Serra da Estrela - Portugal

Serra da Estrela Natural Park is located in central-north Portugal.It is the third time I visit as well as being a great place to spend a few days, do some sightseeing, bathing in a river of its blue Flag beaches, hiking trails make or bicycle, is a spectacular area to fly away.

If you have something really special for the rider who seeks the flight distance is that you can take off early, even before12 o'clock in the morning can be good thermal spinning, waiting time can raise the roof and get out of the mountains to the flat lands.This time, we were not lucky with the weather, the forecast was for all day to moderate wind From West / Northwest, it appears that June and July throughout the central system are the best months of the year, but despite It could fly almost every day and turn in powerful thermals in Azinha and Vale de Amoreira.

It was difficult for me to understand, how an area with such potential flight was being so little visited during ourstay.The answer is given by Miguel Ferrand from Clube Vertical. The NW wind forecast makes local pilots moved to the area of ​​Linhares, however it is possible to take off early and leave the mountain before they circulate in the interior complicating the flight and landing.
Linhares da Beira is a good area for flights termoladera without complications, but if you want to take off early
 to make a really long flight, Azinha and Vale de Amoreira are the right places.



I want to thank both Vitor and Miguel as the attention and the support I would also like to encourage all those who want to experience other areas in which one feels so well received and served as the Serra da Estrela.