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Highlights
- Immerse yourself in UNESCO-listed Paiva Walkways, a trail through Arouca Geopark that offers an open-air escape surrounded by nature.
- Enter the Paiva Walkways with your ticket and set off on a self-guided walk, choosing your own pace and breaks as you follow the marked route.
- Walk the wooden boardwalks that define the Paiva Walkways, tracing a nature trail that guides you from one landscape to the next scenic stop.
- Pause at viewpoints where waterfalls fill your sight, listen to rushing water around you, and capture photo moments that highlight this varied trail.
Your Experience
Explore Passadiços do Paiva in Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark on a self-guided wooden boardwalk nature trail at your own pace.
Getting started
Enter Passadiços do Paiva (Paiva Walkways) using your ticket for the designated date. After your ticket is checked at the entrance, join the wooden boardwalk paths that lead you into the valley. From here you set your own pace, choosing how far and how long you want to walk through this outdoor trail.
What to expect
Passadiços do Paiva (Paiva Walkways)
Located inside the Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark, Passadiços do Paiva follows the river along one of Portugal's most talked-about nature trails. The route is designed so you can move between river views, rocky slopes, and forest sections without leaving the wooden structure.
Features
- Follow a self-guided outdoor walk at your own pace, choosing when to pause, turn back, or continue deeper into the valley without being tied to a group schedule.
- Walk along the wooden boardwalk paths through nature, which keep you on a clear route as they trace the contours of the hillside above the river.
- Experience a spectacular nature trail in Portugal, where the combination of riverbed, cliffs, and vegetation is protected within the Arouca UNESCO Global Geopark.
- Stop at scenic viewpoints, landscapes and waterfalls, using the built-in platforms to look over the river course and surrounding slopes while you listen to the sound of the water below.
Inclusions
- Entry to Passadiços do Paiva (Paiva Walkways)
- Self-guided outdoor walk at own pace
- Spectacular nature trail in Portugal
- Wooden boardwalk paths through nature
- Scenic viewpoints, landscapes and waterfalls
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Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.