This greenway was built on top of an old railway, which was deactivated and transformed into the longest greenway in Portugal. It spans more than 48 kilometers, along the Dão River, through the parishes of Viseu, Tondela and Santa Comba Dão. 

The Minho Ecotrail is a living landscape of contrasts that shows us a different reality and leads us by the memory of the times the human relationship with the river Minho, providing full usufruição a 'green lane' running through Vila Nova cerveira and connects this region to the municipalities of Valencia and steps (briefly).

The natural conditions underlying this route allow the presence of several species of birds such as the mallard, herons, cormorants and kingfishers, to mammals such as the otter and mink, amphibians like the frog-green the newts and salamanders and fish as the bogue, the climb and trout. It is because of its importance and natural diversity that Rio is integrated path in the Natura 2000 network and the protection zone for the Water of the Minho river estuary birds.

The Minho Ecotrail in Vila Nova de Cerveira amounts to about 13,5kms full contact with the Minho river and surrounding nature.

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A national natural park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.

They are a great choice for recreational activities within nature, eco tourism, environmental education, and scientific research.

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