Vimieiro

Vimieiro has to be one of our favorite river beaches, it also has a great Restaurante - Bar overlooking the river run by Susana and Nuno. It is close to Sao Pedro de Alva...

coord:      W 8 11' 52"     N 40  16' 36"

A good spot for a picnic in the shade too, there are plenty of picnic benches under the trees.

I find the water at Vimieiro extremely fff .... frio and don't tend to swim there unless my head feels like it is about to burst into flames,  but the kids seem to enjoy it !

Vimieiro river beach...

This photo does the place no justice at all... I spent the day here last Sunday with Ade, Caroline, Evie, Marcus Mickaella, Luca, Elsie and M&Ms buddy Grant. This picture was taken from the shaded bank where there is a long row of picnic benches, several BBQ's and a restaraunt. Most people seemed to have brought or were cooking their own food ..like us... There were families and couples and guys playing dominoes....

Either side of the picnic benches are tall trees in a row either side.... someone had a plan many years ago and it it lovely. So this is my Portuguese Tarr steps... (my favorite place in the UK on Exmoor). you can walk across the shallow water on the bridge and swim.. this is fed from the River Mondego.... so it is chilled!

I would have got some better shots but it was not safe to carry my camera whilst drinking Cerveja and plotting water fights... so next time...... !