Visiting the Longest Pedestrian Bridge in the WORLD!! 🇵🇹

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Күн бұрын

Visiting Arouca 516 bridge (the Longest Suspended Pedestrian Bridge in the world!) is NOT easy! Watch this to see how to visit it, plus find out what you don't want to do! Don't do what we did!
Ponte Arouca 516 opened in 2021, and there's actually a bit of controversy about whether it's the longest pedestrian bridge in the world! There's a bridge in Nepal that makes the same claim. The bridge in Nepal is a "simple suspended bridge" whereas the one in Arouca, Portugal is a "suspended deck suspension bridge." I guess they both win?
Destinations visited (Google Maps links):
Arouca 516 official website: 516arouca.pt/en/
Arouca 516 (on Google Maps): goo.gl/maps/ooaSvH41PeR9AnKn9
Park HERE in Alvarenga (on Google Maps): goo.gl/maps/GeoQS44erePDaLsz9
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Chapters:
00:00 About Arouca bridge
02:28 Crossing Ponte Arouca 516
04:09 Tip 1: Buy tickets online
04:40 Tip 2: Park in Alvarenga
06:39 Tip 3: Bridge open?
07:30 Tip 4: Be on time!
07:56 Tip 5: Bridge hours
08:05 Stuck on the wrong side
10:00 1 hour of stairs
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge footage (public domain) from: archive.org/details/CEP176

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@judytong1513 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Thank you for the useful info in this video . I have followed your video since your Singapore trip.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for following our adventures!

@bernadettebeirnes2164 2 жыл бұрын

This may not have been the video you expected to post but it sure will help future travellers like us! Thank you for that! We'll be there beginning of September so hopefully it won't be as rainy. We've been doing loads of research for our trip and this attraction has not popped up yet! So thank you again for that! Right up our alley :)

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

I hope it helps you with all the details! Our learning experience can be your gain. I hope your weather is better than ours!! Enjoy your visit!

@sjameson6728 3 ай бұрын

Great job guys, knowing it closes for lunch is very helpful in planning

@patriciaobrien2775 14 күн бұрын

Arouca Geopark is simply amazing! This little village has arts and crafts, great cafes, award winning pastries, kindest people and apparently a questionable longest, tallest pedestrian suspended bridge. It has been on my must -do- soon list and we went a few months after opening but the courage went away. We'll try again soon!

@LooneyMooneyfuntimes 2 жыл бұрын

Great job guys... Even int the rain you kept going strong 👍👍 Love the channel name BTW ❤️ New sub here from the Looney Mooney crew in Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Love your channel name, too. We try not to let the rain get to us. Sometimes it's easier, sometimes it's harder! 😉

@FRO8181 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love and appreciate how real this video is. I really like seeing this exactly how they happened because it could save a traveler a lot of grief. I for one would have been totally freaked out to be “locked” on the other side for hours. So it’s nice to know what to do in that unfortunate instance.

@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

We are glad to share our mistakes, to prevent others from experiencing the same problems! Especially for something with such a nice view. 😊

@FRO8181 Жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket I would really like to know how you guys had cell service while traveling. That seems to be something not a lot of people talk about. I’m concerned because we need some data for Google maps and communicating with work back here in the US

@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

If your phone is unlocked, buy a Sim card when you arrive! We bought one from Vodafone when we traveled to Greece last year. It was $20 for the Sim card and unlimited data for a month. On following trips, we buy a new month (on the same Sim card) for about $10/unlimited data for 30 days (promos vary). The only downside is we get text promos from Vodafone while we're there and they're in Greek 😂 and Google Translate has a hard time with Greek. Also, roaming is free everywhere but Switzerland (and I'm not sure about England).

@FRO8181 Жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket thank you! That’s very helpful

@isabellerios5847 Жыл бұрын

I agree, very helpful and *real* video. I'm terrified of heights but wanted to try to challenge myself and I'm glad you described the swaying. Thank you!!

@FernandoInacio-eg5kr Ай бұрын

know the seansons when visiting portugal is weather nigthmair in outun and winter a portugese living in QC canada

@billjohnson6300 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh! Thanks for the great narrative and video work. I'll pass on this adventure!

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was a challenging visit, for sure!

@OnePackWanderers 2 жыл бұрын

Heather: "So basically we're stranded on the wrong side of this bridge with no food or water." Bill: "Adventure 😄" 😂🤣 Loved this one, you guys. Nice amount of suspense throughout while still being informational.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

"Adventure" is our rallying cry! 😂😂 Thanks!! When we have suspense though, it usually means something has gone wrong, hahaha. ❤️

@marlagonzalez5064 2 жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket From now on I will channel Bill whenever anything is not going...well right...during vacation and just yell out "ADVENTURE!"

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Yessss! We also Just had another adventure moment about an hour ago when we got a little lost in a forest in Bali. Adventure!! 😂😂

@esztervida876 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, we'll be visiting the bridge in April, following the same route, up the easy road and down the 500 steps. May I ask how much the taxi back to the parking lot cost?

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

We think it cost 15-20 Euro. I think it was more than 500 steps? We really did go down them for an hour, pretty much without stopping. I hope you have fantastic clear weather!

@Asmuk 2 жыл бұрын

Crossing the bridge gave me anxiety only watching. But the "wrong" side seems gorgeous. I'd prefer to go to the wrong side, don't cross the bridge, and get the views. Thanks for the video.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea! The views were amazing, even without crossing the bridge. 😊

@anndixon5330 2 жыл бұрын

I would do what you did and hope I had a granola bar or chocolate in my backpack 😎. Thank goodness for nice people!

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

We were SO grateful for the assistance! I can't believe we didn't have any snacks with us. 😂😂

@camperreizendooreuropa 4 ай бұрын

It is NOT the longest suspension bridge in the world. Your information is incorrect. 721 meters long, 95 meters high and 1.2 meters wide. The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world opens on Friday in a ski resort in the north of the Czech Republic, near the border with Poland. It took two years to build the Sky Bridge 721 steel bridge.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Well, what would YOU have done? Wait in the box, super long hike, or 1 hour of stairs?! Would you even have tried to visit? Let us know!

@kazukomccracken2478 2 жыл бұрын

Tough choice…can’t wait in the box, need a bathroom. Can’t do a long hike, same reason. Can’t go down stairs, my knees won’t take it!!! Guess we won’t go anywhere that is not equipped with a bathroom nearby!

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

This one is probably not for you then! No 🚽 😁

@ltlarrow1 Жыл бұрын

you never said whether the path to the right, or straight ahead, was the way to the bridge. Was considering making a day trip from Santiago de Compostela; now not so sure

@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

Google says it's a 3.5 hour drive from Santiago (one way!). Tbh, I'm not sure it's worth it just for the bridge, unless you plan to take advantage of the hiking available.

@joaomoedas1702 2 жыл бұрын

Wait until lunch is done… definitely :)

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

That would have been less tiring given all the stairs, for sure!! 😂

@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

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@Shaheedasahib6666 Жыл бұрын

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@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

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@ppietrap3876 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame you had that bad experience. Probably it should have better signage and info for people to know what are the options and timetable. You should however know that the bridge, even tough it’s an attraction by itself, is an extension of the trails that you saw, which are quite famous in Portugal... if you had continued along the trail you would have come across some facilities.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Bummer it was raining and we didn't continue along the trails. It was such a pretty gorge! I hope they improve the signs - that would really help a lot. 😊

@ppietrap3876 2 жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket The trail is indeed quite beautiful. Unfortunately signage in Portugal is not usually great, it’s either missing important information or it’s so badly implemented or placed that many people end up not reading it. The same can be said about official information online.

@Toji_SN Жыл бұрын

I love u

@TalesFromOurPocket Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@nosferatu8293 2 жыл бұрын

I had to stop watching at 2:04 because her winging was making me want to go to that bridge and jump off it! OMG !

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry it made you feel that way! We try not to hide struggles while traveling; we share the good and the challenging. The truth is - that was a tough day. Between the 3rd or 4th straight day of rain and the challenges of actually getting to the bridge, we were struggling to make the best of it! Thanks for watching as much as you did!

@nosferatu8293 2 жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket Apologies for my earlier comment, it was a poor attempt at humour. You made a great video, it was just a shame about the weather. Thanks.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, thanks! I do wish the weather had been better, too!

@FernandoInacio-eg5kr Ай бұрын

avoid visiting in autun and winter to avoid surprises....

@minecraftminer59mineboymin38 Жыл бұрын

its cheap why not

@marioandre7351 2 жыл бұрын

So negative!

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

Really? We tried to make the best of it! I'm sorry we came across that way. To be fair, it is not the easiest to visit...

@lisboaantiga260 2 жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket Bom, isto não é para velhos, o passei é magnifico! Vocês são um casal em forma! Desfrutem deste lindo Portugal. Saúde ao casal.

@TalesFromOurPocket 2 жыл бұрын

você está certo - é magnífico! Quando disse que não era fácil visitar, referia-me à logística, não aos níveis de fitness. 😊

@lisboaantiga260 2 жыл бұрын

@@TalesFromOurPocket Certo, é um evento novo, estamos fora da época de turismo, e Portugal é bom a criar os tais pontos logísticos, para isso não pode faltar o turismo, mas o evento da ponte promete! Saímos de uma Pandemia logo temos uma guerra na Europa!