To on foot share with the Mondego River some moments of the life, giving a stroll, in bicycle or jeep, car or kayak, is to enjoy a wonderful world of natural beauties without pair.
The only river of great volume, that is born in Portugal, is only a water thread when it appears of granite rocks in Mountain range it gives Estrela to 1425 ms of altitude, where it is known like the Mondeguiño, but is growing in a long-haul of 227 km until Figueira gives Foz, explayando itself in the Atlantic.
To accompany the course by this river supposes to know a village historical, to discover as the cheese makes gives Serra in a lost place in the mountain, to prove the authentic Dão wine in the warehouse of the producer, to observe archaeological vestiges, to admire monuments, to be surprised with old mills still in activity in recondite places, to appreciate pieces of crafts obtained of the wool, of the wood, of the granite or the slate, to savor the mountain gastronomy, to let itself, finally, surround in a relajante and healthful atmosphere, where the fauna and flora are rich in diversity and abundance.
Between the many places and towns by where it happens, Penacova is in which the presence of the Mondego is more visible. By where it is that it watches, the river always is present. Contemplate these magnificent landscapes and you siéntese to the table with the nature.