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Showing posts with label Lagares. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lagares. Show all posts

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Visit the Pedestrian Path of the Well of the Bells - Sarzedas

The Poço dos Sinos Route Pedestrian Trail starts at the Casa do Povo da Grade and then goes through olive groves and small family gardens to the village of Casal Novo.
In this village silence reigns, the uninhabited but preserved houses receive those who pass by. We head for the pine forest, along the banks of the river between willows and alders, among centuries-old bushes and olive trees forgotten by the owners, who once took their income, towards Ribeira da Magueija.
The path takes us to Ribeira do Goulo. Here too, nature has taken the place of the traditional olive grove planted by the ancestors of those who still live in neighboring villages. It is in this stream that ahead we will find the Poço dos Sinos Bridge that has legends and stories to discover with those who can tell them. The Santo Ildefonso Chapel is our next stop after being left behind by the company of man-planted olive and cork oaks.
From Santo Ildefonso we return to Ribeira, which houses the old wine press on the bank, of which only the greens that grind the olives remain. Let's find Pereiro Mill and Casal Novo Mill where we can go in and learn how the cereal was ground. We are now back at Grade and its cultivated fields where this route ends, in the same place from where we started.

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Visit the River Beach of Almaceda

The River Beach of Almaceda, located in the parish of Almaceda, takes advantage of the banks of the river that gives it its name, making it a very pleasant space. On the bank there is an old wine press that once used the strength of these waters for its operation.
On the left bank of this beach, which is also known as Poço do Lagar, stands the place of the Lady of Grace characterized by natural landscapes of a unique beauty.

Monday, June 3, 2019

Visit the pedestrian route of the Rota dos Lagares - Almaceda

The pedestrian route of the Rota dos Lagares, located in the parish of Almaceda, is circular and takes us to old olive oil mills, traditionally known as Lagares de Varas. The route begins near the ruins of the first winery of sticks, it follows along the riverside of Almaceda that shelters in its olive groves and small gardens exquisitely cultivated family. It is in this river that is the second winery of sticks, also this almost in ruins but where you can still see all the constituent parts of the mill through its windows half open.
We leave behind the agricultural fields and we retrace our path through pine forest and new forest plantations that will take us to the last winery of this route, the wine cellar of Rochas de Cima, recently recovered so that it can be visited and make known to its visitors the process of oil extraction in Beira Baixa before the emergence of more recent and industrialized processes.
The route goes to Rochas de Cima before heading to the village of Violeiro. In this village is the obligatory stop of the dive source of fresh and crystalline waters that during years, still in the last century, was place of public supply.
Finally the route crosses forest paths that lead to Almaceda and the end of this route.