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Our Rides & Activities 2007

 
Trekkings & horseriding holidays 2007

Booked dates

  Month Date

trekking to choose                pers.

  February

  open

  open

 

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

 

 

 


March
open


open

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

 
April
1-12
 
27-4

 startrides

 starrides

 
****
**
May

   27-4

  23-30

 startrides

 starrides

**

***

June
  11-17

  23-29

 tenttrekking

 tenttrekking
 
**
 
****
July
   open

14-31

lessons on the farm star or tenttrekkings

 starrides


 
 
**
August
1-18
 
 11-25  

 starrides


starrides

**

**

September
  open

  open

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

 lessons on the farm or startrekkings

 
 


  October   open

  open

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

lessons on the farm or startrekkings


November
   open

   open

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

lessons on the farm or startrekkings

 
 

            All prices as mentioned with the trails are:

  • Inclusive: Rent of the horses, overnights in tent,guest house , food, drinks with meal, luggage transport from and to campingspots, welcome drink on overnight spot.

  • Exclusive: Transfer from Porto/Lisbon/Santa Comba Dão/Oliveira do Hospital to Midões and bankingcosts, extra costs for a 1-room  all extra's like: drinks apart from meals ,travelinsurance.

 

Example of picnic weekend on our farm
A
3 nights spent on our farm

2 horseback riding days

Price
€ 364
Friday Arrival on  Quinta D´Alegria in the afternoon . Dinner is served by the host or restaurant.
Saturday and Sunday   Two different rides in the valley of the Rio Mondego, where we will have a picnic on the river side. Beautiful sights,long gallops, visiting little authentic villages with it's always friendly people. The rides are about4 -5 hours each.
Monday Leaving after a nice breakfast...

 

 

Example of picnic weekend trail
B
2  nights spent on our farm,1 in hotel

2 horseback riding days

Price
 € 426
Friday Arrival at Quinta Da Alegria in the afternoon where you’ll spend the night. Dinner will be served  by the host or restaurant.
Saturday Our first ride will go through the valley of river Mondego, where we´ll have our picnic, then go direction Quinta do Pisao where  we'll have dinner and spend the night in an unforgettable surrounding of ambiance.
Sunday   After breakfast  we go back direction Quinta da Alegria we pass  rock formations with a remembrance on the ice age .The villages  Andorinha and Ribeira  on our way give a nice impression of the life in Portugal.
Monday After a nice breakfast you leave to...

 

 

Example of 5 days on farm picnic trail
C
5 nights spent on our farm

4 horseback riding days

Price
€ 735
Wednesday Arrival on Quinta D´Alegria in the afternoon where you’ll spend the night. Dinner will be served by the host or restaurant.
Thursday - Sunday   4 different trails of about 4-5 hours with a picnic on our way. They will lead us through different villages with roman ruins rivers and unforgettable sights, rock formations and the colors and perfumes from mid Portugal. Drinking from little wells and swimming with the horses when the weather is warm enough .All this makes it an unforgettable experience.
Monday   After breakfast we say goodbye...

 

 

Example of 4- day tent trail
D
5 nights spent , 2 on our farm,3 in tents

4 horseback riding days

Price
 € 681
 Wednesday Arrival on Quinta D´Alegria  in the afternoon where you’ll spend the night. Dinner will be served by the host or restaurant.
  Thursday We ride direction Varzea Candosa and back to Quinta da Alegria.
    Friday We visit the village Sevilha and camp at the river side, we can swim with the horses in the rio Mondego. We have some nice long gallops. And breathtaking views.
  Saturday  We ride direction Lapa do Lobo where we visit dolmen and can have a nice gallop with the view on top of the world. We camp at old Roman ruins from a watermill next to the rio Mondego.
    Sunday

We climb out of the valley with it's beautiful sights and visit Póvoa de São Cosme a little village where the donkey is still the main transport.We pass the dry rocks of Fiais and go back home to Quinta da Alegria.

 

 

Example of 6 days on our farm
E
6 nights spent on our farm

5 horseback riding days

Price

 € 883

Saturday Arrival on Quinta D´Alegria  in the afternoon where you’ll spend the night. Dinner will be served by the host or restaurant.
Sunday Trail 1: We cross the river"rio dos cavalos"and go directionVarzea-Candosa.We have beautiful vieuws over the valleys and go through a western like village.A nice gallop and lots of walking up and downhill through eucalyptus and pine forests.
Monday Trail 2: Sevilla is the little town we will pass today there's a old olive mill and waterfall in the village.We go into the valey of the mondego river with it's stunning vieuws.
Tuesday Trail 3: We go direction Rio Mondego.A gallop on the river bench takes us direction Póvoa de São Cosme. Big rock formations direction Fiais where we visit the"Palheiras"a european  protected monument.
Wednesday

Trail 4:Direction Andorinha,another authentic village that we cross,we start with a galop and go to Ribeira direction Villa Chã.We always might meet cheppards with their herds.

Thursday Trail 5: Covas-Percelada.Our last trail has some nice gallops.The perfume of eucalyptus,pine,mimosa and cistus ,the flowers in spring the mist in autum make this a trail to never forget.
Friday Departure after breakfast.
   

 

 

Example of a 6 day tent trail
F
2 nights spent in guesthouse ,4 inTents

5 horseback riding days

Price
 € 811
Saturday Arrival on Quinta D´Alegria in the afternoon where you’ll spend the night. Dinner will be served by the host or restaurant.
Sunday Trail 1:Easy ride to see if everybody is happy with his/her horse we pass autentic portugues villages and  beautiful valeys.We have dinner and overnight at Quinta D'Alegria and trie our skills to put a tent.
Monday Trail 2:We visit the village Sevilha and camp at the river side, we can swim with the horses in the Rio Mondego. We have some nice long gallops. And breathtaking views.
Tuesday Trail 3: Riding direction Lapa do Lobo where we visit dolmen and can have a nice gallop with the view on top of the world. We camp at old Roman ruins from a watermill next to the rio Mondego.
Wednesday

Trail 4: We climb out of the valley with it's beautiful sights and visit Póvoa de São Cosme a little village where the donkey is still the main transport. We pass the dry rocks of Fiais and go to Ervedal where you have a very nice view on the Serra Da Estrella the highest mountain from Portugal "continental". we camp on the river side of the "Rio Seia" close to a roman bridge.

Thursday Trail 5: We pass  Quinta Do Pisão, this is an old renovated farm "tourismo rural" where we also stay on the picnic weekend trail B. A heavy climb takes us to Andorinha where we and the horses have a drink, through pine forest and vineyards direction Ribeira-Covas and back home where a nice snack and a fresh drink awaits us as always .Tonight we sleep again in a comfortable bed...
Friday Departure after a nice breakfast.
   

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Tailormade program
You can choose the number of nights and riding days or hours yourself. Together with you we can create a fantastic program for you!!

 

Price

45 min private lesson:children -16 : € 9  adults +16:11.50 adults

1 hour ride(with experience): € 12
accompanied on reins: € 14

discount for children!

per day (4 hours): € 65 pick nick and snack after ride included