Overnight and dinner in Vouzela

Distance – 41,4 km (positive climbing 960 m; negative climbing 1 040 m)

Duration – 06 h approximately

Difficulty level – 2/5

São Pedro do Sul: This village has become an excellent nature destination. Its location, between the mountains of Freita, Arada and S. Macário, allows us to enjoy breathtaking landscapes while we pedal along the paths of the old Vouga railway line.

Vouzela: Vouzela is a small town very rich in historical heritage but also in natural heritage! In this place of great biodiversity we can find several species of great importance, many endemic, such as the oleander, which when it blooms fills the landscape with colour.

Overnight and dinner at Sever de Vouga

Distance – 10,2 km (negative drop 12m)

Duration – 04h approximately

Difficulty level – 02/05

River Vouga: The river Vouga rises at 930m altitude and is about 148 km long. This river was an important modeller of the surrounding landscape, crossing valleys and forests. It ends its course in the beautiful Ria de Aveiro, where it feeds various channels, land and marshy areas of this lagoon. 

Sernada do Vouga: This is an important point, as it is in Sernada do Vouga that we can find the last vestiges of the old Portuguese railway, the narrow gauge railway, still in use.

Lodging and dinner at Sever do Vouga

Distance – 8 km (positive drop 232m; negative drop 232m)

Duration – 05h approximately

Difficulty level – 02/05

Vouga Line: the Vouga Line, once very important for the survival of the communities that depended on it, went into disuse, becoming a tourist attraction of exploration, but also of historical evidence.

Lunch: picnic 

Aveiro: The city of Aveiro is famous for its lagoon, the Ria de Aveiro, for the soft eggs and for its proximity to the sea. It is a city full of charms and nooks and crannies that are good to visit. 

We end this visit to Portugal relaxing on the beautiful beaches of Aveiro.

Lodging and dinner at Aveiro

Transfer to Porto airport for the return home