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Six hours on the water

The Slow Crossing

Lisbon · Cacilhas and the far bank · Saturdays · 09:00 ferry, back by dusk

Day tripOutdoorsSlowWalkingInferred by Cue

The night itself

Cross early, when the light is still low on the water. Then a slow walk along the south bank, a long lunch in a room with no menu, and the ferry back when the estuary turns. No coach, no headsets — you walk about eight kilometres in total.

Host

Ana Rocha

A Cacilhas-born walking guide who has led the crossing since 2019.

Attribution

Lunch is at a family tasca; Ana names the family and asks that the room is not filmed.
Why Cue picked this

What I can actually back up

No ratings here. These are the signals I have, and where each one came from.

  • About 8 km on foot

    Flat, but long, and mostly without shade.

    Inferred by CueSource: Cue's reading of the published route

  • Ten walkers maximum

    The lunch room seats ten, which sets the group size.

    Creator-verifiedSource: Host-submitted note

  • Public ferry, not chartered

    You buy your own crossing; the guide meets you on the far side.

    Creator-verifiedSource: Host-submitted note

Cue: The point is the walk, not the lunch — though the lunch is the reason people come back. Take water for the middle stretch.

Plan it

Tell me the night and how many

Around $45 for the walk, lunch and ferry paid separately. I'm not wired to a real box office yet, so I'll hold the details rather than pretend a seat is yours.
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Cue said:

Everything above is either the host's own words or my reading of published information — I've labelled which is which, and I've left out what I couldn't check.