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Start planning your guided walking tours in Portugal for 2019 - take a look at our group hiking tours, and join us next year!Our 2019 hiking tour calendar is now available! You can now join a group for a guided walking tour in Portugal and discover Portugal on foot with other fellow travellers!These are guaranteed departures, in which you do not need a minimum number of participants ( unlike our guided tours, which require a minimum of four guests) in which you share your experience with other travellers. We have designed several Portugal hiking tours, for hikers of different skills, and in several regions in Portugal such as the Douro valley and historical villages of northern Portugal, the Southwest Coast's natural parks, Alentejo wine country, or the portuguese Camino de Santiago.

How to pack for your hiking holidays? What should you take with you to prepare for different kinds of weather conditions, terrains, cultures? Here are some tips from our guides on how to prepare your next hiking experience. Last week the sun shone practically every day. This week it’s raining, and we’re all glad for […]

Are you looking to join a group on a walking tour next Spring? See from our available dates below and join a group on your next hiking holidays in Portugal. If you always wanted to know the secluded locations and the less beaten trails of Portugal, share the spirit of discovery with other like-minded explorers, […]

As beautiful as they are, there's a lot more to Lisbon and Porto besides what we can find inside the city limits - especially if you want to explore the nature around these special cities. Read more about our favourite short hiking escapes on a blog post from Daniel, on his favourite half-day hiking spots you can start from Porto or Lisbon.There’s a whole lot more to Lisbon and Porto besides what we can find inside the city limits. Going on a city break, both have plenty to offer and discover — but it comes a time during my trips, when I feel that what I need is a break from the city — ever got that feeling?!I mean, I love Porto. I was born here and lived in this city most of my life. I belong here… but also to the world, and there’s a great deal of it right next door from where I am.

Start planning your guided walking tours in Portugal for 2019 - take a look at our group hiking tours, and join us next year!Our 2019 hiking tour calendar is now available! You can now join a group for a guided walking tour in Portugal and discover Portugal on foot with other fellow travellers!These are guaranteed departures, in which you do not need a minimum number of participants ( unlike our guided tours, which require a minimum of four guests) in which you share your experience with other travellers. We have designed several Portugal hiking tours, for hikers of different skills, and in several regions in Portugal such as the Douro valley and historical villages of northern Portugal, the Southwest Coast's natural parks, Alentejo wine country, or the portuguese Camino de Santiago.

Nearby Porto, in Northern Portugal, the UNESCO world heritage site of the Douro valley offers some of the best trails for Hiking in Portugal...Alongside the river Douro, in the northern region of Portugal and east of Oporto, magnificent hills cut out by man-made terraces compose a distinctive landscape which yields unique conditions for the production of wines, amongst which the prestigious Port wine.