Walking in Portugal

Location: Cabo de São Vicente, Portugal I felt the need of recording this wonderful moment when I was just about finish crossing all Algarve biking mostly along the coastal line. A very pleasant tour with 226Km (+/-140mi) of secondary roads, some dirt roads and also crossing some small...

  It may seem strange to include a walk in the Douro Valley within the set of unknown places but there is a strong reason to do so. As you may know, the Douro Valley is classified as World Heritage Site by UNESCO and is also the oldest...

In a territory with such ancient boundaries, such as Portugal, and where the human presence is almost everywhere, there are not frequent wildlife sightings and when that happens, as this is the case, it is always an exciting moment. Garrano is a breed of Iberian horses. We often...

What is the Way of Saint James? How did it appear? Why is so important? More than a pilgrimage is a spiritual journey within us, steps towards to self-knowledge. The History of the Way of Saint James dates back to the time of the birth of Christianity. In...

The river Alva starts in the southwestern part of the Serra da Estrela and goes into the Mondego River upstream of Penacova, around 230km north from Lisbon. At the mouth of the river Alva, and near Penacova, there are a number of small dams that allow a very...

When someone thinks about visiting Portugal and spends some time searching for what to see and do in this country, I think one of the suggestions that will appear quite often is tasting/drinking port wine. Am I right? Anyone, non-Portuguese, who reads this post please comment. The problem...

I'm a little nervous about writing this post. “Serra da Freita” (Freita’s hills) is one of the places that inspired me to start this long walk to become a professional on Active Tourism and I do not know if I will have enough talent in the art of writing...