Arrival to Porto.
You will meet your guide at the arrivals area with a sign board.
He will take you for check in at the hotel in Chaves.
Later your guide will take you out for lunch.
After which you will walk to the location where the activity of the day will start .
Explore Chaves a “flaviense” city that was the stage for the most varied civilizational reminiscences in the history of Portugal, such as the Roman, Visigoth, and Muslim.
Land of enchantments and monumentality, Chaves offers to those who visit it an encounter with the history and culture of the people of Alto Tâmega and its dazzling scenic nature.
You will also have a taste of the characteristic “Pastel de Chaves” and visit the Aquae Flaviae Museum, the Church of Misericordia and the Museum of the Flaviense Region and the Homage Tower - Military Museum.
At the end of this experience your guide will walk with you back to your hotel.
Distance: NA
Cumulative Gap: NA
Duration: 6h
Duration of trail: NA
Difficulty of Walk: NA
Meals: Traditional Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Four Stars Hotel
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the beginning of the trail.
The trail starts at the village of São Lourenço and going up the mountain passing the highest point of the route, you will see extensive views either to the lands of Spain (Galicia), or all the mountains of Barroso and the last but not the least, to the unique Valley of Chaves.
From this place we can observe the Castles of Chaves and ‘Monterrey’ in Verin.
After these magnificent views we will enjoy a ham tasting experience.
At the end of the experience your guide will take you back to your hotel in Chaves.
There you will have a spa session.
Distance: 9,6 Km | 5,9 mi
Cumulative Gap: +350 m / -350 m
Duration: 7h15min
Duration of trail: 2h45min + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Difficult
Meals:Picnic, Dinner
Accommodation: Four Stars Hotel
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the beginning of the trail.
The first trail starts and finishes in Santa Valha. While you walk down the trail you will visit a group of rupestrian winepress, where the wine is made like the Romans made it. There you will get to know Calcatorium, the first wine of rupestrian winepress that revives the ancient Roman technique.
After we will visit an emblematic winery - the "Encostas de Sonim" - and have a olive oil and wine tasting experience.
The second trail is in the Ecovia do Rabaçal. This trail begins in the Rabaçal River Beach and finishes in the Torto River Beach. After traveling a short distance we will find the “do Agostinho” Bridge, a roman bridge from the first century a.d. We will also get to know the Village of Cachão, an uninhabited village, but which continues to host the pilgrimage of São Genésio in August. This village is is today a garden of various fruit trees and also various types of secondary vegetation, such as giestais.
To add to the experience we will visit an emblematic winery - the Encostas Sonim - where we will taste test wines.
After your guide will take you back to your hotel in Valpaços.
Distance: 4,5 Km | 2,8 mi && 10,3 Km | 6,4 mi
Cumulative Gap: +131 m / -131 m & +289 m / -325 m
Duration: 9h15min
Duration of trail: 1h15min + 30 min & 3h + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Easy & Difficult
Meals: Picnic, Dinner
Accommodation: 4 Stars Country Hotel
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the beginning of the trail.
In this day we will walk the Eastern Portuguese St James Way in Valpaços.
It reveals a landscape that is acquiring new flavors, conferred by the products of the land: Olive Oil, Chestnuts, the Folar de Valpaços IGP, Wine, Smoked Meats, Honey, Dried Fruits, Red Fruits, among other products that stand out for their excellence and superior quality.
In this municipality there are several monuments and place names associated with Santiago and the pilgrimage to Compostela.
We will also have a tasting experience of olive oil and wine in Casa Do Vinho.
Finished the experience your guide will take you back to your hotel in Valpaços, where you will get to enjoy a refreshing massage in the spa.
Distance: 11 Km | 6,8 mi
Cumulative Gap: +420 m / -201 m
Duration: 7h45min
Duration of trail: 3h15min + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Difficult
Meals: Picnic, Dinner
Accommodation: 4 Stars Country Hotel
Optional Experience: Olive spa and pumpkin spa
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the village of Casal de Loivos, where the trail begins.
On the half slopes that border the River Pinhão and the River Douro, between the towns of Pinhão and Casal de Loivos, many of the Douro's historic quintas can be found, harmoniously inserted into the landscape, as well as the main Port wine producing houses, which invite tourists to taste their wines and, during the harvest season, to take part in their "lagaradas".
Our hiking trail is there.
Along the trail in Casal de Loivos, there is a byway to its belvedere, allowing we to appreciate what was considered by an English newspaper as the third most beautiful landscape in the world.
After we will visit an emblematic winery - the "Quinta do Bomfim" - and there have a taste of the regional wine.
For last enjoy a boat tour on the magnificent Douro river.
Finished the experience your guide will take you to your hotel in Lamego.
Distance: 3,9 Km | 2,4 mi
Cumulative Gap: + 7 m / - 332 m
Duration: 7h45min
Duration of trail: 1h15min + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Easy
Meals: Picnic, Dinner
Accommodation: Five Stars Country Hotel
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the beginning of the trail.
The trail begins in the parish church of the village of Samodães and from its churchyard there is a superb view over the Douro Valley.
After passing through the village, as you enter the area of farms and vineyards, we begin to be presented with beautiful panoramic views of the Douro Valley, which is therefore a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Further ahead we reach the bank of the Douro River and continue our way back to Samodães.
After we will visit an emblematic winery - the "Quinta da Pacheca" - and there have a taste of the regional wine.
The "Quinta da Pacheca" is one of the most famous units 'charm tourism' Douro and has been the target of many awards internationally.
Taking in the vineyard and wine to his inspiration and environments, it is devoted to the gastronomic and wine tourism, combining modern image and 'avant-garde' with sobriety and elegance.
Finished the experience your guide will take you back to your hotel in Lamego, where you will go to the spa for leisure.
Distance: 12,2 Km | 7,6 mi
Cumulative Gap: +440 m / -440 m
Duration: 7h45min
Duration of trail: 3h30min + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Very Difficult
Meals: Picnic, Dinner
Accommodation: Five Stars Country Hotel
At the beginning of the day your guide will take you to the beginning of the trail.
This day trail begins in Vila Real and ends in the village of Nogueira.
This route develops on a path overlooking the Corgo River and allows you to go through a large part of the south of Vila Real, within the Douro Demarcated Region.
It crosses an old railway bridge of the Linha do Corgo, developing along the Ecopista da Linha do Corgo, a descent along the left bank of the river, marked by the majority presence of vines, only interrupted in less favorable situations with the persistence of natural shrub vegetation.
The trail goes through the old railway halt at Cruzeiro and the village of Penelas, where you can appreciate the architectural beauty of the Santa Luzia Chapel.
After crossing another railway bridge of the Linha do Corgo, the trail also passes by the Carrazedo Railway Station, allowing you to relive the vitality that the railway once provided in these parts, after its implementation in the early twentieth century.
Concluded the hike we will visit "Come na 2"where we will have a taste of the regional wine and later experience pottery.
At the end of the experience your guide will take you to your hotel in Porto.
Distance: 11,1 Km | 6,9 mi
Cumulative Gap: +173 m / -332 m
Duration: 10h15min
Duration of trail: 3h15min + 30 min
Difficulty of Walk: Moderate
Meals: Traditional Lunch
Accommodation: Four Stars Hotel
Porto is the main economic, university and cultural center of the Northern Region.
It watched several of the moments of Portugal history and its Historic Center was classified as a World Heritage Site.
Its also well known in the world for its wine. In this day you will visit this city at your own pace.
This is the day of the departure, so when your ready your guide will drop you at the airport.
Distance: NA
Cumulative Gap: NA
Duration: NA
Duration of trail: NA
Difficulty of Walk: NA
Meals: NA
Accommodation: NA