Setúbal is considered one of the best Portuguese areas to practice different sports and extreme activities. This is the destination chosen by many to experience magical feelings and know the charms of the natural park of the Arrábida, in different ways.

Therefore, a paragliding flight through places such as the coast of Caparacia, Sintra or Sesimbra is one of the best options that you can choose, since you will discover its beauty from a different panorama to what you are used to. It will be a difficult experience to describe, and we assure you that you have to live once in your life.

Where are the best paragliding areas in Setúbal?

• Coast of Caparacia. A coastline of 16 miles (26 km), where the water of the Atlantic breaks with the cliffs, the golden sand and the mobile dunes so characteristic of the Portuguese coasts, without a doubt, is a landscape worth admiring while you fly over the area with paragliding and you become fascinated with the views.

• Sintra. One of the areas of the district of Setúbal most frequented by tourists, due to its monuments such as the Pena Palace and Quinta da Regaleira, the municipality was declared a World Heritage City by UNESCO. If you want to escape from all those tourists, but get to know the beauty of this Portuguese coastal town, applying an extra beauty, a paragliding flight, will be the key to it.

• Sierra Arrábida. Towns like Sesimbra reside in the heart of one of the most beautiful natural parks in Portugal. The Sierra Arrábida, a place full of vegetation, for its lush forests that break with paradisiacal beaches is consolidated as one of the spaces where the combination of beauty and nature mark the perfect setting to explore it with a paraglider.

• Praia do Meco - Das Bicas. Mobile dune beaches, where the natural beauty is represented by them. You can discover the wildest part of these Portuguese beaches from a bird’s eye view, paragliding its several miles of golden sand that contrast with the green vegetation of the Arrábida.

What types of paragliding can be done in Setúbal?

- Paragliding baptism. Or what is the same, a tandem paragliding flight through the Portuguese area of Setúbal. If you have never had a previous contact with heights, or with paragliding, but you want to feel the adrenaline of jumping into the void and start gliding without any engine involved, this is the option you should choose.

You will start in the world of paragliding through a tandem jump, in which an instructor will jump next to you, will take care of controlling the paraglider and you will be, joined by a harness.

- Acrobatic flights. Have you been paragliding before and want to add an extra adrenaline to this jump through the Arrábida mountains? Well, you have it done because you only have to take the option of paragliding that includes turns, wing-overs and curls. We know you like strong emotions and these acrobatic paragliding flights are made for you!

- Paragliding course. Both the paragliding baptisms and the acrobatic flights aren’t enough for you? Calm, because you can aim to much more through the paragliding courses that are organized in the District of Setúbal. Through theoretical content and putting into practice everything learned during classes, you can become a professional paraglider and you can explore the District of Setúbal from the heights, gliding.

How long does a paragliding experience last in Sétubal?

Like all paragliding flights, wherever they are, they will be conditioned or limited by weather conditions. Thermal pressures and wind currents will make the duration of the experience not 100% accurate, but we can assure that at least you can opt for a flight of 15 or 20 minutes. And until 30 minutes you will have the opportunity of enjoying the Portuguese sky.

Your paragliding flight along the Caparica or Arrábida coastal area may last 15 to 30 minutes, but the entire experience may take a couple of hours or more, since the explanation of the system and preparation of the materials are also part of the activity, so book a good gap in your shcedule and mark it as the best experience of your life!

When is the best time to paraglide in Setúbal?

The area of Setúbal has a mild climate in the winter months and warm in the summer months. These temperatures allow you to enjoy your paragliding flight any month of the year.

You should bear in mind that paragliding flights can be conditioned by wind currents and thermal pressures, so the best times to travel the Moinho de Baixo beach and the lush forests of the Arrábida mountain range, are the months of autumn and spring, where the wind currents will be better and you can enjoy the most of the experience, although as we have told you, any month is good to enjoy paragliding!

Who can practice paragliding in the Setúbal District?

Having experience as if not, you can climb to the Portuguese sky and you will enjoy the gliding of your paragliding jump, for this, as we have told you, you have different tandem flights that count as baptisms, where the instructor that will accompany you, will explain you through the gliding flight briefing, the operation, safety measures and everything related to the paragliding experience. If you already have experience with heights and paragliding, we recommend that you tell your guide, because surely you will want to add acrobatics to your jump or control the paraglider for a few minutes.

In the District of Setúbal, there is an age limitation for you to live a paragliding jumping experience, and that limitation is set at the age of 6 years or up.

What should I wear for my paragliding flight through Setúbal?

Depending on the time of year that you decide to take your paragliding flight through the Costa de Caparica or the mountainous area of the Arrábida you should come more or less provided with warm clothes. We do recommend that, being a sport that plays with wind currents and thermal pressures, to your appointment flying over the Portuguese fields, you come with a windbreaker.

If you want your experience to be as comfortable as possible, bring comfortable clothes and come equipped with sports shoes or mountain boots, so that the previous race you do before ascending and being surrounded by Portuguese clouds, is perfect.

If you are of strong emotions, which provide tranquility while appearing in your body multiple feelings, paragliding flights through Setúbal are all you need. It will become one of the best experiences of your life! Are you ready?