Includes: 5 nights B&B | 4 self-guided walks | luggage transfer | local support.

TOTAL DISTANCE: 76Km/47Miles

TOTAL CLIMB: 896m

TOTAL DESCENT: 908m

This is a Magical coastal program using marked trails along the fishermen´s paths of Rota Vicentina in the Alentejo SW Atlantic Coast Region. The landscape is undulating and presents a great diversity, every day will offer a new challenge. Locals are humble and friendly, gastronomy is outstanding, especially the fish, shellfish and the black pork. This experience offers tranquility and a lot of distance walking by yourself, allowing to explore the feeling of discovery among nature. This fishermen´s trail is unique in Europe and a great achievement to get to your best memories. The average distance per day is 20Km/12,5Miles, which makes it a 5-6h gentle walk. If you don´t like sand or dirt tracks, this is not your kind of program.

Highlights

 Stunning Coastal landscapes with cliffs, rivers, valleys and the great Atlantic

 Small towns and villages, the biggest one has close to 5000 people.

 Great local gastronomy from Alentejo & Algarve Regions

 Walks along the sandy paths of Rota Vicentina

 Desert beaches along every day walk (except July and August)
 

#Coastal landscapes #Fishermen´s paths #Sandy trails #Rota Vicentina #Cliffs #Beaches #Fish #small towns #heritage #small towns #lifestyle #Porto côvo #Vila Nova de Milfontes # Longueira #Zambujeira do Mar #Odeceixe

Includes: 7 nights B&B | 6 self-guided walks | luggage transfer | local support.

TOTAL DISTANCE: 117Km /73Miles

TOTAL CLIMB: 1646m

TOTAL DESCENT: 1591m

Discovering the Alentejo & Algarve SW coast is an astonishing coastal walking program along Rota Vicentina’s Fishermen’s Trail, in the SW coast of Alentejo region. Being mostly flat, the challenging factor here will not be elevation but the sandy sections, which will gradually decrease in length as you move South, shade is scarce in some areas, so make sure you are well prepared for the sun exposure. The pristine landscape is a constant along this 120km/71mi walking program which, being divided in 6 walks, makes the distance covered per day to be around 20km/12.5mi. A comfortable distance for a broad range of walking expertise.

Highlights:

 Overnight in small picturesque towns along the coast;

 Great food made with fresh local ingredients, specially fish and seafood;

 Stunning Coastal landscapes with cliffs, rivers, valleys and the great Atlantic;

 Get in touch with the locals and contribute to the local economy;

 Historical and Fishermen´s trail combination;

#Coast & Countryside landscapes #Fishermen´s paths #Historical way #Sandy trails #Rota Vicentina #local gastronomy #Porto côvo #Vila Nova de Milfontes # Longueira #Zambujeira do Mar #Odeceixe #Aljezur #Arrifana Beach

Includes: 7 nights B&B | 6 self-guided walks | 1 dinner | luggage transfer | local support.

TOTAL DISTANCE: 115Km/71Miles

TOTAL CLIMB: 1673m

TOTAL DESCENT: 1881m

This program combines the historical and the fishermen´s routes of Rota Vicentina, providing the best hiking experience with a lot of diversity along the way. It starts inland and it reaches the coastline after 3 walking days. If seeking for the best of both worlds, this is the solution, once it will take through a journey of non-tourist places until the beautiful coastal villages and landscapes. This tour´s possible to extend South, heading the very Southern corner of Europe the mythical Cape of Saint Vincents that provides the name to this route.

Highlights

 Castle of Santiago do Cacém and the unspoiled rural countryside of this area;

 Montado (cork oak and pine threes) the most important ecosystem of this region;

 Great local gastronomy from Alentejo Region, black pork and blood sausages are a must without forgetting the fish and seafood ;

 Stunning Coastal landscapes with cliffs, rivers, valleys and the great Atlantic;

 Fishermen´s trail of Rota Vicentina for 3 walking days (except July and August)
 

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#Santiago do Cacém #Vale Seco #Cercal do Alentejo #Porto côvo #Vila Nova de Milfontes # Longueira #Zambujeira do Mar