Visit the Trail Geira Romana in St. John's Balance

The Trail Geira, a small footpath route (PR), part of history and landscape, has a length of 9.5 km, with a duration of 4 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 in the Parish of St. John's Balance are the miles: XV, the site of Bico's Cantos or Geira, XVI in place of the Teixugos Penedo.
The same region of interest extends to the architectural environment of the typical villages of granite, where there is still a rural environment and welcoming, and the physical and natural environment that is easily noticeable in many places the trail.



Fauna

In this way one can see a diversity of animals, from amphibians, reptiles, birds and livestock in their natural habitats. In areas most exposed to sunlight appear reptiles such as lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), the Bocage's wall lizard (Podarcis bocagei) and lizard-do-mato (Psammodromus algirus). Much like the snake-ratter (Malpolon monspessulanus).
Sight can be the eagle-winged-round (buteo Buteo), the crow (Corvus corone) the CIA (Emberiza cia), a robin (Carduelis cannabina) and White Wagtail (Motacilla alba).
The route of the trail crossed the Roman road, has habitats frequented by the wolf (Canis lupus), fox (Vulpes vulpes), fisher (Martes foina), squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), horse (Equus caballus).

Amphibians such as the Iberian Frog (Rana iberica), the newt-bellied orange (Triturus boscai), the Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus), there are places with water like ponds, streams, etc..

Flora

At the beginning and along the stretch of Roman road (Geira), topping a field of weeds typically comprising Ericaceas, Legumes and Cistaceas.

In the most waterlogged by the end of the section of Geira, appear several species, like the buttercup (Ranunculus repens) and paw (peplos Portula).

After Chaos Vilar, appear shrub species such as oaks (Quercus suber) and the herbaceous Troviscais-female (Daphne Gnidium) and honeysuckle-of-apothecaries (Lonicera periclymenum). Church of the river, there is a gallery of fine specimens of ash, willows, oaks, alders and escalheiros. Associated with tree species, there are the accompanying riparian, as the fetus Royal (Osmunda regalis) and five-in-rama (Potentilla erecta). Continuing up, as in rural villages, predominantly an agricultural environment with a tree layer implanted by man.

Returning to the Roman road looms large area of woods Atlantic, including tojais (Ulex europaeus and Ulex minor), white-Giesteira (Cytisus scoparius) and owl-eye (Tolpis barbata). By the end of the trail, the route is accompanied by the kind Daboecia Cantabrian, emerging flax (Linum biennis), sage-bastard (Teucrium scorodonia) and-the-Geres hypericum (Hypericum androsaemum.)