What to do and visit in Castelo de Paiva

Castelo de paiva is a town with a strong connection with Nature where one can wander through mountains and rivers and where old villages keep their secrets and crafts. Due to its location and natural wealth, different people have...

Paiva Walkways

Paiva Walkways and 516 Arouca bridge

Since the opening in 2015, the Paiva Walkways quickly conquered the Portuguese travelers while also became an International attraction due to their wild charm and the 8 km of constant discovery, on its suspended boards that serpent the escarpment...

Farm to Table Breakfast & Gastrobar

Delight yourself with a breakfast where the bread is crispy, the jams are vibrant and made with hand-picked ingredients and the eggs have the most creamy yolks you can dream of, which only free-range chickens provide. Most of the...

What to do and visit in Arouca

With the beginning of its territory a couple of kilometers from Cimo da Vinha, the Arouca Municipality has more than enough arguments to justify your visit from the Freita Mountain and its idyllic hills and river immensity (with geological...

Wine Fair - Castelo de Paiva

The Wine Fair

The Wine Fair weekend is always expected with lots of anticipation by the Paiva locals because they know that days of great joy and festivities are coming. It is common for them to invite outside friends to join the...

Feira das Colheitas - Arouca

The Harvest Fair

It is a long tradition that on the last weekend of September, the historic center of Arouca gets full of life and visitors to celebrate yet another Harvest Fair. Since 1944, this event promotes the best regional delicacies, handicrafts...

Ilha dos Amores - Castelo de Paiva

The Douro River in Castelo de Paiva

The Douro, which starts in Spain at more than 2000 meters of altitude, is the third largest river in the Iberian Peninsula and runs 850 km to its mouth in Portugal, between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova...