All year round
Dates
4 / 10
Physicality
+/- 8 Hours
Duration
6+
Age
Paiva
Location
— 105€ pp – Small group tours! —
In this tour, the walk difficulty level is Medium/Difficult! You`ll walk 7km, but downstream!
We leave from Porto at 8AM towards Arouca town where we will stop shortly for bathrooms and for coffee.
Get ready for adventure! After a short drive, we will arrive at the Walkways and go across one of the Longest Suspension Bridges of the World – The 516 Arouca! It spans 516m-long (1,692ft) across the valley and hangs 175m (576ft) above the Paiva river!
NOTICE: crossing the bridge is NOT mandatory. You have the option to skip it.
Then, you will walk the Paiva Walkways downhill in a total length of 7km over a wooden boardwalk zig-zagging downhill along the left bank of the river.
The walk will be followed by another highlight of our day: lunch! A delicious meal is deserved and it will take place at a beautiful typical restaurant! Meat, fish or vegetarian options available.
After lunch we’ll discover Arouca for a glance about local culture and history including convent sweets tasting related to Arouca Monastery.
Return to Porto.
PICK UP/DROP OFF | At meeting point: Calçada da Vandoma, next to Estátua de Vímara Peres (cathedral) | ||
START AT / END | 8:00 am / 5:00 pm (approx) | ||
INCLUDED |
Convent sweets tasting |
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NOT INCLUDED |
Any service that is not clearly specified in the inclusions |
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Detailed itinerary
- Pick up 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;
- Traditional Lunch;
- Visit to Arouca town.
Return to Porto
Note: We advise you to bring comfortable footwear and clothing, water, a hat and sunscreen.
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Tour Reviews
Einzigartiges Erlebnis!
Einzigartiges Erlebnis!
Einzigartiges Erlebnis!
Fabulous experience!
Our tour guide Filipe was fun, friendly, engaging and informative. A great value no hassle tour with a delicious lunch included. The suspension bridge was a fabulous piece of engineering and gave you a very different perspective of the river and walkway. The walkway was beautiful and so in keeping with it’s natural environment. We were even accompanied by goats (that graze on the banks) part of the way!! I would highly recommend.
Fabulous experience!
Our tour guide Filipe was fun, friendly, engaging and informative. A great value no hassle tour with a delicious lunch included. The suspension bridge was a fabulous piece of engineering and gave you a very different perspective of the river and walkway. The walkway was beautiful and so in keeping with it’s natural environment. We were even accompanied by goats (that graze on the banks) part of the way!! I would highly recommend.
Fabulous experience!
Our tour guide Filipe was fun, friendly, engaging and informative. A great value no hassle tour with a delicious lunch included. The suspension bridge was a fabulous piece of engineering and gave you a very different perspective of the river and walkway. The walkway was beautiful and so in keeping with it’s natural environment. We were even accompanied by goats (that graze on the banks) part of the way!! I would highly recommend.
Très bonne expérience à la hauteur de nos attentes! Norberto est un très bon guide, passionné et passionnant!!
Très bonne expérience à la hauteur de nos attentes! Norberto est un très bon guide, passionné et passionnant!!
Très bonne expérience à la hauteur de nos attentes! Norberto est un très bon guide, passionné et passionnant!!
This experience has been amazing. Norberto does everything he can to make this trip as pleasant as possible. You are too afraid to cross the bridge? Norberto takes you to the other side by car. You are too tired after half of the walkway? Norberto picks you up there and brings you to the restaurant. You don’t like meat? Norberto arranges different meals. The entire trip is very carefully planned and is an absolute joy to be part in. A big plus is that Norberto gives lots of insights into the rural living of Portugal and many nice historical infos as well. The bridge itself is an absolute stunner but the real gem is the Paiva Walkways themselves which lead you through stunning sceneries and are very well maintained. Highly recommended to do this trip!
This experience has been amazing. Norberto does everything he can to make this trip as pleasant as possible. You are too afraid to cross the bridge? Norberto takes you to the other side by car. You are too tired after half of the walkway? Norberto picks you up there and brings you to the restaurant. You don’t like meat? Norberto arranges different meals. The entire trip is very carefully planned and is an absolute joy to be part in. A big plus is that Norberto gives lots of insights into the rural living of Portugal and many nice historical infos as well. The bridge itself is an absolute stunner but the real gem is the Paiva Walkways themselves which lead you through stunning sceneries and are very well maintained. Highly recommended to do this trip!
This experience has been amazing. Norberto does everything he can to make this trip as pleasant as possible. You are too afraid to cross the bridge? Norberto takes you to the other side by car. You are too tired after half of the walkway? Norberto picks you up there and brings you to the restaurant. You don’t like meat? Norberto arranges different meals. The entire trip is very carefully planned and is an absolute joy to be part in. A big plus is that Norberto gives lots of insights into the rural living of Portugal and many nice historical infos as well. The bridge itself is an absolute stunner but the real gem is the Paiva Walkways themselves which lead you through stunning sceneries and are very well maintained. Highly recommended to do this trip!
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