Start location:
Valença
Duration:
8 days, 7 nights
Distance:
20 km, daily average
Altimetry:
150m, daily average
Level:
All, Intermediate
Tour Type:
All, Self Guided
from 995€ per guest
Every walker is different. Compare our beginner, intermediate and experienced walking tours in Portugal and find a journey that matches your fitness, experience and the amount of challenge you want from each day.
Every walker is different. Compare our beginner, intermediate and experienced walking tours in Portugal and find a journey that matches your fitness, experience and the amount of challenge you want from each day.
Choosing the right walking level can make the difference between a good holiday and a great one.
Our walking levels are designed to help you understand the physical demands of each journey before you travel. We consider more than distance alone. Daily elevation, terrain, trail conditions, consecutive walking days and the overall nature of the route all contribute to how demanding a journey feels.
At Live Love Hike, the objective isn’t to push you towards the hardest tour you can complete. It’s to help you choose a journey where you can enjoy the walking and still have the energy to experience everything around it.
Our beginner walking tours are designed for travellers who enjoy being active but don’t necessarily consider themselves experienced hikers.
Daily walks tend to be more accessible, with manageable distances and less demanding elevation. The emphasis is on enjoying the landscape, stopping along the way and having plenty of time left to experience the destination.
They’re a great choice if this is your first multi-day walking holiday, if you prefer a more relaxed pace or if the cultural and gastronomic experience is just as important to you as the walking.
Explore our beginner walking tours in Portugal.
Intermediate tours are designed for active travellers who are comfortable walking for several hours and want the walking itself to be a meaningful part of the journey.
Expect longer days, more elevation or more varied terrain than on our beginner journeys. You don’t need to be a highly experienced hiker, but a reasonable level of fitness and some preparation will help you enjoy consecutive days on the trail.
For many guests, this is the sweet spot: enough walking to feel that you’ve earned the view and the dinner at the end of the day, without turning the holiday into an endurance challenge.
Explore our intermediate walking tours in Portugal.
Our experienced-level journeys are for walkers who actively enjoy the physical challenge of a longer or more demanding day on the trail.
These tours may include greater distances, significant elevation, rougher terrain or several demanding walking days in succession. Good fitness and previous hiking experience are recommended so that you can enjoy the journey rather than simply complete it.
The reward is often access to some of Portugal’s wildest and most spectacular landscapes.
Explore our experienced walking tours in Portugal.
Two walks of the same distance can feel completely different.
Ten kilometres along relatively flat coastal paths is not the same as ten kilometres involving sustained climbing, rocky terrain or a long descent. Weather and consecutive walking days can also change how demanding a journey feels.
That’s why we consider the overall experience of the route, rather than assigning a level based only on kilometres.
On each tour page, you’ll find information about the daily distances, elevation and terrain so you can understand what to expect before choosing your journey.
A walking holiday isn’t a competition.
Some experienced hikers deliberately choose an easier journey because they want more time for photography, long lunches, wine tastings, swimming or simply enjoying the places they’re walking through.
Others want the trail itself to provide a physical challenge.
Both are equally valid ways to travel.
The right level is the one that allows you to experience the journey the way you want to experience it.
Tell us about the kind of walking you normally do, your fitness and what you want from your holiday, and our Live Love Hike team can help you choose.
You can also start with the destination. From the coastal landscapes of the Algarve to the vineyards of the Douro, the Portuguese Camino and the volcanic trails of the Azores, different regions offer very different styles of walking.
Discover where to walk in Portugal or explore the different ways to experience our walking tours.
We are Live Love Hike, specialists in walking tours in Portugal.
Our journeys are designed around more than kilometres and elevation. We combine great walking with carefully selected accommodation, local culture, gastronomy and the support you need to enjoy Portugal at your own pace.
Explore all our Portugal hiking tours and find the journey that feels right for you.