Do you prefer biking or hiking tours?

Lisbon Bike Tour is one of the favourite ride of many of you. It´s a wonderful way to discover the main monuments of the city while enjoying a comfortable ride on one of our mountain bikes. For Nature lovers, we selected the best hiking trails of Sintra – Cascais Nature Park and Arrabida Nature Park that we will love to share with you.

Sintra-Cascais Nature Park

Sintra-Cascais Nature Park is UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape since 1995. From Paleolithic to successive Romans, Visigoths and Arabs occupations, the Park is full of historic treasures. Sintra was elected as spiritual retreat of Bourgeois and Nobles in the 18th century and Cascais their vacation spot. The mix of cultural and historical identity creates a unique atmosphere that culminates in the natural surroundings that make the Park so singular. The massif is a natural barrier against winds and creates a micro climax ​​associated with different soil compositions that allows the development of very diverse vegetation. The oldest sedimentary rocks were deposited there 160 million years ago. We will discover the luxurious vegetation and soon head towards the most western point of continental Europe where we will hike the cliffs, discovering awesome land (and sea) scapes. Choose Hiking on Lisbon Outdoor Tours to discover Sintra-Cascais Nature Park.

Arrábida Nature Park

Arrábida Nature Park and Maritime Park Professor Luis Saldanha are one of the most beautiful and fascinating natural regions of Mediterranean influence, and remains almost untouched in its natural equilibrium. For many years the area now occupied by the Arrabida Natural Park was an important hunting reserve with a diversified fauna, which, amongst other species, included wolves, wild boar and deer, the latter having disappeared by the beginning of the 20th century. The most representative and characteristic biotopes for the land fauna are limestone cliffs and rocky outcrops, caves, scrubland, thickets, bushes, copses, corkwoods, pine forest, meadows and small watercourses. Arrabida’s marine ecosystems are of the greatest national and international importance too. The cultural references of the Park witness occupation from prehistoric times, through those of the Phoenicians and Romans to the Arabs. We will visit the medieval castles of Sesimbra and Palmela and the sixteenth century Fortress of S. Felipe and spend the night in the Convent of Arrábida. Choose Hiking, Kayaking, Diving or Stand up paddling from Lisbon Outdoor Tours to discover Arrabida Nature Park.