Visit the Ponte do Porto - Pousada

The Ponte do Porto is located on the river Cávado in the parish of Pousada, and connects the counties of Amares and Braga.

It is a medieval bridge. Its name, "port" is a word from the archaic Galician-Portuguese with the meaning of "waypoint".

The bridge, made of granite, consists of eleven unequal arches and a narrow and irregular board, two meters and eight decimals wide, between walls of fence, and one hundred and fifty meters long. It has strong thalasses upstream and eardrums leaked in the central elements.

It is classified as a National Monument in 1910.

Visit the Bridge of Bico - Palmeira (Braga)

Ponte do Bico was built during the Fontismo between 1863 and 1867. The bridge was thus known to be at the mouth of the Man River and the river Cávado, in the place known for centuries as Vau do Bico. It allowed the connection in this place between the counties of Braga (parish of Palmeira), Amares and Vila Verde. It has eight arches with full belts, robustíssimos, reinforced by cylindrical talhamares.

Visit the Cávado River - Braga

The Cávado River, makes the northern border of the Municipality of Braga, with the neighboring counties of Amares and Vila Verde. In this route there are several bridges that justify a visit, as well as several river beaches.