique et je ne peux que recommander très fortement ce tour à tous ceux qui aiment la nature, l’eau et les villes sympas !
Tu as été un guide fabuleux et sympathique, toujours à l’heure et flexible.
Le restaurant à midi était excellent, rien à dire.
Merci encore!

17/07/2019

Fabulous day out of Porto!
Norberto collected us promptly from our hotel . There ere 7 people in the tour. His black minivan is beautifully cleaned and spacious. He offered us all bottled water several times during our day trip. The Paiva walkway was wonderful…a lot of stairs which we were all glad with Norberto’s decision to start at the hardest bit of the walkway- the stairs while we all had energy to tackle them. He walked with us through the hardest part then set us off on our own along the walkway, then met us at the end with the car and drinks…perfect! We then went for a traditional lunch in a village which was delicious and where Norberto talked about family life in Portugal and the importance of meals together and the passing of tradition from generation to generation. A wonderful day out and highly recommend doing this activity if you are in Porto and want to experience the countryside of Portugal.

17/07/2019

Great guide, beautiful landscape, wonderful experience!

I loved loved loved this tour! Norberto is a wonderful guide, the landscape was beautiful, the traditional
lunch delicious, and the other travelers friendly. Just a great day.

16/07/2019

We hebben een perfecte dag gehad. Norberto had alles geweldig geregeld.
Wandeling was niet te zwaar. De trappen in het begin zodat we het zwaarste stuk in het begin hadden.
In 2020 komt er de grootste hangbrug ter wereld. Nu is er nog n kleintje.
Daarna hebben we heerlijk gegeten in een gezellig restaurant.
Boottocht in Aveiro was wat toeristisch maar de heren op de boot maakte er een heel feest van.
Als afsluiting naar Costa Nova met n goed verhaal van Norberto over de bewoners van het vissersdorp.
Norberto heeft ons de hele dag prima begeleid met mooie verhalen.
Deze trip is elke cent waard!

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