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 Cascade Leonte - Vilar da Veiga

The cascade is a cascade Portuguese Leonte located near Caldas do Geres, parish of Vilar da Veiga, municipality of Terras de Bouro and Braga.
This waterfall is located 2 miles from Portela of Man and its waters come from the river of Man in the Peneda-Geres. Formed with the crashing of water from a high cliffs of granite rock. After the fall of the water form a serene pond widely used in times of summer.

Visit the Laja Waterfall - Vilar da Veiga

The cascade is a cascade Portuguese Laja located in Caldas do Geres, parish of Vilar da Veiga, municipality of Terras de Bouro and Braga. This waterfall is part of a mountain landscape, in the Serra do Geres where green is a reference point and contributes to the setting of the site, particularly for the scenario of the Peneda-Geres. In the vicinity of the waterfall is a lot of wooden bridges that allow cross the overflowing waters of the site.

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 In 1897 it was demolished to make way for new buildings and attracting águas.As historical references from the Baths of Gerês go back to Roman times, but only in the early eighteenth century is the first establishment built Termal.As Spa Gerês occupy currently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 Dam and Reservoir Caniçada - Rio Caldo

Caniçada Dam is located in the municipalities of Lands and Bouro Vieira do Minho, in the River Basin Cávado. Its construction was completed in 1955. The dam has a height of 76 me a length of 246 m.
Has a volume of 90,000 m³ of concrete, and a maximum discharge capacity of 1700 m³ / s. It is a kind of arch dam. The installed power is 60 MW, producing on average 346 GWh per year.
The lake stretches for miles, is considered one of the most beautiful part of Portugal and marks the southern border of the Peneda-Geres. There, along the Rio Caldo and bridges to the Geres and São Bento da Porta Aberta, pensions and restaurants with terraces overlooking the water, as well as the possibility of boat trips.

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 Eagle's Trail Pedestrian Sarilhão

The Trail of the Eagle Sarilhão, is located in the town of Campo do Geres. This small footpath route, historical and cultural context, has a length of 9 km, about 3 hours in length and has a medium degree of difficulty.
Traverses land flattened a broad valley, through which the Ribeiro de Rodas, among the Ethnographic Museum and the left bank of Bayou Vilarinho das Furnas, this being its northern end. Runs through the rural settlements of this ancient village and reveals, among the narrow row of houses, the houses and granaries with their crosses summits with woodwork and balconies open to the usual street.
Legacy assets are highlights, with distinction, Via Nova XVIII (Geira), passing through miles XXVII, XXVIII and XXIX and the core of Roman standards. Nearby mile XXIX loom indelible traces of the trench to the Field in the Middle Ages, it served to defend the streak in Portuguese hostile invasion.

Housed in a vital area of the Peneda Geres, this trail is close to other points of interest such as the cliff Sarilhão of the National Forest and the extinct village of Albergaria Community Vilarinho das Furnas.

Visit the River Valley Man - St. John's Balance

The valley of the River Man in the Peneda-Geres is one of the places where nature left the grandeur and beauty in a single space. It is worth visiting.

Visit the Peneda-Geres in the Land of Bouro

The Peneda-Geres is presented as the first protected area to be created in Portugal (1971), by Decree-Law No. 187/71 of May 8, the only one with the status of National Park. It is located in northern Portugal, sharing border with Galicia, which form a continuous landscape of the Natural Park of Sierra Low-Limia Xurés, lobbying the city in Spain. The set of two parks form the Transfrontier Park Xurés-Geres. In addition to the catchment areas of rivers Minho, Lima, Cávado and Man, the PNPG is part of the granitic massifs Peneda, Yellow and Gerês. It occupies an area of 69 693 hectares, covering five Municipalities: Ponte da Barca, Melgaço, Montalegre, Ponte da Barca and Lands Bouro. In the latter, occupying 55.7% of the total area municipality.
The region that is part of the predominantly granitic, mountainous with altitudes reaching the 1545m in the Snowy Peak, in the Land of Bouro. Part of the hills that constitute the human interventions were, in continuity from the Neolithic time.

Flora

The main species found in the Peneda-Geres National Park are: alvarinho oak, Pyrenean oak, gilbardeira, arbutus, padreiro, laurel cherry, blueberry or "grape bunch", Holly.

Fauna

It is remarkable the amount and diversity of animals worthy of interest. Despite the Grizzly to have disappeared from the park, even today there are several species, as is the case of wild garranos, eight species of bats, of which the most important in terms of conservation is the Bat-arboreal-small, shrew-of- teeth-red, Martha, the wild cat, the Gold-Striped Salamander, the Squirrel, the vipers, the roe deer, wild boar and the Wolf.

Visit the Forest of Albergaria - Land Bouro

The forest of Hostels is located between the Caldas do Geres and Portela of Man. As one of the most important woods of the Natural Park of Gerês is considered a botanical reserve by hosting a major oak in its natural state, which includes typical species of fauna and flora geresianas, so that, although it can be navigated on foot, subject special measures of protection.
The road that runs through the forest and follows the Roman road stretches along the left bank of Bayou Vilarinho das Furnas, and ends at the Campo do Geres. Besides its ecological value, has important historical value, because they are visible on this site remains of a Roman Geira with its milestones.

Visit the Serra do Geres - Land Bouro

The Serra do Geres is the second highest point in mainland Portugal with its peak at 1548 meters altitude in the Snowy Peak. It is part of the mountain Peneda-Geres.

The massif of the Serra do Geres is included in the area of the Peneda-Geres.
This mountain is the Alto do Borrageiro, with 1430 meters of altitude. Part of its area is located in the County Land Bouro.