Góis Camping

Aside from the hiking and mountain biking, lots of other outdoorsy options on the river and among the mountains are available nearby: meet at the Old Bridge in Côja and Vide for canoeing and canyoning trips, or at the medieval bridge of Alvoco das Várzeas. From Esporão and Coentral you can try your hand at canyoning, and night hikes around the ridges of the Serra da Lousã mountains can be joined from Lousã town below. If you’re a wildlife watcher, take yourself off deer spotting among the Serra da Lousã’s foothills, or if feathered specimens are more thing, birdwatching for ducks and nesting herons around Arzila’s Paul de Arzila Nature Reserve is a top option. If you’re planning on sticking around there for a few hours, a three-kilometre nature walk begins at the interpretation centre. Plan too to spend a day around the medieval core of Coimbra, which can be reached within an hour by car. A highly pretty university city on the east of the Mondego river, it has lots to see and do, from dining and drinking outdoors around the terrace bars and restaurants of the riverfront park, to touring its shopping complexes should your penchant be procuring a souvenir or two.