Aire e Candeeiros Nature Park Full Day Private Tour from the West

orking nowadays and for at least 900 years. The water from this spring is seven times more salty than sea water, and some say that these salt pans were already explored by Romans and Moors.

assic Period, with about 170 million years age. The owners of such footprints were recognized as theropod dinosaurs (2 feet ) and sauropods (4 feet ).

This is the biggest natural chamber of Portugal and where you can find numerous speleothems.

The entrance is 300 metres above the sea level, but inside they reach 180 meters in depth. Their formation goes back 150 million years to the Middle Jurassic age, when the dinosaurs populated this region.

c depression located between the villages of Mira d'Aire and Minde, which becomes frequently flooded during the rainiest winters. The lake created by the flood gives this place an impressive landscape with a unique fauna

Apart from the scientific explanation, the locals call it, to this day, Fôrnea because of its shape which resembles an oven. Here we will go for a hike to Cova Velha springs, passing by the Fórnea's brook and its cascade.