Nature and History

Horse riding

If you are looking for unique experiences during your stay in Comporta, allow us to suggest: a horse-riding trip which will take you through the most amazing path between never ending rice fields, pine forests and white sand dunes until the beach.
The trip may be made in group, in pre-set schedules or as a private activity at a time of your choosing (upon availability) and with more flexibility in the route choice.

Horse-riding in groups | Duration: 1h30
70€ per person | 1st of November until 31st of March
85€ per person | 1st of April until the 30th of June
110€ per person |  1st of July until the 31st of October

Lessons

35€ per person | 30 minutes
55€ per person | 60 minutes

Image Service | Maximum of 4 people
Photographs: 40€
Drone Filming: 40€
Pack (Photography + Drone): €60€

Distance from the hotel : 5 minutes by car

Buggy tours

This is a unique opportunity to let yourself be guided by Comporta natives – the Feel Comporta team. Discover the region’s treasures in off-road 4x4 vehicles and have the choice to include a picnic, an oyster and wine tasting or filming with a drone. To make this an even more memorable experience, you may also choose to have it at sunset.

Regular tour
Start: 10:30 am or 4:30 pm
Duration: 1h45
Prices: 160€ in buggy for 2 people | 320€ in buggy for 4 people

Private “Sunset tour”
Start: 6:30 pm
Duration: 1h45
Prices: 280€ in a 2 people buggy | 440€ in a 4 people buggy

Distance from the hotel : 5 minutes on foot

Rice Museum

At the Rice Museum you may travel through time and understand the significance of this cereal for the history of Herdade da Comporta
The museum is located in an old rice peeling factory dating from 1952 – which was the year in which the peeling of rice started in Comporta. This building also includes the famous restaurant ‘Museu do Arroz’.

Times* : from Wednesday to Sunday, from 10am until 1pm and from 2.30pm to 7.30pm, booking required.

*Subject to changes

Price per person : 7,50€ (minimum of 10 people, subject to booking)

Distance from the hotel : 8 minutes on foot

Roman ruins of Troia

Take off in discovery of what was, a long time ago, the biggest industrial center devoted to the salting of fish during the Roman Empire. Here, natural resources, such as fish, salt and the river, were used to prepare salted fish and fish sauces sold throughout all of Lusitânia and exported to Rome and other provinces.
The Roman remains extend over 2 kilometers throughout the Sado Estuary. A path with explicative panels will allow you to discover these ruins and identify the buildings that made up this space – salting factory with two working stations, a mausoleum, a cemetery a house and thermal springs.

Timetable* : 10am to 1pm | 2.30pm to 6pm (closed from the 11th until the 16th of August and guided visits available during July and August) | Entry 30 minutes before closing time
*Subject to changes

Price per person :
Visit without guide
Adults: 6€
Students, over 65 years old, hikers, cyclists and groups: €5
Children up to 12 years: free

Guided visit:
Adults: €7.50
Students, over 65 years old, walkers, cyclists and groups: 6€
Children up to 12 years old: free

Distance from the hotel : 20 minutes by car