Guide your child

Guide your child

place Parking in the Picnic Area of ​​Barão de São João Forest
4.00 km
Min 4   Max 40
Minimum Age 10
Target Audience: Families
Difficulty: Easy

Guides: Gonçalo José Matos / Cátia Duarte

November 09 2025
From 14:30 to 16:30

Orienteering activity along trails and paths within the pine forest, covering a perimeter of 2 km, where participants (parents and children) use a map to navigate to numbered points in ascending order, on a two-part route totalling approximately 4 kilometres, in order to answer the questions presented.

How to get there

 

From the Cultural Center (1.2km): Exiting from the event’s reception (Cultural Center), you should follow the dirt track that goes into the “Mata Nacional” (National Woods), bound Northwest, and keep straight for about one kilometer, until you find directions to turn left and reach the picnic area.

From Lagos: Arriving at city of Lagos, at the roundabout of the Municipal Stadium, follow towards Bensafrim. At the exit of Portelas, take the EM 531 to the left, in the direction of Barão de São João, passing by “Monte Judeu”. Continue straight ahead towards Barão de S. João, and after entering the village of Barão de São João, follow the signs that indicate the “Mata Nacional” (National Woods). Follow the dirt track that goes into the Mata Nacional (bound Northwest) and keep straight for about one kilometer, until you find directions to turn left and reach the picnic area.

Partner

Câmara Municipal de Lagos

Câmara Municipal de Lagos