Ecopista do Dao (Viseu)
Type: bicycle trail
Distance: +/- 50 km
Levers: Santa Comba Dão - Viseu (hard) / Viseu - Santa Comba Dão (médium)
Connection: Viseu, Tondela, Santa Comba Dão
WC: in the restaurants located next to the trail (all of them are between Viseu and Tondela, replacing the old train stations)
Time spent: road - 2.5 hours
How to get there:
To Viseu (from Coimbra/Porto/Lisbon) - Red Expressos bus (bike transportation - 5 EUR)
To Santa Comba Dão (from Guarda, Coimbra, Porto, Lisbon) - Red Expressos / Train (regional, intercity (ticket with a bicycle requires reservation - no extra pay)).
This month the railway is being repaired (!).
The longest bicycle trail in Portugal that replaces the deactivated train line (1988). Created in 2011.
You will pass through forests, fields, mountains, bridges, tunnels and rivers (the main one is Dão), enjoying the nature of Portugal. The challenge of 50 km has never been so attractive.
