Walking Tours in portugal

• Sleepy white villages, forgotten farms and windmills, colorful fishing harbours untouched by tourism
• Superb birding: chiff chaff, azure magpie, green woodpecker, blue rock thrush
• Crystal clear lakes, lush river valleys, proud Atlantic cliffs backing wild deserted beaches
• Exceptional value for money – all meals and picnics included
• Intimate rural boutique hotels with charismatic owners 

In the far south-west corner of the Iberian Peninsula between Lisbon and the Algarve is a genuine hidden treasure. The Parque National Sudoueste Alentejano e Costa Vincentina is the largest protected coastal National Park in Europe, encompassing a rolling sea of verdant hills and river valleys, and over 60 miles/100km of wild and pristine beaches and coast.

Our walking holiday here is all about discovering this amazing natural area on foot.  Over the week our walks contrast shimmering inland lakes with lush green river valleys that lead to a grand finale of the wildest and most spectacular coastal walking we've ever seen!  Having started inland, where in sleepy white villages, local bee-deepers drink fiery medronho with their morning coffee, and horses pull carts along country tracks to white-washed farms - there is no better way to end a walking holiday than taking off your boots and paddling up the beach in the surf - spectacular!

You will find this one of the best areas in Europe for birding too, and you can see 50 species in a day!  In spring the landscape is a deep green - aromoatic flowering cistus and rockrose blanket the valleys, and in autumn, the landscape is a sun-kissed Tuscan yellow, where goldilocks aster and autumn squill sprinkle the landscape with yellow and violet.