In the southwest of Portugal, along the Rota Vicentina network of walking trails, a brand-new program of cultural tours offers a hands-on, intimate experience featuring insight into local lives.

Hiking Portugal’s Rota Vicentina packs in more than a few surprises for Kate Armstrong. By Kate Armstrong . January 9, 2015 — 12.15am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for ...

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This wonderful coastline has an elemental intensity; it’s tough, unforgiving and raw. I am on a walking tour to sample one of the most picturesque parts of Rota Vicentina, a path covering 350km ...

The Rota Vicentina is in fact two routes, the Fisherman’s Trail, which stretches along the seaside cliffs 75 miles from Porto Covo to Cabo de São Vicente, the southwestern-most point in Europe ...

3. Rota Vicentina. While mostly hugging the Atlantic coastline on one side, the Rota Vicentina’s long-distance network of cycling paths has off-road sections that will see you pedalling through ...

We were following the Rota Vicentina, a 450-kilometre network of trails through what’s been described as “Europe’s empty corner”.The paths trace the Atlantic from Santiago do Cacém, two hours south of ...

Rota Vicentina, Portugal, is another backpacker trail in Europe that takes six to 11 days and traverses the country's stunning southwest coast.

Whatever the Portuguese attitude to walking, the Rota Vicentina certainly deserves to be used. It lies entirely in the Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina Nature Reserve, a 200km-long chunk of ...