A
Arada
B
Bestança
C
Caima
D
Douro
F
Freita
M
Montemuro
P
Paiva
T
Arestal
V
Vouga

EXPLORE THE PAIVA RIVER

One of the most renowned rivers in Europe for its conservation

The Paiva river is reputed as one of the best preserved in Europe and trouts abound in its waters. The largest line of the RAP® has an endless number of attractions: vertiginous cascades in the tributaries of the Paiva river (P4 – Cascata das Golas and P7 – Cascata das Aguieiras), old forests (P2 – Adernal da Retorta), small paradisiac rivers (P3 – Poço Negro, P11 – Foz Cabril, P12 – Nodar, P14 – Ponte de Cabaços and P17 – Praia fluvial de Folgosa), amazing monuments (P15 – Ermida do Paiva). But the 480 million years fossils are the most surprising on this line, with the fossil trilobite tracks (P8 – Icnofósseis de Cabanas, P10 – Icnofósseis de Pereiró) and the Giant Trilobites of Canelas (P6), considered the largest trilobites around the world.