North Portugal Inn to Inn Walking Holiday

We run this holiday from mid-April through June and then September through to early November. Availability tends to be easier if you start on a weekday (except Tuesday of course) and flights tend to be cheaper.

The climate in Minho is generally mild but it can be humid, with temperatures ranging around 20º-25ºc from May to October.

Peak season is from mid-July to the end of August but we do not generally offer this trip during that period as it is busy with summer holiday makers from Portugal and Spain and it can be too hot to be enjoyable.

We do guarantee only one departure every day, so if you have a limited travel window and specific dates we suggest you book around nine months ahead. If you are flexible with dates, then three – four months ahead should be fine.

Total carbon generated on this trip: 370kg per person
Carbon mitigated by us: 592kg per person

As Yvon Chouinard, of Patagonia, Inc. rightly declared: “To do good, you actually have to do something.”

Therefore, for every kilometre travelled by road, air and sea on your Pura Aventura holiday, we carbon balance it by a mile - i.e. by 160% of your trip's carbon, from your front door and back again, irrespective of whether we book your international travel or not.

This is one of the travel industry's most ambitious and innovative schemes and has recently been praised by Wanderlust, Condé Nast Traveller and The Independent.

In common with all of our Inn to Inn walking holidays, most of the costs of this holiday are fixed so going solo will usually mean you pay nearly the same for one person as you would for two.

You can expect to be walking around five – six hours each day at a comfortable pace with plenty of stops. Distances average around 20 km each day but there are some shorter days and options to shorten some walks.

There are two days (Sistelo and Caminho) that have some steep ascents of between 600 and 650m. The other days are fairly gentle.