Porta do Mezio

Enjoying activities surrounded by nature, finding peace or seeking the adrenaline you need, enjoying leisure time with Perfect activities to spend a family day or so that children can have fun while learning.

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

We live in love with nature and adventures, for this reason, we want to share our passion with you, and for this reason, we have created various activities, very varied among them so that you can choose the one that best suits you or much better, you can do all of them!

We are a center where you can find a wide variety of animals, feed them and take a guided tour of our zoo is one of the options you can choose. If you prefer a more risky or fun plan in which you are not afraid of heights, perhaps you are more interested in our arborism circuit or put yourself behind the controls of one of our karts, but if what you need is to calm down, escape and seek the calm you need, our horseback riding routes through the Soajo and Peneda valleys are the option you should choose.

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

Porta do Mezio is one of the gates to the impressive Peneda - Gerês National Park, a territory where the fauna and flora is spectacular. Walking through its ins and outs, going through each of its trails is a plan that everyone would like, but if, to this incredible experience, you add the company of a horse, it will be even more memorable.

We want to give you the opportunity to discover the wonder of this natural setting 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 you only need to visit our center and let yourself be carried away visiting each of the magical places that are found in the deep Portugal.

We create activities for the little ones to enjoy and have their first contact with the equines, safety is more than guaranteed by our monitors. In addition, horses are educated 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, delve into the world of horse riding. We are waiting for you! !

An activity surrounded by nature and among trees... our arborism circuits are the key to enjoying one of the most exciting activities, defying the heights overcoming different tests.

We have two treetop circuits, so that all members of the family, friends or anyone can have fun or experience the pure adrenaline of feeling on the trees. In 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... Each and every one of them with different degrees of difficulty, so that the adventure in our center Porta do Mezio is unforgettable.

But as if the heights, obstacles and the different challenges that we put in the way in our circuits, were not enough, at the end of the tour you will have to slide down a 100-meter long slide. The fun is 100% guaranteed without a doubt!

Our team of professionals will always be on the lookout at all times so that security is always present, so you can enjoy this activity as a family and thus make different plans. What do you tell us?

If you are adventurous and you like the motor world, at Porta Do Mezio, we give you the opportunity to put yourself behind the controls of a kart . But, beware! It's not the typical go-kart you're used to seeing... It's apedal go-kart!

We take into account the environment, and being one of the doors of a World Biosphere Reserve, we have proposed a method of fun, in which the adrenaline continues to be present, but without the need to add an engine or fuel involved. Our pedal go-karts are a super exciting idea so that children can enjoy themselves to the fullest and travel a circuit in the middle of nature.

We are sure that taking control of a pedal go-kart can be just as much fun, or even more fun, than a go-kart with a motor. The competitiveness will be present whatever the mode, and you also add the desire to want to pedal more and more.

Come to our center and get on one of our pedal karts to enjoy a totally different activity from the one you are used to in the world of karting. Do you want to become number one in the competition? Well, run, we are already waiting for you!

Get to know different species: birds, mammals... and that each and every one of them is housed in our facilities at Porta do Mezio, one of the gates of the Reserve A native of Peneda - Gêres , it is an opportunity for you to learn discovering its characteristics and behavior, in addition to being impressed with the flora of the place.

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 as a 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 told you, we have a wide variety of animals, from farm animals such as donkeys or horses, to animals wild that will surprise you when you see them, because we are sure that you would not 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 for your child, friend or even you itself, is resolved in order to understand all aspects of its biology and ecology.

An experience through nature and having contact with animals... what more could you ask for?