Hiking The Seven Hanging Valleys Trail
First, before you start on the trail, be aware of the signs. The trail has lots of signs to help you find your way. However, they are all in symbol form and the symbols are unlike ones we’ve seen elsewhere. Above is a quick guide to what the signs mean.
There are three ways to hike the trail.
First, you can hike it out-and-back. This eliminate the need for using public transport but it doubles your time. We do not recommend this. This takes 4-6 hours of just straight hiking.
Second, you can hike it point-to-point. This is what we did. The hiking takes 2-3 hours. We spent all day doing this because we stopped a lot. We also added bonus stops that we included below.
Third, you can do a section. If you are only going to do a section, we’d recommend Praia da Marinha to Benagil Beach. This is only 2 km and you could probably do it in an hour.
Below, we’ve included some of the top sights and how far they are from the starting point of Praia da Marinha which is our recommended starting point.
Extra Stop:Praia do Pau
This stop requires a little extra walking before the official start of the hike. It’s a small beach worth the minimal extra walking.
