Vouga Greenway

The Ecopista do Vouga occupies the bed of the former Vouga valley railway, once worked by the small steam train known as the Vouguinha. In Sever do Vouga it follows the river Vouga for just over 11 kilometres, from Foz do Rio Mau upstream to the old halt of Cedrim.

Its landmark is the Poço de Santiago bridge, a stone railway viaduct 28.5 metres high whose round arches carry a 165-metre deck across the valley. The path also passes through railway tunnels, and beside the old Paradela station stands the Vouga pasta factory, a building in the style of the industrial revolution.

The former Paradela station has been restored as Gare Paradela, the support point for people using the path, with a café, an exhibition room and bicycle hire. The greenway is meant for walking, cycling and other gentle ways of getting about, whatever the user's age or fitness.

This stretch belongs to the wider Vouga Valley Greenway, which Infraestruturas de Portugal lists at 76.8 kilometres along the former Viseu branch line between Sernada do Vouga and Viseu. Other sections lie in Águeda, Oliveira de Frades, Vouzela, São Pedro do Sul and Viseu.