The Best summary: 50 kilometers, 1900 meters of incline/decline, 100 dogs and a snake. Let me explain a bit here. In general the hike is doable for hikers that do not mind the steep increases. Kilometer wise the day tours are not long, but the steepness can be from times challenging. Even in fall, 22 degrees in Portugal can be pretty warm. Regarding the dogs. We saw every day dogs – around 20 to 30. Nearly every house owner has an own dog, or several. The problem with the dogs is, that there are a lot of dogs on the streets, with no owner around. Most of the dogs are barking, running towards you, or behind you for a while. So you never know, behind which corner is the next one. This was not only limited to the towns, every small settlement or even on the fields. If you do not mind dogs, go for this hike. If you are afraid of dogs, like I am, this might not be the best choice. Beside the dogs, we also had a snake encounter. Man, this was scary. We are not sure which snake it was, but it was around 1.5 meters long, thick and really fast. It was crossing the street in front of us, luckily direly in the next field. Seeing something like that, make you rethink of going anywhere away from the trails.
Hallo Sandra,
hast du vielleicht eine .gpx Datei deiner Dourotal Wanderung?
Liebe Grüße aus Wien, Fritz
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