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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End of the Tour
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Tour Reviews
Toller Guide mit viel Leidenschaft, für sein Land und seine Region. Tolles Naturerlebnis rundum ein sehr gelungener Tagesausflug für die ganze Familie.
Joao did a great job as the guide. He made everyone welcome, explained things clearly but allowed us autonomy to explore ourselves. Bridge is stunning, Walkways take you through some lovely scenery. Meal was good. Highly recommend.
Die Brücke war einfach wunderschön und dann noch dazu diese tolle Natur! Wir hatten einen tollen Tag und ich würde jeden, der im Norden Portugals ist, diese Tour empfehlen!
Essen war super lecker und super vielfältig.
Danke liebes Ennetour Team, das ihr unseren Urlaub unvergesslich gemacht habt 🙂
Ricardo unser Guide war super!! Die ganze Tour war top organisiert und hat mega viel Spaß gemacht. Ich kann sie nur wärmstens empfehlen 😊
Der Tagesausflug war super abwechslungsreich und hat sehr viel Spaß gemacht. Die Wanderung war sehr schön und das Essen war echt lecker und der Guide super nett! Sehr empfehlenswert!
Unser Guide, Ricardo, war überaus zuvorkommend, freundlich und hilfsbereit. Das Essen war ausgezeichnet! Die Tour verlief genau so wie geplant, alles war top organisiert. Nur zu empfehlen!!!
Ein toller Ausflug. Wunderschöne Landschaft. Die Hängebrücke war der Hammer. Besonders hat mir auch das Mittagessen,typisch portugiesisch,geschmortes Fleisch,sehr zart und der Nachtisch gefallen. Ricardo,unser Guide,war sehr zuvorkommend, freundlich und hilfsbereit. Ein sehr schöner Tag.
需要走很多路，如果思想輕輕鬆鬆看風景的不建議這活動。但是想運動一下行山的話十分推薦
Bonita excursión por la zona de Arouca!
Todo muy bien, Ricardo es un guía excelente siempre pendiente de que todo vaya bien y nos contó muchos detalles y anécdotas durante nuestro viaje. Muy recomendable la experiencia, aunque la caminata en agosto se hace un poco larga por el calor.
Excellent. Joao was an excellent guide, day was packed commentary while we were driving, suspension bridge was the reason I booked this trip but the hike and swim ( I chose to stay back at the Indiana Jones bridge to dip in the water rather than walk the rest of the way) was great and the highlight was the traditional Portuguese lunch with wine. It really rounded off the trip.
recommend this trip. Guide was excellent. Beautiful scenery, something different to do. Could have done with not sitting in the heat for coffee and sweets to finish but appreciate that the locals will be used to the heat. Great walk, really enjoyed the activity, but if you’re not a strong walked this might not be for you. The walk is easy enough but you are walking to a timeframe and others will be impacted of you are late to the rendezvous (which was our experience). Overall, worth doing, hope to come back!
Excellent
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