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
18/10/2020

We (my daughter (20) and me (55) ) had an amazing, exhausting and wonderful day with Norberto. We walked the 9 km Trailhead Passadiços do Pavia and enjoyed every single minute. The nature surroundings were breathtaking. Norberto explained us a lot about the area, biodiversity and animal occurrence. We are both hobby photographer‘s and could take some amazing shoots. Norberto is the absolute perfect guide and you can feel his passion for his home country. We give him one million points for this experience. Thank you so much Norberto :))))

ennetours
10/10/2020

Our experience with Norberto was really great!! Also, we felt safe, covid free and we highly recommend to do this activity during covid times. Everyone needs to breath fresh air!! He is a nice person and we could enjoy of the paiva walkways, the boat trip in the canal of Aveiro and Costa Nova, the village with the colourful houses.

ennetours
10/10/2020

Der Ausflug hat super viel Spaß gemacht. Norberto hat sich I’m alles gekümmert und uns so viele schöne Orte gezeigt! Ein Tag der in Erinnerung bleibt!

ennetours
09/10/2020

Excellent tour!
It was a great tour, our guide Norberto was very nice, explained us everything. Paiva walkways is amazing, also Aveiro and the small village with the colorful houses are beautiful.
Thanks a lot, Enikö

ennetours
25/09/2020

Almost a private tour if lots of side informations and this tour gives you a bit of everything: beautiful nature and a nice city to visit- we loved it and would do it again! ❤️❤️❤️

ennetours
19/09/2020

I can only recommend this tour! Norberto is a great guide. He has a lot of knowledge and a lot of interesting stories about his travels. It was a great day. Thank you very much Norberto!

16/09/2020

I had an amazing trip with Norberto. He was a wonderful host and shared lots of interesting travel stories with us. The trip itself was a great experience, and I wouldn’t have been able to organise this on my own. Thanks Norberto!

ennetours
10/09/2020

Excelente experiencia! Lo recomendamos al 100%. Norberto súper profesional y simpático, visitamos muchos lugares increíbles los cuales solas no hubiéramos conocido, el tour muy completo con paisajes naturales, ciudades con encanto, pueblos y comida tradicional deliciosa, realmente una experiencia que tienen que hacer en su viaje a Oporto.

04/09/2020

Fantastic day with Norbeto at the Paiva steps, Aveiro and Costa Nova. The Paiva steps have stunning views, and it is certainly more manageable than the impression from the photos. The traditional lunch was delicious, at a beautiful village. Really enjoyed the stroll and the boat ride at Aveiro too, it has a different vibe to Porto and lovely mix of new and old buildings next to the canals. Above all Norberto is a wonderful host which made the day very special, he looked after us well and is very thoughtful with the route planning too. I was also happy with the covid-19 measures to make everyone feel safer.

ennetours
14/08/2020

I booked this experience for my brother and he absolutely loved it! Starting with being picked up from where his Airbnb , to a very wonderful host, incredible hiking, food, company, the entire day was action packed, super fun, and very memorable. He would a 100% recommend Norberto’s experience to everyone as it was unique, and overall amazing!

12/08/2020

Norbertô est un super guide La marche très sympa Aveiro très sympa aussi A faire ! Et je recommande norberto!

ennetours
09/08/2020

I cannot recommend this tour enough!
From my inquiry to drop off, Norberto exceeded my expectations. The destinations did as well. I loved the combination of exercise, nature, history, storytelling — Norberto has the best stories about traveling I’ve ever heard –, scenic drive, scenic boat ride and so many idyllic photo opportunities. Oh – and lunch was a 10/10. I ate everything on my plate and the service and views at the restaurant were incredible. This tour is an incredible value and has been the highlight of my 10 days in Portugal (including in Lisbon) so far. I don’t even want to go to Morocco but after hearing that Norberto leads 10-day tours there too, I now want to go!

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