Route: Santar garden village – Casa de Santar vineyards – Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Prazeres – forested slopes of the Dão river valley – Santar. Distance: between 6 – …
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When I first heard of the Caminho do Dão, ‘a nature pilgrimage’, I immediately knew I wanted to join in. I knew the Dão from the paradisiacal weeks on Moinhos …
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One of the ways I would describe the experience of walking through this river valley is: an intimate encounter with life. Life in all the ways you can imagine; plant …
When walking, a man then feels that he is natural, rather than in nature, feeling the vegetable, mineral and animal aspects in yourself. Walking magnifies receptiveness: I am always receiving …
The Dão. When most people hear this word, they think of wine before they think of the river that gave the wine its name. To tell you the truth, one …
Rewilding Tourism Training stage 1: Check! Yay! Since 2019 Rewilding Europe is offering a Rewilding Tourism Training to professionalize and scale up nature-based tourism across Europe. In the fall of …
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Excited that Caminho do Dão is featured on shiny magazine pages in Viseu Internacional. It’s not an ‘in depth’ article but more a poetic impression of the valley and the …
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Route: Hotel Beira Dão – Corujeiro – Furadouro – Penedo – floodplains of the Dão river – Sangemil Distance: 8 km Duration: 3-4 hrs depending on group Hiking level: moderate …
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Route: Chapel of Nossa Senhora de Cabeça ~ Monastery of Santa Maria de Maceira Dão ~ valley vistas and vineyards ~ shaded path along the river ~ river scape with …
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Route: Quinta da Ponte – Qta. Dos Ferreiros – Entre Águas – Ponte Dum – Quinta da Ponte Coordinates starting point: 40.701599, -7.579616 Starting time: 10:00 h Distance: 18 km …
