Other activities in Portugal
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Viana Welcome Centre
This private outfit offers adventure activities such as canyoning, rafting and kayaking. Unfortunately, it’s geared mostly to groups. Bike rental is also available (€2.50/6 per hour/day).
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Sagres Natura
Rents out bodyboards (€10 per day), surfboards (€15) and wetsuits (€5). The company also offers canoeing trips (€30). Bikes can also be hired (€15).
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Jav Sport
Hiking, adventure sports.
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Eco Tours
This new outfit offers two English-language walking excursions each day (other languages available by advance booking). Tours take in the highlights of historical Porto (Igreja dos Clérigos, Livraria Lello, Sé and a dozen other sites) before heading to Vila Nova de Gaia for port-tasting. Tours depart from Praça Carlos Alberto.
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DiversCape
Diving centres are based at the port. Recommended is the PADI-certified. It organises dives of between 12m and 30m around shipwrecks. A dive and equipment costs €45/210/320 for one/six/10 dives, while the four-day PADI open-water course is €380. Beginners' courses (from €80) are available.
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Roman Baths
Roman baths, which include a laconicum (heated room for steam baths) with a superbly preserved 9m-diameter circular pool, would have been the largest public building in Roman Évora. The complex also includes an open-air swimming pool, discovered in 1994.
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Alternativtour
Alternativtour offers many activities, including guided walks (€20), mountain-biking tours (€35), canoeing trips (€25) or combined mountain-biking and canoeing trips (€55). Minimum persons apply, however.
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Jardins d’Água
These themed water gardens are a great spot to cool off in summer. When the sun shines, parents and their overexcited kids get soaked ducking behind the raging waterfalls and misty geysers, and testing out the hands-on water activities.
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Teleférico
Hitch a ride on this 20m-high cable car, linking Torre Vasco da Gama to the Oceanário. The ride affords bird’s-eye views across Parque das Nações’ skyline and the glittering Tejo that will have you burning up the pixels on your camera.
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Centro de Informação e Documentação
Centro de Informação e Documentação runs accredited courses in Portuguese, which start at €26.50 for individual and €13 for group lessons per hour.
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Walks on the Art Sid
Walks through Lisbon with an arty twist, from Chiado architecture to Belém azulejos (tiles). Tours vary in price, time and duration. Meeting points vary, so call ahead for details.
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Surf Safari
Surf Safari will help you catch a wave and head to where there are suitable swells. Children under 14 must be accompanied by a family member (not necessarily an adult).
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Nature Walk
The German-run Nature Walk organises one-day walking trips to nearby 773m Picota peak (€20 per person) and full-moon walks during summer.
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Escola de Equitação de Alcainça
The world-renowned school Escola de Equitação de Alcainça, near Mafra, offers dressage lessons on Lusitano horses.
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Nautur
Offers cruises with lunch, starting on the estuary, then visiting Arrábida beach, returning to the river for dolphin-spotting (€44).
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Quinta Paraíso Alto
Quinta Paraíso Alto, 7km north of Lagos has horse riding and also includes champagne picnic.
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Paraíso dos Cavalos
One of the Algarve’s longest-established horse-riding centres is Paraíso dos Cavalos.
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Centro Velocipédico de Sangalhos
For mountain bike rental, Centro Velocipédico de Sangalhos charges €7.50 per day.
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International Surf School
Several places offer surfing lessons, including International Surf School.
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Bike Lab
You can rent a bike from Bike Lab, 800m northwest of the centre.
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Automóvel Club de Portugal
Évora has a branch of the Automóvel Club de Portugal.
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Riosul
Has a pick-up point in Tavira for its jeep tours and Rio Guadiana cruises.
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Silvano Manuel Cégado
You can rent a bike from Silvano Manuel Cégado.
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Teleférico
Hitch a ride on this 20m-high cable car, linking Torre Vasco da Gama to the Oceanário. The ride affords bird’s-eye views across Parque das Nações’ skyline and the glittering Tejo that will have you burning up the pixels on your camera.
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Swimming Pool
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