Parques de Portugal

Entre o Cávado e o Atlântico - O Vento e o Rio

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The route between Cávado river and the Atlantic ocean allows you to understand the two parts of Ofir sandbank: one facing Cávado river estuary with vegetation such as reeds and Armeria spp, and a rich birdlife (e.g. Black-billed Magpie, Great Cormorant, seagulls and the mallard); and another facing the legendary Fão horses (rocks in the Atlantic Ocean), spreading on the Ofir beaches and dunes fine sands, sprinkled with a mosaic of wild vegetation. These two distinct faces of the sandbank are separated by a forest with Maritime and Stone Pines extending to the trail southern end.

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  • The route between Cávado river and the Atlantic ocean allows you to understand the two parts of Ofir sandbank: one facing Cávado river estuary with vegetation such as reeds and Armeria spp, and a rich birdlife (e.g. Black-billed Magpie, Great Cormorant, seagulls and the mallard); and another facing the legendary Fão horses (rocks in the Atlantic Ocean), spreading on the Ofir beaches and dunes fine sands, sprinkled with a mosaic of wild vegetation. These two distinct faces of the sandbank are separated by a forest with Maritime and Stone Pines extending to the trail southern end.

  • North

  • Esposende

  • Litoral Norte Nature Park

  • PTCON0017 Litoral Norte (North Coast)

  • Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, I.P. (ICNF, I.P.)

  • Access to Ofir - A28, EN13, and Av. António Veiga.

     

    GPS: 41.514514, -8.775222

  • No

  • Fão (Nautic Club)
  • Fão (Nautic Club)

  • 5.5 km

  • All year long

  • 2 h

  • 15 m

  • Easy

  • Ring road

  • Todos os grupos

  • Marked and signalled according to Portuguese and International standards.

  • In the Ofir area there are bars and restaurants, hotels and fuel station.

  • Accessible route for disabled people, except the beach part - there is an alternative way; the footbridges in the dunes have slope higher than 6%.

Points of Interest

Download the application "Parque Natural do Litoral Norte" for smartphone (any operating system). This application allows the geolocation and interpretation of the routes, offline.

Try the local confectionery, namely “Clarinhas de Fão” with egg yolks, Fig-leaf Gourd and sugar.

Access

Access to Ofir - A28, EN13, and Av. António Veiga.

 

GPS: 41.514514, -8.775222

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