 The forest has trails for jogging, walking, cycling and horse-riding.This grove of poplar trees ("choupos", whence "choupal" "poplar grove"), was planted in an attempt to stop the floods of the Mondego river.In 1791, the engineer and "Padre" (Father, priest) Estêvão Cabral directed a big project that was meant to decrease the levels of silt in the river.