2025 Tours For an overview of 2025 dates, click here Idyllically located in unspoilt countryside between Siena – ‘the best-preserved, 
The Via Francigena, or ‘Frankish Road’, was the main road from Rome via the Great St Bernard Pass to territories 
Independent Footloose in Northern Portugal
Paths to Peneda
Why Northern Portugal? The answer, apart from its delightful people and many outstanding and unique features is, in a time of extreme weather conditions – climate. Average summer temperatures of between 15°-24°C – warm with cooling breezes – are perfect for walking.
Ancient paths traverse wild serras with long views
The Portuguese will tell you that the most beautiful part of their country is the Minho region in the extreme north. Here the people enjoy a traditional way of life that has remained almost unchanged for centuries.
‘Espigueros’ – granite granaries – in Soajo
In the mountain wilderness amongst ravines, bare rocky peaks and waterfalls there is interesting flora and many prehistoric monuments. You walk along ancient paths through granite villages, with vines – trellised and trailing, producing grapes for the delightly effervescent Vinho Verde.
Vineyards of Melgaco
Go now! … Before this unique and astonishing corner of Europe is ‘discovered’.