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Ice skating

Ice Skating
Local activity

From November to April come live fresh emotions full of adrenaline and fun! The Ice Arena is located in the heart of Serra da Estrela, in Penhas da Saúde. It allows all visitors a first contact with ice skating or a memory of moments spent skating on an icy surface.

Its main objective is the development of ice sports, such as Hockey, Figure Skating, Speed Skating and Curling. At the same time, it will allow all visitors to have their first contact with ice skating or to relive the experience of skating on an icy surface.

Recreational Skating

From October to the end of April and from Monday to Sunday, within opening hours for the general public, it is possible for visitors to Serra da Estrela to experience the pleasures of ice skating. Skating periods of up to one hour can be purchased, which already include the rental of skates.

Figure skating

Sport in which athletes, individually, in pairs or in groups, perform choreographies on ice using blade skates. This was, at the 1908 Olympics in London, the first winter modality to be included in the Olympic Games, even before the separation between summer and winter games.

Ice Hockey

Ice hockey is an Olympic sport played on a natural ice rink between two teams of six players: a goalkeeper, two defenders and three forwards. The shots fired by players can reach a speed of over 160 kilometers per hour. – where all the players and judges put on skates on the ice.

Curling

Curling is a winter sports modality, in which players from two teams throw stones across an ice rink, trying to score more points than the opponent. This sport originates from Scotland (16th century), and the oldest existing club is the Kilsyth Curling Club, founded in 1716.

Minimum duration: 1 hour

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