Paragliding sites in Portugal

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="145467d1erlcll.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Paragliding</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paragliding"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Paragliding sites in Portugal</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Paragliding sites in Portugal</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="algodres"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Algodres</B></div> <div> Enjoy the beautiful narrow valley on this site and also watch the Maintain of Star in front of this site. </div> <bR> <div> Algodres is a small village of Fornos de Algodres town administration. It's located at 36 Km from the cities of Guarda and Viseu. The wind in the valley tends to form a corridor. The thermals are very good.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Warnings:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Lots of power lines and telephone lines in the valley (the landing places)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The take off is an escarpment and sometimes it's hard and dangerous to take off.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sometimes the wind is tailed but you can see the thermals coming from the valley. The take off is just on top of a plan and if you go gliding within that thermals, you can face turbulence and tail winds.</div> <bR> <div> Altitude: 630 m</div> <div> Height: 230 m</div> <div> Launch direction: East</div> <bR> <div> <B>How to get there:</B></div> <div> Exit the IP5 road at Fornos de Algodres. Drive a car for 4 Km and you will get inside Fornos de Algodres. Drive throught the town up to the top of the maintain. About 3.5 Km from the town there's an X crossing. Turn right and follow the road stait. You will be passing throught Algodres about 300 metres. There will be a forest road on the right, drive or walk 300 metres and you will be in the site.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nearby paragliding sites:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#linhares_da_beira" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Linhares da Beira</U></A> at 22 Km, <A HREF="#chã_de_tavares" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Chã de Tavares</U></A> at 4 Km</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="chã_de_tavares"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Chã de Tavares</B></div> <div> A small village Of Mangualde administration. This site is a devotion place for Senhora do Sucesso. It's a very small hill but it can be very enjoyable for gliding with a lot of air time. </div> <bR> <div> Altitude: 700 m</div> <div> Height: 80 m</div> <div> Launch direction: Northeast</div> <bR> <div> <B>Warnings:</B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The landing can be froustaded as there are many bush and pine trees.</div> <bR> <div> <B>How to get there:</B></div> <div> Exit the IP5 at Chã de Tavares. In Chã de Tavares ask anybody for <I>Senhora do Sucesso</I>, they will tell you. It's not far from the village. Pass the village just a few metres and there will be a second right turn on a forest road. Follow this road till the end and you will get to an open field with a chapel on top of a hill. This is the place.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nearby paragliding sites:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#linhares_da_beira" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Linhares da Beira</U></A> at 24 Km, <A HREF="#algodres" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Algodres</U></A> at 4 Km</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <A NAME="linhares_da_beira"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Linhares da Beira</B></div> <div> The best known place for paragliding in Portugal. Linhares is a XII century village with a lot of history. Tio Mimoso</div> <div> little put is a place here every body meets. At the landing fields there is a good restaurant. All pilotes from all levels are able to fly in this pace. It hold a European record in 1995 for 201 Km. Every year there is an international competition in this place (Open de Linhares da Beira). It takes places in August/September.</div> <bR> <div> Here there is an excellent paragliding school runned by <A HREF="inatel.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="INATEL"><U>INATEL</U></A>, with a group of very experienced instructors. Vitor Baía his the well known.</div> <bR> <div> Altitude: 1150 m</div> <div> Height: 490 m</div> <div> Launch direction: West</div> <bR> <div> <B>How to get there:</B></div> <div> Exit the IP5 at Celorico da Beira to the EN17. Drive for about 17 Km and youl will see a big indication to Linhares da Beira.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Nearby paragliding sites:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="#algodres" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Algodres</U></A> at 22 Km,  <A HREF="#chã_de_tavares" TITLE="Paragliding sites in Portugal"><U>Chã de Tavares</U></A> at 24 Km</div> </td> </tr></table></body>