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Activity

  • Walking Tour Portugal

Duration

  • 6 days program - 5 days walking

Accommodation

6 nights - 3*/4* Hotels and Charming
Lodge

Price

From 680€

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Along the Coast - Walking Self-Guided Program... an adventure waiting for you!

Hiking Tour Portugal

The main aim of this program is to offer the participants a chance to know one of the most beautiful coasts of Europe.
The Rota Vicentina offers a big variety of fauna and flora, and diverse landscapes that will definitly catch your attention!
Another plus of this experience is the mouth watering gastronomy you will get to taste, and the comfortable rural accomodation that will provide you with deep levels of relaxation.
It is very easy to arrive, given the quick and easy accesses. The difficulty will be to depart and leave behind a handful of feelings that only the Vicentine Coast can offer.
More than a challenge, the Vicentine Coast is a way of living…

Day by Day

 Day 1 - Porto Côvo

Reception of the participants.

How to get to Porto Côvo:

Bus from Sete Rios bus station in Lisbon to Porto Côvo – 3:00 hours.

Bus station - Rede Expresso PR.MARECHAL HUMBERTO DELGADO -SETE RIOS (near to the Sete Rios metro station).

Porto Côvo is a picturesque fishermen's village that remains a lot like it was back in the day! Near by there are some of the prettiest beaches of the area. Enjoy the food in its plaza! 

Places to visit: Samoqueira beach, Pessegueiro Island, Porto Côvo village

Accommodation in Porto Côvo


 Day 2 - Walking from Porto Côvo to Vila Nova de Milfontes - 20Km

This is the beaches section, where you will walk along the vast sand dunes area of Ilha do Pessegueiro, Aivados and Malhão beaches and discover small deserted coves that will surprise you. It is a tiring walking day, given its extension and the constant sandy terrain.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: DIFFICULT
DISTANCE: 20 KM
APPROXIMATE DURATION: 7 HOURS
ACCUMULATED CLIMB: 167 M
ACCUMULATED DESCENT: 149 M
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE: 51 M
MINIMUM ALTITUDE: 1 M

Places to visit: Malhão and Aivados beaches, Milfontes village, lighthouse, fort, Porto das Barcas, Furnas beach, Mabi (for the best icecreams and croissaints)

Accommodation in Vila Nova de Milfontes


 Day 3 - Walking from Vila Nova de Milfontes to Almograve - 15 Km

This is a day to purify your soul thanks to the overwhelming views over Vila Nova de Milfontes and the Mira river that meets the ocean here. It is a short and accessible hiking day so that you may enjoy the area to its fullest extent.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
DISTANCE: 15 KM
APPROXIMATE DURATION: 5 HOURS
ACCUMULATED CLIMB: 88 M
ACCUMULATED DESCENT: 116 M
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE: 53 M
MINIMUM ALTITUDE: 0 M

Accommodation in Vila Nova de Milfontes


 Day 4 - Walking from Almograve to Zambujeira do Mar - 22 Km

Small fishing harbours, reddish sand dunes, the scent of pine tree forests and the sight - seen nowhere else in the world - of storks nesting on the cliffs, make this walk a true balm for your senses.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
DISTANCE: 22 KM
APPROXIMATE DURATION: 7 HOURS
ACCUMULATED CLIMB: 203 M
ACCUMULATED DESCENT: 193 M
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE: 90 M
MINIMUM ALTITUDE: 4 M

Places to visit: Zambujeira do Mar beach, Nossa Senhora do Mar Chapel, village

Accommodation in Zambujeira do Mar


 Day 5 - Walking from Zambujeira do Mar to Brejão/Odeceixe - 18 Km

You will be passing the beaches of Alteirinhos, Carvalhal, Machados and Amália on the way to Azenha do Mar, where you will find a natural fishing harbour. To top it all enjoy one of the most outstanding views in the entire territory: Odeceixe beach seen from the majestic Ponta em Branco.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
DISTANCE: 18 KM
APPROXIMATE DURATION: 7 HOURS
ACCUMULATED CLIMB: 263 M
ACCUMULATED DESCENT: 283 M
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE: 74 M
MINIMUM ALTITUDE: 1 M

Places to visit: Aljezur village and Castel, Brejão Beach, Amália beach

Accommodation in Brejão/Odeceixe


 Day 6 - Walking from Odeceixe to Aljezur - 18 Km

Today you will be walking along Mira’s watering channel, fed by the waters of Santa Clara’s dam. For miles you will see around you the mountains to the east and the ocean to the west. You’ll have a choice between two complementary circuits that will take you to the coastal cliffs and allow you to get to know Odeceixe and Amoreira beaches.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EASY
DISTANCE: 18 KM
APPROXIMATE DURATION: 6 HOURS
ACCUMULATED CLIMB: 123 M
ACCUMULATED DESCENT: 108 M
MAXIMUM ALTITUDE: 112 M
MINIMUM ALTITUDE: 0 M

Places to visit: Odeceixe beach, Aljezur Castle, Arrifana beach, Monte Clérigo Beach

Accommodation in Aljezur


 Day 7 - Aljezur to Lisbon

Transfer from Aljezur to Lisbon

Bus 3:30 Hours

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and the centre of a multifaceted region that appeals to different tastes and senses. In a city that has been receiving many and different cultures from far and wide distances over time, today you can still feel the village breath on every historical neighbourhood. You can walk through the grid of streets in Baixa Pombalina that opens to the Praça do Comércio and, following the river, get to know some of the most beautiful places in the city: the monumental area of Belém with World Heritage monuments, medieval neighbourhoods, and also areas with more recent or contemporary leisure facilities, such as the Parque das Nações and the Docks.

Places to visit: Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Padrão do Descobrimentos, São Jorge Castle, Praça do Comércio, Chiado, Parque das Nações


Prices

Price per person
2 people
Self-Guided 750€

4 or more people
Self-Guided 680€

High Season - June 15th to September 15th - price upon request


Prices per person (2 people in a double)

Single Supplement 275€
Solo Supplement 225€

 

Map of the Tour

Included

  • 6 nights Bed and Breakfast (charming lodging)

  • 5 picnic lunches

  • Support staff from FreeFlow

  • Luggage transport from accommodation to accommodation

  • Personal accident insurance

  • Map 1: 55 000 and GPS files GPX/KMZ

  • Transfer from Aljezur to Santa Clara Train Station

Levels

Easy - No walking experience necessary. No hills or not steep hills, short duration.
Medium - A little longer, with some hills that are not steep or only a few hills but steep.
Difficult - Requires good physical condition. Are usually long and with several hills of all type.

The participants should take into account the terrain and the km/miles of each track and be sure to check in advance that they are in good physical
condition to do it.

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH VERTIGO OR FEAR OF HEIGHTS