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Porto to Coimbra Cycling
10 Days Excluding Flights From
10 Days from
USD 3035
Cycling
Activity Level
Easy & Moderate See our Activity Level Guidelines to check if this holiday is right for you.
Ways to Travel :
Self-Guided Holidays
Activity :
Cycling
Ages :
12+
Trip Code :
C09OP
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On this nine-night, self-guided cycling holiday you’ll enjoy wonderful, relaxed cycling along the idyllic coastline south of Porto and the beautiful Aveiro Lagoon.

You begin in UNESCO-recognised Porto, a beautiful mix of winding, medieval streets, impressive architecture and the serene Douro River, packed with brightly coloured rabelo sailing boats – it’s also home to some world-famous wine cellars. From here you’ll head south, past sandy bays and beaches, to your luxury hotel in Furadouro right on the beachfront, before heading via the Aveiro Lagoon, to ‘Portugal’s Venice’, Aveiro. Here, the latticework canals are overlooked by grand buildings and inviting restaurants, while pretty moliceiro boats sail leisurely along the water. Returning to the ocean you’ll pass high sand dunes and fragrant pine and acacia forest, on your way to Praia de Mira, before continuing along the Silver Coast to Figueira da Foz. Your final stretch takes you to Coimbra, Portugal’s former capital and now a cosmopolitan university city. With 2 nights here there is plenty of time to explore its charming cobbled alleyways, bustling markets and wonderful architecture such as the 16th century aqueduct and the university’s sublime Baroque library, perhaps rounding off with a traditional fado evening in one of the local bars.

Highlights

  • Superb varied cycling: riverside and forest routes; beaches and sand dunes; charming cities
  • Taste wine in Porto's famous wine cellars and in the superb Bairrada wine region
  • Aveiro's Venetian canals; UNESCO-recognised Coimbra
  • Coastal and lagoon wildlife: pink flamingo, purple heron, kingfisher and sandpiper
  • 4-star hotels throughout in beachfront, town and country locations

Key Information

  • 9 nights hotel-to-hotel in 4 star accommodation
  • Management by your local Headwater-appointed agent
  • E-bike hire available on request (supplement applies)
  • Headwater navigation app
  • Countries visited: Portugal

What's Included

  • All continental breakfasts and 1 evening meal
  • High Quality Bikes
  • Standard transfers at the start/end of the trip (if booking inclusive flights)
  • Luggage transfers between hotels
  • Port wine-tasting day 2
  • Airport transfer to the hotel in Porto

What's Not Included

  • Travel insurance
  • Single accommodation (available on request - compulsory supplement)
  • Solo traveller supplement (where only one person is travelling on a departure date)
  • Visas or vaccinations
  • Hotel to Coimbra station (payable locally.)

7 Days of Cycling

Terrain:

The suggested cycle routes follow a mixture of dedicated cycle paths, which are either beside the road or separate from the road and some tracks.

Day 2

20 km / 12.4 miles

Day 3

30 km / 18.6 miles

Day 4

34 km / 21.1 miles

Day 6

33 km / 20.5 miles

Day 7

60 km / 37.3 miles

Day 8

53 km / 32.9 miles

Sustainability and Impact

As a certified B Corp, we’re on a mission to improve our social and environmental impact across all our adventures.

We do this through our innovative Thriving Nature, Thriving People plan.

This ‘nature positive’ approach is designed to help nature and communities thrive in harmony through practical solutions, such as reducing carbon and waste on our trips, supporting conservation projects through the Exodus Adventure Travels Foundation, and rewilding 100 square metres for every Exodus traveller.
Porto to Coimbra Cycling
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Porto to Coimbra Cycling

10 Days Excluding Flights From
10 Days from
USD 3035