Visit the Human Portela - Vilar da Veiga

Portela man's located near the border with Spain is one of the largest areas of natural beauty National Park Peneda-Geres. Ideal for a day of rest in nature.

Visit the Zino Penedo - Vilar da Veiga

The Nun's Penedo located in Town of Vilar da Veiga, has a magnificent landscape.

Visit the Viewpoint of Pedra Bela - Vilar da Veiga

The Belvedere Stone Beauty is perhaps the most beautiful and visited viewpoint of the Peneda-Geres. It is a lot on the left bank of the river Gerês, 6 km from Caldas, in the Town of Vilar da Veiga, there is any sighting Caniçada dam, part of the valley and the mountains of Geres soaring to Portela of Leontes. The view is breathtaking.

Visit the Spa Geres - Vilar da Veiga

The Baths of Gerês are located in the town of Geres, parish of Vilar da Veiga, County of Land Bouro in the heart of the Peneda-Geres and surrounded by lakes and mountains, the spa Gerês are the most famous of the country with a surrounding landscape of rare beauty. Known and exploited by the Romans, this spa was originally built in the reign of King John V, and received frequent visits from D. Ludwig I and Queen Maria Pia, accompanied by Prince D. And Carlos D. Amelia of Orleans. In 1897 it was demolished to make way for new buildings and attracting águas.As historical references from the Baths of Gerês go back to Roman times, but only in the early eighteenth century is the first establishment built Termal.As Spa Gerês occupy currently one of the top places in the frequency range of Spa Resorts Portuguese, thanks to significant investments that have been made, creating new areas, where highlights of the thermal spa, with modern heated pool, gym, Spa and massage programs spa.
Especially recommended for treatment of liver, gallbladder, obesity, diabetes and hypertension, the spa Gerês also offer special programs for rehabilitation diet, weight loss, relaxation, physical and psychological, physical recovery and anti-stress. A theme park very nice, and the visitor is invited to relax at the same time interacting with nature.

Visit the Church of Saint Anthony - Vilar da Veiga

The Church of Vilar da Veiga is a recent building, with an altar and the side in the Baroque style and is the patron Saint Anthony.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of Deliverance - Vilar

Visit the Mills Water Caster - Santa Isabel do Monte

The 29-mill caster Water St. Isabel do Monte, recovered in its original, spread through the villages of Abbots Camp, Seara, Rebordochão, Ventozelo and rosemary, slopes and streams of the Bridge and Rebordochão. Besides the use for grinding, these mills represent small museums, and its potential to serve ethnological and historical sites of interest in educational activities and cultural entertainment and tourism.

Visit the Church of St. Matthew the Ribeira

The Church of St. Matthew's parish of Ribeira has masonry granite staircase, flanked by two crosses to the top. In the main body of the church is engraved the year 1719, referring probably to the date of its reconstruction or transladação since the original was in the place of Young. The interior is ornamented with magnificent carvings and gilded altar, also Johannine, sports figures of seraphim and valuable sculptures.

Visit the Church of São Mamede - Gondoriz

The Church of Gondoriz, as patron of St Mamede, has a high altar reminiscent of Renaissance style and in it there is a chapel dedicated to N. ª Senhora dos Remedios, rebuilt in 1887.

Visit Fraga of Chalcedon - Covide

The Fraga of Chalcedon is an ancient fortified town of the Iron Age, called Chalcedon located in Town of Covide.
Presumably the Roman occupation, this flagship location, which was created by toponym fable of some classical scholars of the century. XVI indicates a classical origin founded by the Argonauts.
This route, part of history and landscape, it develops within the parish of Covide and presents a distinct cultural-historical repertory, its community traditions and archaeological remains.
The area is dominated by the Geres granite, which has a texture made up of medium to coarse grain.
At the site of the Chalcedon Fraga and surrounding area, oak and pear-tree mark a healthy presence in the mountainous landscape.
The shrub and herb layer is characterized in a different way and with high floristic value enhancing to erica, heather, gorse-arnal, gorse-molar, the Torga, violet, thyme, foxglove, and others.

Visit the footpath of the City of Chalcedon - Covide

The footpath in the City of Chalcedon is a footpath known as short route (PR), with an actual distance of 9.3 km to go - the average time is approximately 5 hours - consisting of sloping paths, making it highly difficult .
The Trail runs through the parishes of Covide and Field Gerês, which present a plot historical-cultural landmark, its community traditions and archaeological antiquities.
This circular route, to achieve the mythical archaeological site called "Fraga City," which scholars seiscentistas immortalized with classic toponym of Chalcedon.

Visit the village Typical Covide

The typical village of the Municipality of Covide Bouro Land is located 10 km from the seat of County and 40 kilometers from the city of Braga. Is inserted in the rural area of the Peneda-Geres (PNPG), with markedly rural and mountain, where lie the nuclei mountain, fields of culture that serve as their support and pasture land, ie places where all humans is more pronounced.
Covide has a great location landscape, environmental and tourism, can be observed throughout the surrounding of the stream of Man with its green farmland, predominantly designed in terraces, the fruit of man's adaptation to the environment in the practice of traditional agriculture, which still currently keeps a momentum predominantly oriented polyculture, for self-consumption, increasingly sought after by visitors and tourists who prefer traditional products (eg meat barrosã, kid, honey, sausages and smoked medicinal and aromatic plants) much appreciated for a niche urban consumers concerned about food quality and safety.

Visit the Sierra casarotas Yellow - Cibões

The Casarotas located at the top of Yellow Mountain, in the Cha Salgueiral, Town of Cibões are about two dozen buildings in stone.
These constructions are reminiscent of the robust dolmens and even old huts of shepherds. However, the construction and use may be associated with the defense of the frontier of human Portela, serving to support the troops. Some of these inscriptions have Casarotas places the current parish, including Cleaver and Gilbarbedo.

Visit the Windmill of Gilbarbedo-Cibões

The windmill, situated in the place of Gilbarbedo, in the parish of Cibões is the end of the nineteenth century, the only county in the Land of Bouro. The visitor will notice, in situ, the entire operation of the windmill and all the grinding device, using a natural resource.
Given the location of the mill in terms of landscape, can be spotted in most of the county.

Visit the Trail Geira - Chorense

The Trail Geira, a small footpath route (PR), part of history and landscape, has a length of 9.5 km, with a duration of four hours, and the average degree of difficulty. This route stretches along the paths of agricultural parishes Chorense and Balance, which contain both historical remains high tourist and cultural interest. This interest stems mainly from the existence of marks of Roman activity, the Geira and Miles: The Town of Chorense goes up for miles along the riverside of seventeenth hut, XVIII Mutatio Saliniana in Chaos Vilar. The set of milestones together in those miles Patent epigraphy to honor the emperors of the time.

The interest in the same region can obviously extend to the architectural environment of the typical villages of granite, which retain a rural atmosphere very welcoming, and the physical and natural environment that is easily noticeable in many places the trail.

Visit the Chapel of S. Sebastian's Geira - Chorense

The Chapel of St. Sebastian's located in the Town of Geira Chorense, is dated 1687. Every year a festival is held in honor of St. Sebastian on the first Sunday following the day on August 15. Along the base of the supporting wall of the chapel becomes Geira Via XVII, linking Braga to Astorga.

Visit the Trail of the Mills and traditional irrigation schemes - Charmoim

The Trail of the Mills Traditional Irrigation and runs through the rural villages of Lagoa, dry and Pergoim belonging to the parish of Chamoim. Presents an extension of 9 km with a time of 4 hours and boasts a musical medium to high difficulty. The altimetry maximum of 590m will be achieved at the site of Spike, identified as a lookout, with lower elevation of 140m on the bank of River Man.


This trail leads to a rural route that gives a recognition of the usefulness and value of the old roads have fallen into disuse, such as foot paths and put the agricultural roads paved. Water lines, the grooves, wells, the irrigation and water-mills, on the whole, are authentic relics of popular architecture of ancient times.

The Trail of the Mills Traditional Irrigation and includes a small section of the Via Romana XVIII Military Itinerary of Antoninus, between miles XXI and XXII. The pavement in excellent condition, is walled granite masonry

Visit the medieval bridge Carvalheira

The medieval bridge Carvalheira looks monumental, is oriented towards southeast-northwest and is the gateway between the neighborhood and Carvalheira Brufe. It consists of a perfect arch back grounded in rocky outcrop, which features short staves and coarse granite stonework.

Visit Trench Campo - Campo do Geres

Medieval period, near mile XXIX, are indelible traces of the Trench Field during that historical period served as a defense of Portuguese streak of hostile invasion. The people of Campo de Geres had an obligation to defend human Portela.
What remained for centuries, and this people serrano successfully resisted all attacks of the invaders, mainly because of his courage and toughness, but also to the exceptional geographical configuration of the territory.
In the vicinity of Trench Field are the ruins of a structure identified as House of parts that served as host of men and war garrisons.

Visit the Cruise Campo - Campo do Geres

The Cross Country maintains like shaft, a cylindrical monolith headed, March notes that Roman mile XXVII and referring to the emperor Decius (249-251). It is a National Monument by Decree of June 16, 1910.