The Granitic Villages on the Mountains (Mountain Bike Tour / Landscape Tour)

• - 7-day Mountain Bike Tour with a Guide (*)
• - Transfers from and to Oporto Airport
• - Accommodations (usually a 4 star-quality hotel, double bedroom occupancy)
• - 6 Breakfasts
• - 5 nourishing and energetic picnics (*)
• - 6 Dinners (including our famous wines, our amazing cheeses and lovely desserts) (*)
• - Daily energy-bars and water (*)
• - Luggage transport from Hotel to Hotel
• - Documentation about PortugalBike Tour
• - Liability Insurance
• - Personal Accident Insurance
• - Techno-Mechanical Assistance (*)
• - First-Aid assistance on location (*)
• - Permanent Backup Vehicle (*)
• (*) Not included in Self-Guided tours

• 1. Riding over 1000m altitude
• 2. Beautiful Granitic Villages in the North
• 3. Breathtaking Mountain sceneries
• 4. Pitões das Junias, the highest village in Portugal
• 5. The incredible 12th century monastery in Pitões
• 6. The limpid and clear water of the waterfalls
• 7. Riding on Roman roads that are 2000 years old
• 8. Delicious food and wines!
• 9. Riding in Portugal and Spain on the same tour
• 10. Riding a bike together with wild horses (Garranos) in the Mountains

This is a journey to authenticity in the most beautiful mountainous region in Portugal – Minho and its green fields! It is a mountain bike tour along forest tracks, old paths and spectacular stone-paved roadways that link typical granitic villages in the North of Portugal, where we ride almost always at 1000m-high! The Tour will start near Braga, or Bracara Augusta as the Romans called it more than 2000 years ago. We will cross the amazing Hills of Cabreira, unique for the forest mantle where we can see oak-trees, Scottish pine-trees, poplars, plane-trees, chestnut- trees, pine-trees, birch-trees, cork oak-trees, cedars and even giant sequoias! We will spend the night in Agra, a small traditional village with its granitic buildings, and we will stay in Rural Tourism. Then we will ride on the Hills of Barroso and Larouco, the latter is the second highest in Continental Portugal and is about 1527m-high. We will cross many typical granitic villages with their medieval churches, we will ride along ancient stone-paved roadways and we will admire the land where the traditional farming and pasturing still prevail. We will visit the old castle in Carvalhelhos, an ancient village dated from the 1st century BC. Montalegre with its beautiful castle is the biggest town that we visit – it has 1800 inhabitants. The last two days take place in a pure mountainous region; we will ride along high tracks crossing mountain ridges and meadows where we will see wild ponies. We will spend the night in Pitões das Junias, the highest village in Portugal (1100m-high) and we will visit its incredible monastery that is hidden in a valley and is dated from the 12th century. This Tour will end in Spain, Lobios, and we will stay in a thermal hotel which is perfect for our rest.

• Portugal

Special discount for groups with 6 or more people.

Type: Mountain Bike Tour
Class: LANDSCAPE TOUR
Version: Guided or Self-Guided
Regions: North of Portugal (Minho) and Spain (Galicia)
Duration: 7 days / 6 nights / 5 days cycling
Begin: Vieira do Minho (Braga)
End: Lobios (Galiza, Spain)
Difficulty level (1-5): 1 2 3 4 5
Expert. You are in very good shape! You are a winner!
Distance: 254km (158mi)
Average: 51km/day (32mi/day)
Trails: 83% off-road – 17% asphalt

 

=> Prices per person, double bedroom occupancy, 3* or 4* quality Hotel.
=> If you want a different date, ask us about prices and availability.