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From Porto: Freita Mountain [Arouca Geopark]- Jeep Tour
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From Porto: Freita Mountain [Arouca Geopark]- Jeep Tour

By Just Come - Countryside & Adventure Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is ¥18,386 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h+
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Discover the Arouca Geopark Mountains on the funniest way, in a 4x4 Jeep!
  • Be enchanted by the beautiful sceneries of the Freita Moutain!
  • Be guided by a local and understand the local culture, traditions and stories!
  • Taste the famous Arouquesa Veal Meat and the ancient Conventual Pastry of Arouca
  • Understand the unique phenomena of Arouca Geopark and what makes it so special!

Activity location

    • Porto
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Calçada de Vandoma, 4000-013 Porto, Portugal | Meet next to Vimara Peres Statue (Terreiro da Sé).
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal

Check availability


Tour without Lunch
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

This option doesn't include the Typical Lunch. Although, there will free time for the lunch, and we we will give you the best recommendations.

Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
¥18,386 x 2 Adults¥36,772

Total
Price is ¥36,772
Until Tue, Jun 17
Tour without Lunch & with Pick-up at desired location
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

This option doesn't include lunch. You will get free time and recommendations for lunch.
This option includes Pick-up at desired location.
The hotel pick-up option is only available for hotels in the city center of Porto or Gaia.

Starting time: 8:00am
Price details
¥20,894 x 2 Adults¥41,788

Total
Price is ¥41,788
Until Tue, Jun 17
Tour with Lunch
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English

This option includes the Typical Meal of Arouquesa Roasted Veal after the activity.

Starting time: 8:30am
Price details
¥21,729 x 2 Adults¥43,458

Total
Price is ¥43,458
Until Tue, Jun 17
Tour with Lunch & Pick-up at desired location
  • Activity duration is 9 hours9h
    9h
  • English

This option includes a typical meal after the activity & Pick-up at desired location.
The hotel pick-up option is only available for hotels in the city center of Porto or Gaia.

Starting time: 8:00am
Price details
¥25,072 x 2 Adults¥50,144

Total
Price is ¥50,144
Until Tue, Jun 17
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPick-up and drop-off in Porto City Center
  • What's includedWhat's includedInterpretative Guide along the Tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedEntry Fee for the Birth Giving Stones Interpretation Center
  • What's includedWhat's includedPhoto Report
  • What's includedWhat's includedPicnic with coffee, tea, juice, fruits, salted snack and homemade pastry
  • What's includedWhat's includedLunch of traditional local speciality - "Roasted Arouquesa Veal" (if option selected)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAncient Conventual Pastry taste
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedGratuities

What you can expect

In this Jeep Tour, you will have the chance to discover the iconic Plateau of Freita Mountain in a unique way, a 4x4 Jeep. By road and some off-road experiences you will travel in a route that will show some of the main places of interest of the Arouca UNESCO Geopark. Through some archaeological sites like “Portela da Anta” and “Calçada Romana”, geological phenomenons such as “Birth Giving Stones”, “Giant Potholes”, “Bread Rocks” and “Frecha da Mizarela” (The highest waterfall in mainland Portugal) and some unique panoramas like “Detrelo da Malhada” you will get the opportunity to know more of this interesting territory all the while taking in the beautiful sceneries all around you!

Arouca Geopark
The Arouca Geopark, it's a classified territory recognized by UNESCO from 2009, that gathers 41 Geosites within an area of 328 square kilometers. It defines Arouca as a territory with a special Geological Heritage, where you can find phenomena such as “Birthing Stones” and “Giant Trilobite Fossils” that are unique on the world and others like “Frecha da Mizarela”, the highest waterfall in mainland Portugal, the “Corn Bread Stones” or the “Union Stones”, and some more amazing attractions!

The Jeep Tour
This tour will start in Porto, where you will meet your professional driver that will take you high up on the mountains in the Arouca Unesco Geopark, straight to your meeting point with your Activity Guide. After a brief explanation on how the activity will proceed, your guide will drive you, in a 4x4, across the Freita Mountain, showing you all along the way the aspects that make this Mountain so interesting and beautiful. Along the way you will find times to relax, times to take photos of the impressive views, times to know more of the culture and history of the area and on some locations even see the ocean. At the end of your adventure, your guide will take you into Arouca Center where you will have the opportunity to try one of Arouca's best dishes, before your driver dropping you on Porto.

The Transfer from Porto
You will driven by a professional driver, in a modern and comfortable van, from Porto city center to the mountain area of Arouca. This drive takes about 1 hour in total, being half of it in high ways.

Typical Lunch - Arouca Great Gastronomy!
After the Tour, you'll delight yourself with the traditional “Arouquesa Roasted Veal”, in a typical restaurant (included in the option “With Lunch”). For desert, you'll taste some of the ancient Conventual Pastry, next to it's origin, the Arouca's Santa Maria Monastery.

Location

Activity location

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    • Porto
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Calçada de Vandoma, 4000-013 Porto, Portugal | Meet next to Vimara Peres Statue (Terreiro da Sé).
    • Porto, Porto, Portugal