{"id":2225,"date":"2021-09-06T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T09:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2022-01-20T10:58:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T10:58:54","slug":"the-guardian-we-walked-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-in-portugals-natural-playground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/pt-pt\/the-guardian-we-walked-the-worlds-longest-suspension-bridge-in-portugals-natural-playground\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian: We walked the world\u2019s longest suspension bridge in Portugal\u2019s natural playground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Arouca Geopark near Porto, my sons dared each other to tackle white-water rafting and a scary, record-breaking bridge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2212 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032.jpeg\" alt=\"Maior ponte suspensa do mundo\" width=\"1020\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-400x240.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-600x360.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-800x480.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032.jpeg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three, two, one, and \u2026 jump!\u201d yelled Rafael, our rafting guide. Into the air my youngest son leapt, not a moment\u2019s hesitation, arms akimbo, legs kicking vainly against emptiness. Below him swirled the freezing, frothing waters of the Paiva River.<\/p>\n<p>My emotions raced between swelling pride and sudden fear as I watched him disappear into the spume. Pride that he had followed his older brother off the edge of the five-metre-high boulder without a squeak. Fear that I now had no option but to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>My leap was embarrassingly less silent. The moment my feet left terra firma, I let loose a long, piercing, terror-tinged shout of panic and adrenaline. Then, splash! Water everywhere, up my nose, down my back, into my brain. Wow, it felt good.<\/p>\n<p>In that (retrospectively) blissful freefall, months of confinement angst washed off all three of us. This was the plan. With Portugal\u2019s tourist market revving back into gear, my two sons and I had decided to escape for a weekend and get our fill of as much outdoor fun as possible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Paisagem Deslumbrante\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-400x240.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-600x360.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1-800x480.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-1.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We made a beeline for the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/aroucageopark.pt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Arouca Geopark<\/a>. A 328 sq km expanse of heather-strewn mountains and rushing rivers, it\u2019s just a 45-minute drive from our home in Porto. Dotted with half-ruined hamlets and roaming cattle, it has become our go-to destination for fresh country air and hillside rambles.<\/p>\n<p>Only the previous weekend, we had been camping near Cando, a classic mountain village built of local schist stone. It\u2019s high in the park\u2019s Serra da Freita hills, and the pigs outnumber the two permanent human residents by a ratio of three to one.<\/p>\n<p>We had enjoyed an 8km yomp across the neighbouring valley from the old pit village of Regoufe, east of Cando, to Drave, a picturesque stone village in the base of a steep gully. Drave is inaccessible by car and fiendishly cold in winter: the last inhabitant left 20 years ago. The local Scouts now use it as a basecamp.<\/p>\n<p>This time, we had another destination in mind. In May, the Arouca Geopark unveiled a new bridge over the Paiva, simply called 516 Arouca. Suspended over a precipitous gorge, the metal walkway crosses 516 metres of empty space, making it the longest such structure in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Obsessive fans of the Guinness Book of World Records, my boys (aged 11 and 13) were sold on testing their nerve and giving it a go. But having egged each other on for days, the boys quietened dramatically after setting eyes on the bridge for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2217 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Ponte Suspensa\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2-400x240.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2-600x360.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-2.jpeg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">\u201cYou first,\u201d said the youngest, nudging his teenage brother forward. His older sibling bravely obliged, stepping out on to the metallic grill surface with staunch determination. Hand in hand, his brother and I gingerly followed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">The narrow walkway has a slightly tilted, protective fence on either side so there is no chance of being blown off. Still, the sight through the grill-holes of the Paiva\u2019s crashing waters far below brought a moment of queasiness to my stomach. The younger boy clenched my hand that bit tighter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">We reached the far side after about 15 minutes. Fuelled by biscuits and bravado, the boys made the return crossing at a virtual skip. In fact, the youngest insisted on me videoing his lone traverse in slo-mo. \u201cThe bridge,\u201d I told him, when he looked at the results. \u201cIt wobbles.\u201d This was true, albeit more gently than the shaky footage suggests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">Once back at the start, we turned our minds to the weekend\u2019s other big excitement: an afternoon of white-water rafting. None of us had done it before so, again, it was with some trepidation that we made our way to the meeting point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2219 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Passadi\u00e7os do Paiva\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-400x240.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-600x360.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-768x461.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3-800x480.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4032-3.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">Luckily, between us and the rafts is a delightful wooden walkway (<em>passadi\u00e7o<\/em>) running down the valley. After zigzagging down the ravine from the bridge, the soft-wood footpath cut a meandering path just above the water\u2019s edge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">A visitor attraction in its own right, the route led us through a stretch of native woodland, its oaks and ashes, alders and hawthorns making a welcome break from the otherwise ubiquitous eucalyptus covering much of the park. Our bridge-crossing highs soon gave way to a nature-infused calm.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael and his cheerful crew from Clube do Paiva soon put paid to that. Over the course of a couple of hours, we careered through a succession of rapids, our lives entirely in the hands of our expert oarsman, Gon\u00e7alo.<\/p>\n<p>We gamely tried to respond to his commands \u2013 \u201cforward\u201d, \u201cback\u201d, \u201cstop\u201d and, weirdly, \u201cbonsai\u201d \u2013 but it was difficult to tell whether we were a hindrance or a help. Either way, it was amazing fun, our paddles in the water and our hearts in our mouths.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2221 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000.jpeg\" alt=\"Clube do Paiva\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000-200x120.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000-400x240.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000-600x360.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.clubedopaiva.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/4000.jpeg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the summer, when the river\u2019s rain-fed water levels drop, Rafael swaps his rafts for canoes. Options for true adrenaline junkies extend to canyoning (abseiling down waterfalls, in essence) and river trekking (parkour in a wetsuit).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">Arouca Geopark has much else besides adventure to commend it. As the name suggests, the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/natural-sciences\/environment\/earth-sciences\/unesco-global-geoparks\/list-of-unesco-global-geoparks\/portugal\/arouca\/#:~:text=The%20Arouca%20UNESCO%20Global%20Geopark,mountains%20carved%20by%20narrow%20valleys.\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Unesco-listed site<\/a> is home to numerous geological peculiarities, including Cambrian-era fossils of seabed arthropods and a unique form of magma-based \u201cbirthing stones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">In total, it counts 41 designated geo-sites, including two impressive museums dedicated to the above-mentioned phenomena. The most popular are connected by a network of 16 walking trails (including our Drave walk, no PR14). Serious hikers can tick off the lot in three or four days (GR28, 85km).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1qcirl4\">But for the time being we were done. A light Sunday bike ride along the flat, granite-pecked peak of Serra da Freita was all we could muster, but it offered panoramic views across the northern and central belt of Portugal. Our home in Porto felt a million miles away.<em> Felizmente<\/em>, it\u2019s anything but.<\/p>\n<p>Fonte: The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Arouca Geopark near Porto, my sons dared each other to tackle white-water rafting and a scary, record-breaking bridge Three, two, one, and \u2026 jump!\u201d yelled Rafael, our rafting guide. Into the air my youngest son leapt, not a moment\u2019s hesitation, arms akimbo, legs kicking vainly against emptiness. 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