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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: 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
Pick up/drop off at Rua de Alexandre Herculano, 173

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 INCLUDE
Personal expenses
Gratuities (optional)

Any service that is not clearly specified in the inclusions

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Additional information

Duration+/- 10 Hours
Age6+
Difficulty4 / 10
LocationPaiva
TimesAll year round
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Tour description

  • Pick up in the city centre: Rua de Alexandre Herculano 173 (next to the Adega Típica de São João restaurant);
  • Paiva Walkways;
  • Arouca Bridge 516;
  • Traditional lunch in Arouca;
  • Visit to Costa Nova
  • Let’s go to Aveiro and discover the city centre;
  • Boat trip along the canals of Aveiro.

– 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
aveiro tour
costa nova

Tour Reviews

4.93 based on 1070 reviews
29/09/2022

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!

29/09/2022

Simply an amazing time. So much beauty and the guide was amazing!

28/09/2022

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.

27/09/2022

Ricardo was a wonderful tour guide!!!! He is incredibly knowledgeable and very kind!! Highly recommend this tour!!

27/09/2022

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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