Bike Rental | Ecopista Viseu - Santa Comba Dão

Several kinds of bicycles

Quinta da Abelenda, located at Km 47, near the beginning of the Ecopista in Santa Comba Dão, has several kinds of bikes for rental. Our standard bikes are very comfortable and have 18 gears and we have high quality mountain bikes as well. The mountain bikes are excellent for our ATB routes, but they are good as well for cycling to Viseu on the Ecopista do Dão.

Special bikes

We have an adapted bicycle with three wheels for adults.
We have child bike seats and small bikes for children.

Bathhouse

Quinta da Abelenda has a bathhouse where you can change clothes or take a shower after the bike ride.

Prices bicycles

Standard bike, per day	€ 10,00
Mountain bike per day	€ 15,00
Tandem (price for 2 persons) per day	€ 20,00
Dog trailor per day	€ 10,00
Children's bike per day	€ 10,00
Child seat per day	€ 5,00
Three wheel bike for adult, per day	€ 20,00
Bike helmets	free
Package Ecopista do Dão Descent	see package
Transfer to other end Ecopista	€ 15,00 + bike rentals' price
Douche, per person (no towels)	€ 2,50
Prices for 1 - 8 hours

Bookings or information requests

Photos of our bicycles

Orbea standard bikes
Available in S, M, L (picture) and XL

Orbea standard bikes
Available in S, M (picture), L and XL

Orbea standard bikes
Available in S, M (picture), L and XL

Giant standard bikes

Orbea mountain bikes
Available in M (picture), L and XL

Orbea mountain bikes
Available in M, L (picture) and XL

Standard bike with dog trailer

Orbita tandem

Special standard bike, Orbea

B'Twin standard bike with child seat
max child weight: 22 kg

Orbea child bikes

Adapted bicycle with three wheels for adults

By car to the Bike Rental Quinta da Abelenda

• From Lisbon / Porto / Coimbra: Take the A1 in direction Oporto / Lisbon. Either from Lisbon or Oporto, take the exit Viseu / Figueira da Foz (IP3), near Coimbra. Follow the IP 3 in the direction of Viseu and just before Santa Comba Dão take the exit Vimieiro. (Caution: This exit is very bad signalized, after a corner, just 300 meters before the exit Santa Comba Dão.) Follow the signs "Agro-Turismo", passing the village Vale Vilão. When you are on the blue painted road, look for the sign "Abelenda" (just after the signal Km 47) where you turn right.
• From salamanca (Spain) / Viseu / Santa Comba Dão: Enter Portugal in Vilar Formosa. Take the A25 in the direction of Aveiro. Near Viseu turn to the IP3 in direction of Coimbra. About 1 km after Santa Comba Dão turn to Vimieiro. (Caution: This exit is very bad signalized, but is just after the bridge over the river Dão). Follow the signs "Agro-Turismo", passing the village Vale Vilão. When you are on the blue painted road, look for the sign "Abelenda" (just after the signal Km 47) where you turn right.
• From Guarda / Mangualde / Nelas: Take the IC12 in the direction of Santa Comba Dão / Coimbra. At the end of the IC12 turn right to the IP3 in direction of Viseu / Santa Comba Dão. Just before Santa Comba Dão take the exit Vimieiro. (Caution: This exit is very bad signalized, after a corner, just 300 meters before the exit Santa Comba Dão.) Follow the signs "Agro-Turismo", passing the village Vale Vilão. When you are on the blue painted road, look for the sign "Abelenda" (just after the signal Km 47) where you turn right.
• From Tábua: Take the N234-6 in direction of Santa Comba Dão. Continue on the IC12 in the direction of Santa Comba Dão / Coimbra. At the end of the IC12 turn right to the IP3 in direction of Viseu / Santa Comba Dão. Just before Santa Comba Dão take the exit Vimieiro. (Caution: This exit is very bad signalized, after a corner, just 300 meters before the exit Santa Comba Dão.) Follow the signs "Agro-Turismo", passing the village Vale Vilão. When you are on the blue painted road, look for the sign "Abelenda" (just after the signal Km 47) where you turn right.

Please note the following:

• The last kilometer you are driving on the Ecopista do Dão (a blue painted road). Cars are aloud on the Ecopista only to our Quinta da Abelenda, so be careful for cyclists and pedestrians, they may not expect you. After our Quinta, the Ecopista is only open for cyclists and pedestrians.

Google Maps:
Quinta da Abelenda - Bike Rental

Address:
Quinta da Abelenda
Ecopista Km 47
Vimieiro - Santa Comba Dão

Coordinates:
40° 23' 55.54"N (or 40.398761)
8° 6' 30.16" W (or -8.108378)

By train to the Bike Rental Quinta da Abelenda

• Lisbon, Coimbra and Guarda have direct connections with the station of Santa Comba Dao (Intercity), located in Vimieiro.
• If you are coming from Porto by train, you have to change trains in Pampilhosa or Coimbra.
• The Portuguese Railways have a very good time table on-line (in English). Fill in the name of the departure station, the name of the arrival station (Santa Comba Dao) and the date you like to travel,  to get all the connections of that day.

From the station to the Quinta da Abelenda Bike Rental

We can pick you up from the station (and bring you back afterwards).
For details see our page:

>>Train & Bicycle