The Quiet Villages on the Mountains Guided
Road Bike | Guided | Landscape
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This tour takes place in a gorgeous region and it is one of the most well preserved regions in Portugal still maintaining many Portuguese ancient traditions and the small and traditional villages made of granitic stones. The luxuriant vegetation completes this awesome scenery in the National Park.
The overall difficulty level of this tour is 4, Advanced (more precisely, level 3.7 between 1~5). It is recommended for enthusiast cyclists. It is supposed that you are fit and in good shape.
This gorgeous bicycle tour in Portugal starts in a small village called Casas Novas (near Chaves) where we can see several manor houses dated from the 17th and 18th centuries. We cycle along the river banks and the dam, and our way leads us to one of the most picturesque villages in the region and then to a town famous for its castle and its witch nights.
We go on cycling along traditional villages within the amazing luxuriant landscape of oak trees. We visit the highest village in Portugal and admire the breathtaking landscape around, its traditions and its people.
We cross the border into Spain at 1213m (3980mi) high and we cycle within the Natural Park of Xurès and visit some of its villages.
Our bike tour in Portugal goes on, taking us to the hills and to a small town where we can admire the walls of the old castle dated from the 11th century and located on the top of a granite mountain and its Roman bridge.
We cross a forest of cedars and birch-trees which leads us to a Sanctuary. The landscape is amazing and the winding mountain roads take us to Lima valley and the land of Vinho Verde, the typical wine of this region.
We cycle along the river banks admiring an astonishing view and luxuriant vegetation. This bike tour in Portugal ends in Ponte de Lima, a beautiful small town whose name derives from the bridge (ponte) which was the only safe way to cross the Lima river in the Middle Ages.
From
Euro 2720
Guided
Tour
6
Days
Level 4 (3.7)
Advanced
Distance
231km/144mi
58km/36mi day
Hotels
Signature, Explorer
Trails
100% asphalt
Start | End
Chaves | Ponte de Lima
Dates
Start-End
Availability
Booking
Price
Per Person
19 Jun – 24 Jun, 2022
Complete
Euro 2910
03 Jul – 08 Jul, 2022
Complete
Euro 2900
17 Jul – 22 Jul, 2022
Available
Euro 2900
31 Jul – 05 Aug, 2022
Available
Euro 2900
15 Aug – 20 Aug, 2022
Available
Euro 2900
29 Aug – 03 Sep, 2022
Available
Euro 3010
12 Sep – 17 Sep, 2022
Complete
Euro 3130
25 Sep – 30 Sep, 2022
Complete
Euro 3410
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