Take part in a trip to the Paiva walkways leaving Porto in comfortable transport. Discover one of the most impressive wild river gorges in northern Portugal located in the UNESCO Global Geopark of Arouca.
Walk along the Passadiços do Paiva and the famous zigzag staircases, with panoramic viewpoints to enjoy waterfalls and cliffs of the gorge, on a route between the river beaches of Areinho and Espiunca, in between you will pass by Praia do Vau to recharge your energy. Enjoy this journey through biology, geology and archeology and fall in love with nature.
Passage through Geosites: Garganta do Paiva (G36); Aguieiras Waterfall (G35); Vau River Beach (G30); Gola do Salto (G31); Spike Fault (G32)
Finally, at Espiunca beach, have lunch and relax in an excellent leisure area enjoying the crystal clear waters of the Paiva River.
Posted By : Patricia_H
Walk along Paccadicos do Paiva was lovely - lots of work building this pathway. Nice day trip if craving green after touring Porto. The taxi/tour van lots is 300m from bottom finish and there is another restaurant/bar there. I didn’t give 5 stars because tour operator had our driver also drive another couple with similar but different tour and there was confusion on afternoon plans. We were there ~9:20 on Monday and practically had the walkway to ourselves except when met other hikers going opposite direction near the bottom.
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Posted On : 2024-05-01 17:36:46 
Posted By : brandon_r
Our guide was Paulo. From the very beginning of our trip Paulo was very kind and informative. He gave us a worldclass tour and took the time to answer all of our questions. My sister and I were lucky to have someone who knows the countryside well. He also had phenomenal food options for us to try. All in all I'd like to try a different part of the country and will be requesting him next time.
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Posted On : 2023-04-20 19:09:44
Posted By : Teresa_R
Paolo was amazing. Such a gentleman and he had a vast knowledge of the area. We learned so much from him. I loved these two cities. Wish there was more time to see them both. Make sure you do the gondola ride in aveiro to see more if the city.
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Posted On : 2022-10-16 08:29:39
