Adventure
Leaving your comfort zone and challenging your limits are what you expect in an adventure. Live it with us, while exploring our inland.
Adventure with us discovering the inland.
Guided Day
Surrender yourself to our guide and spend a whole day discovering the inland with him. The most famous attractions, the historical villages around us and the secrets of the area are what you may expect to discover.
Price: 200 € for the day, regardless of the number of people.
Duration: Full day
Capacity: Minimum 2, maximum 6 persons.
Lunch: 3 different options between Beir’Aja picnic (+20 €), a nice and cheap restaurant (not included, paid directly to the restaurant) or a gastronomical experience restaurant (not included, paid directly to the restaurant).
Guided Tour
Are you visiting the Region and want to know all the history and secrets of a locality? Enjoy a guided tour with us, actively: on foot! The Historic Villages of Portugal, the county seats, the equally beautiful but less talked about localities. Check the list of locations below, or request a visit to another location not on the list. We are your guides!
Penamacor
Sabugal
Sortelha
Monsanto
Penha Garcia
Idanha a Velha
Vilar Maior
Belmonte
Equipment Rent
While visiting the region, you will realize this whole potential for what you were not ready. If you want to enjoy it, we’re able to rent the equipment for you to explore our Natural Resources: a Mountain Bike or a Stand Up Paddle board.
Price: from 20 €/ day.
4x4 tour
Sometimes, to explore the most remote places in a short visit requires getting inside the comfort of a jeep and therefore accessing areas even some locals don’t go often. You can always count on a surprise!
Evolution Route
This 4x4 route owes its name to the importance of the tectonic and continental evolution of our planet. We spend a large part of the route traversing the Syncline of Penha Garcia, where this same evolution left fossils from 400 million years ago for our interpretation! We approach geology, we are dazzled by fantastic landscapes and we even explore part of Penha Garcia ’ s Icnopark, where Trilobites left their mark. On the way back we glimpse Monsanto and head to another Geosite that tops our understanding of the surrounding landscape, before finishing at the starting point.
Price: 150 €. Diving at River Beach (Optional Summer).
Picnic: from 25€ / pax (Optional).
Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Route: Penamacor – Penha Garcia – Monsanto – Village of João Pires – Penamacor
Capacity: Maximum 6 people. Suitable for all ages and conditions.
Photographic Route
This route runs around the Serra da Malcata Nature Reserve, where Nature can be observed in its purest state, and where the legacy of the Iberian Lynx remains. This Route owes its name to the constant surrounding of panoramic landscapes, observed from inside the car and from the various stopping points along the route. We even stop at the Meimoa Lake to observe some of the fauna through binoculars and a telescope. Water, native trees and birds are a constant in this Nature tour!
Price: 150 €. Diving at the Lake (Optional Summer). Small Stand Up Paddle session (Optional). Picnic: from 25€ / pax (Optional).
Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Route: Penamacor – Albufeira da Meimoa – Meimão – Malcata – Quadrazais – Serra d’Opa – Penamacor
Capacity: Maximum 6 people. Suitable for all ages and conditions.
Wolf Route
The Iberian Wolf is an extremely important animal in the ecosystem, but its territory is currently restricted to the northern area of the Douro River. At the moment, the efforts of the competent authorities are aimed towards bringing the species back more and more to the south of the Douro, where it lived until the middle of the 20th century. This route starts in the village of Vale da Senhora da Póvoa - called Vale de Lobo (Wolf Valley) until 1957 - towards Sortelha, where we catch a glimpse of the most preserved Historical Village of all, and culminates in Penalobo (Wolf Rock), on a panoramic swing considered one of the most beautiful of the country.
Price: 150 €. Diving at Penalobo Beach (Optional Summer). Picnic: from 25€ / pax (Optional).
Duration: 4 to 5 hours
Route: Vale da Senhora da Póvoa – Sortelha – Penalobo – Vila de Touro – Vale da Senhora da Póvoa
Capacity: Maximum 6 people. Suitable for all ages and conditions.
Trekking
Walking provides several benefits regarding cardio health and overall fitness. Besides, it also offers a bond with Nature and the possibility of getting to know the region without any polluting means. We follow marked paths or create our own route, customized to your liking!
Penamacor Pedestrian Route
On this tour you will visit Penamacor and its neighbouring countryside with the support and indispensable interpretation of a guide, who will help you to interpret the landscape, get to know the Minas do Palão, Fonte Ferranha, and various monuments and areas of interest such as the Torre de Menagem, Rua de Carros, Pelourinho, Igreja da Misericórdia or the old military barracks. Get to know Penamacor like you know the palm of your hand!
Price: 20 € per person
Duration: 3 hours
Distance: 10km
Difficulty: Easy
Capacity: No minimum. Maximum of 6 only if necessary a ride to and from the beginning point.
Vieiros de Salvador
The Vieiros de Salvador are the only evidence in the Region of the mining of Iron and Manganese. Located on the slopes of the Penha Garcia mountains and surrounded by the forest, they are a hidden treasure rarely visited by the population. Beir'Aja wants to take you there and take the opportunity to walk to the top of the mountain and see the views and fossils of Salvador's Quartzite Crest.
Price: 20 € per person
Duration: 4h
Distance: 10km
Difficulty: Hard
Capacity: No minimum. Maximum of 6 only if necessary a ride to and from the beginning point.
The Wild in Vilar Maior
Rewilding Portugal is all about letting nature take care of itself, allowing natural processes to shape land and sea, repair damaged ecosystems and restore degraded landscapes. Through rewilding, the natural rhythms of wildlife create more abundant and biodiverse habitats. Through Beir’Aja, visit this habitat, where you can observe Sorraia horses (Portuguese breed) in a Semi Wild Regime and understand the importance of the return of the Iberian Wolf, which contributes to making the Carapito Valley a little wilder.
Price: 30 € per person
Duration: Up to 5h
Distance: 10km
Difficulty: Moderate
Capacity: No minimum. Maximum of 6 only if necessary a ride to and from the beginning point.
Opa Mountain and Nossa Senhora da Póvoa
The Opa Mountain is the ex-libris of Beir'Aja. Not only does it shade our headquarters, but also enchants us with its landscape features and its 360º viewpoint. Home of countless stories and legends, it allows for a calm ascent, rich for the imagination. On the way back, we pass by another place equally rich in legends, mysteries and worship: Nossa Senhora da Póvoa, which hosts the largest pilgrimage in the Region since the early years of the Kingdom of Portugal. Come and understand our fascination with Serra d'Opa!
Price: 25 € per person
Duration: 5h
Distance: 12km
Difficulty: Moderate
Capacity: No minimum. Maximum of 6 only if necessary a ride to and from the beginning point.
The Millers’ Path
In the past, the Malcata Mountains housed, on the banks of its streams, several stone mills that milled the wheat and rye of the people who lived there, either for their own consumption or for sale. It was precisely for sale that the millers moved in donkey carts or in ox carts, from their mills to the village of Penamacor, where they sought trade. In this walk we recover one of the routes, which takes us from the village of Penamacor to a mill on the banks of Ribeira da Baságueda, inside the Malcata Mountains Nature Reserve, where we can learn a little more about its history and delight ourselves with a rural snack. The return will be by car at our expense.
Price and availability: on request
Duration: 5h
Distance: 10km
Difficulty: Easy
Capacity: No minimum. Maximum of 6 only if necessary a ride to and from the beginning point.