Porto to Óbidos Mountain Bike Tour

Day 1: Arrival in Porto
You will arrive in Porto, set up your bikes and spend the night in the city. Narrow streets, grand bridges and the port wine lodges of the Douro set the scene for the journey ahead.

Day 2: Porto – Aveiro (60 km; +500 m)
With a last view over Porto, you will start on the south bank of the Douro and pedal towards the ocean. A bike path links coastal towns, beaches and fishing villages, where with a little luck you will see fishermen paddling their traditional boats through the waves. The mostly flat route leads to the Esmoriz Lagoon, crossed on a wooden boardwalk through dense reeds — a paradise for birds. Soon after, the vast Aveiro Lagoon appears, and the stage ends close to the Ria de Aveiro wetlands.

Day 3: Aveiro – Mira (37 km; +225 m)
A few kilometres along the lagoon bring you into Aveiro, Portugal's "Venice", small but full of charm with its canals and gondola-like boats. Leaving through the harbour, you will reach the striped holiday houses of Costa Nova, with the lagoon on one side and endless white beaches on the other. At the far end of the Ria de Aveiro the landscape changes: shady pine forests and freshwater ponds lead you to a country house on the shore of a lagoon.

Day 4: Mira – Figueira da Foz (48 km; +750 m)
You will follow water channels through forests and flat dunes, with lagoons along the coast. A lonely road crosses the dunes to the village of Quiaios at the foot of the Serra da Boa Viagem. From sea level to the 260-metre summit is the only real climb of the day, and it is a tough one. The reward is a wide view over the ocean and the plain below, followed by a scenic descent to the beaches and docks of Figueira da Foz.

Day 5: Figueira da Foz – São Pedro de Moel (54 km; +900 m)
After the historic centre of Figueira, you will cross the bridge over the Mondego — the sidewalk is the comfortable option on this busy road. Gravel paths and side roads lead you south over mostly flat terrain to the Estrada Atlântica, a scenic road with a wide cycle lane running beside the ocean. Dunes and low shrubs now cover what was once a great forest, and the Ervedeira lagoon makes a perfect spot for a break before you reach São Pedro de Moel.

Day 6: São Pedro de Moel – Óbidos (70 km; +1450 m)
From the lighthouse of São Pedro de Moel, you will ride the Estrada Atlântica towards Nazaré. A few climbs lead to the upper old town and the lighthouse above the famous waves of Canhão, before you descend to the harbour and beaches. More hills follow: the Serra da Pescaria down to the round bay of São Martinho do Porto, then the Serra do Bouro towards Foz do Arelho. Here you will say goodbye to the ocean and ride along the Óbidos lagoon and through the vineyards, until the medieval walls of Óbidos come into view.

Day 7: Departure from Óbidos
After breakfast, a transfer will take you from Óbidos to Lisbon, where the tour ends.