— Small group tours! —
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: Rua de Alexandre Herculano 173 (right next to restaurant Adega Tipica de São João) | ||
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 INCLUDE |
Any service that is not clearly specified in the inclusions |
Tour Reviews
Fantastic tour, we saw so many beautiful sites! I highly recommend if you aren’t deathly afraid of heights. Little gifts throughout was a nice touch. Another side of Portugal!
Simply an amazing time. So much beauty and the guide was amazing!
Paiva Walkways is a must-see experience!
Great experience to start the vacation! If you like nature and a good hike, we can highly recommend the Paiva Walkways. We got a lot of lovely pictures, had a great talk through the whole walk which was nearly 8 km long. We were 8 people in total on the trip, but divided quickly into the couples we were, with our own different paces. The Footbridge was also a highly appreciated experience. My husband is a bit afraid of heights, but found the bridge to be more interesting than frightening to walk over – as long as he didn’t look down 😉 The visit to the fishing village Aveiro and rest of the tour was also interesting, but we especially loved the start of the tour with the nature and bridge involved. The lunch at the small family restaurant was terrific! Excellent food and an amazing tasting experience. After this day trip we were filled with new experiences and great food. Can highly recommend it. Will definitely return to the Paiva Walkways.
Ricardo was a wonderful tour guide!!!! He is incredibly knowledgeable and very kind!! Highly recommend this tour!!
A great day tour from Porto. We were picked up right outside our apartment. The suspension bridge is super cool and the Paiva walkway has beautiful views and was a nice way to be active on vacation. You definitely earn your lunch afterwards. Make sure you wear comfy shoes! Aviera canal boat tour was fun too. Highly recommend!
Ricardo was wonderful! Very thoughtful and knowledgeable!
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