Hidden gems - Hiking areas in Pontinha, Portugal not to miss (Updated December, 2023)

Vale Magno Mendes

Hiking area

👍👍 Excelente para mim

5.00 (6 reviews) (~11.19 km from centre)

Tejo Promenade

Promenade

👍👍 Spectacular place, view of the bridge is insane, definitely recommend if visiting Lisboa

4.90 (50 reviews) (~9.22 km from centre)

Rio da Mula

Hiking area

👍 Belíssima zona de caminhadas, principalmente o Trilho das Pontes. Percurso de grande beleza natural que cruza dezenas de vezes os pequenos ribeiros que alimentam a barragem.

4.80 (116 reviews) (~18.74 km from centre)

Caminho da Água

Garden

👍👍 The excellent place to "lace up your shoes" and stroll through Parque das Nações. There are many cafes and restaurants nearby, there is the Knowledge Pavilion and you can rest next to the water volcanoes where there is shade and you can sit and rest.

4.80 (17 reviews) (~10.07 km from centre)

Miradouro do Arboreto

Hiking area

4.80 (15 reviews) (~10.32 km from centre)

Pomar de São João da Talha

Hiking area

4.80 (5 reviews) (~10.38 km from centre)

Marginal Seixal

Hiking area

👍👍 Excelente local para passear e tirar umas boas fotos. Recomendo.

4.70 (126 reviews) (~19.21 km from centre)

Forte de Alpena (ruínas)

Hiking area

👍👍 Amazing View over Taugus and the Atlantic. There's an old abandoned military fort on site with deep tunnels and creepy buildings. Not recommended to go inside but cool to look at from outside.

4.70 (123 reviews) (~13.51 km from centre)

Alto da Pena

Hiking area

4.70 (19 reviews) (~6.07 km from centre)

Areias Brancas da Quinta do Conde

Hiking area

👍👍 Iconic location on the south bank. White sand that was used to fuel the glass furnaces of the former Real Fábrica de Vidros de Coina. Many photo shoots, advertising campaigns and even music video recordings take place in this place, which has very interesting characteristics. In the end, it is a hig...

4.70 (13 reviews) (~27.78 km from centre)

Percurso Ribeirinho de Loures (início)

Hiking area

🫤 Please ban bikes at least for the first few kilometers of the road, there is a lot of families with kids and some people goes way too fast

4.70 (13 reviews) (~10.31 km from centre)

Percurso Ribeirinho de Loures

Hiking area

👍👍 Zona excelente para passear e relaxar, percurso de dificuldade baixa e com muitas zonas de descanso e sombra, tem ligação com o passeio pedonal da Póvoa de santa iria, o único senão é que o percurso é dividido com bicicletas e trotinetes podendo haver riscos a acidentes com os mais distraídos.

4.70 (12 reviews) (~10.64 km from centre)

Fátima and Santiago of Compostela Trail

Hiking area

😐 It's a well-kept park with a great view of the Ponte Vasco Gama and the Tagus Bay. There's quite a bit of marshland soil, so you'd have to go deep onto the rails before you can access the bay waters. Quite a few fishers here around the daytime. The view is quite nice since the bridge is supposed t...

4.60 (132 reviews) (~10.18 km from centre)

Lagoa dos Mosqueiros

Hiking area

👍👍 Lagoon inserted in the interior of the Sintra mountain range. In a quiet place where only pure air and the natural “noise” of the fauna and flora prevail in a forest with the characteristics of Sintra. Very nice place for hiking, biking, enjoying nature. Some turtles can be seen in the lake.

4.60 (102 reviews) (~18.82 km from centre)