Porta do Mezio

Enjoy activities in the middle of nature, finding peaceor look for the adrenaline rush you need, making the most of your free time with activities perfect for spending a family day or so that childrencan have fun learning.

Porta do Mezio we are a Portuguese company located in one of the five doors of the Peneda Gerês National Park, considered a World Biosphere Reserve by Porta do Mezio strong>UNESCO. Specifically, you can find us in the Viana do Castelo region, in the municipality of Arcos de Valdevez.

We are passionate about nature and adventures, so we want to share our passion with you, and that's why we have created several activities, very varied among them so that you can choose the one that suits you best or, much better, you can do them all!

We are a center where you can find a wide variety of animals, feeding them and taking a guided tour of our zoo is one of the options you can choose. If you prefer a more risky or fun plan where heights don't scare you at all, you might be more interested in our high ropes course or getting behind the wheel of one of our karts /strong>, but if you need to. is to calm down, escape and seek the calm you need, our horseback trails through the Soajo and Peneda valleysare the option you should choose.

We have 3 hectares full of fauna and florathat you can discover thanks to our activities. We are waiting for you!

The Porta do Meziois one of the access points to the impressive Peneda - Gerês National Park,a territory where the fauna and flora are spectacular. Walkingthrough its meanders, traveling each of its paths is a plan that everyone would like, but if, to this incredible experience, you add the companyof a horse, it will be even more memorable.

We want to give you the opportunity to discover the wonders of this natural area accompanied by one of our horses. We have many years of experience working with animals and in particular our treatment of horses is unimaginable. So just visit our center and let yourself be carried away by each of the magical places in the interior of Portugal.

We create activities for little ones to have fun and have their first contact with horses. Safety is more than guaranteed by our instructors. Furthermore, horses are trained to deal with humans.

Our center, without a doubt, is the best place you can find to find peace, spend time with family and friends and, best of all, enter the world of horse riding... We are waiting for you!

An activity in the middle of nature and among trees... our tree climbing circuitsare the key to enjoying one of the most exciting activities, challenging heightsovercoming different tests.

We have two tree climbing circuits, so that all members of the family, friends or anyone can have funor experience the pure adrenalineof feeling above the trees. On our circuits you will not only have to overcome your fear of heights, but you will also have to face various tests, avoiding obstacles, log platforms, suspended bridges... . with different degrees of difficulty, so that the adventure in our center Porta do Mezio is unforgettable.

But if the heights, obstacles and various challenges we pose on our circuits weren't enough, at the end of the tour you'll have to go down a 100 meter long slide. Fun is 100% guaranteed!< br/>
Our team of professionalswill always be attentive at all times so that safetyis always present, so that you can enjoy this activity as a family and thus make different plans. What do you tell us?

If you are an adventurer and enjoy the motorized world, at Porta Do Mezio we give you the opportunity to take control of a go-kart. But be careful! It's not the typical kart you're used to seeing... It's apedal kart!

We take the environment into account, and being one of the gateways to a World Biosphere Reserve, we proposed a method of fun, in which the adrenaline is still present, but without the need to add an engine or fuel involved. Our pedal karts are a super exciting idea for children to have the most fun and explore a circuit surrounded by nature.

We are sure that controlling a pedal kart can be as much or more fun than a motor kart. The competitiveness will be present whatever the modality, and you also add the desire to want to pedal more and more.

Come to our center and hop on one of our pedal karts to enjoy an activity completely different from what you are used to in the world of karting. Do you want to become number one in the competition? Well, hurry up, we're already waiting for you!

Meet different species: birds, mammals... and each one of them stays in our facilities at Porta do Mezio, one of the gates of the Fort> Peneda Natural Reserve - Gêres, is an opportunity for you to learn by discovering their characteristics and behaviors, as well as being impressed by the region's flora.

We give you the opportunity to take a tour of our extensive facilities, up to 3 hectares, to discover all the animals that are present. This is an activity to share with the family, as even the little ones will learn and at the same time have fun getting to know the whole world of animals.

As we have already said, we have a wide variety of animals, from farm animals, such as donkeys or horses, to wild animalsthat will surprise you when you see them, as we are sure you wouldn't expect them for anything in the world!

Visits to our center will be guided by a fully qualified monitor so that, if any questions arise from your child, friend or even yourself, they can be resolved in order to understand all aspects of their biology and ecology.

An experience through nature and contact with animals... what more could you want?