Visit the Pedestrian Walk of the Monumental Basilica of Santo Cristo de Outeiro to the imposing Rio Sabor

The route begins in the village of Outeiro, next to the monumental Basilica Menor de Santo Cristo de Outeiro. It follows in the direction of E.N. 218, which is transposed by a bridge, beginning there the descent to the Sabor river. The first 2 km are covered in an agricultural area, but as the Pereiros Valley descends, the landscape changes and between giestas, carrascos and stevas, the Sabor river and the medieval Grijó bridge begin to be seen. makes the connection between Outeiro and Parada.
Then the road that follows is always going up, to the village of Paçó.
When reaching the area of ​​Cruz de Cima, in the center of the village, the course heads south, back to Outeiro, initially by asphalted road and then agricultural area, following a small water line.

Visit the Sampaio Ruins of Sampaio - Million

The Sampaio Rock Prints, located in the Parish of Millão are constituted by three different panels, all showing the same north / south orientation, facing the Rio Sabor. All engravings were obtained by perforation and go back to the Upper Palaeolithic. The first panel features a single engraved figure, representing an auroch, about 80 cm long, almost complete, with the exception of the backtack. The head is facing south, and is represented in great detail, with mouth, nostril, eye, ear and the two horns. From the head the lines of the back, the chest and the belly are drawn, and the outline of the front paw is also represented.
The second panel is displaced from the original site, constituting at present a loose block, possibly resulting in the preservation of a single incomplete figure, an auroque, with two heads in different positions, also facing south.
The third panel is under the second. Only a single trace, of an unidentified figure, is perceptible. It is partially covered by sediments deposited by the river, so it is possible that there are more traces of this figure.

Visit the Sabor River - Izeda

The river Sabor is a river that is born in Spain crosses the Mountain range of Montesinho and several Parishes in the district of Bragança, among which the one of Izeda.
It is a tributary of the right bank of the river Douro.

Visit the Sabor River - Grijó de Parada

The river Sabor is a river that is born in Spain crosses the Mountain range of Montesinho and several parishes of Bragança, among them Grijó de Parada

Visit the Penedo de Pena Maior - Grijó de Parada

Penedo de Pena Maior, located in Parish of Grijó de Parada, is a natural lookout that rises almost 300 meters on the river Sabor.
This place has wide views over the valley embedded with that which is often designated as the last Portuguese wild river.

Visit the Penguin Moinho - Grijó de Parada

The Penigueto mill, located in the parish of Grijó de Parada, is situated on the bed of the river Sabor, at present it is in ruins, but still its walls, one or another millstone and the weir.

Visit the Chapel of Our Lady of the Bridge - France

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Bridge is a small chapel located on the northern edge of the parish of France, next to the river Sabor and the medieval bridge that crosses it.

Visit the River Pepim - Aveleda (Bragança)

The River Pepim, is born in Spain, and after crossing the Parish of Aveleda, will empty into the River Sabor.

Visit the Natural Park of Montesinho

The Natural Park of Montesinho is located in Trás-os-montes, abragendo the Municipality of Bragança, and the one of Vinhais. It has about 75 thousand hectares. Temperatures range between -12 ° C and 40 ° C.

It has a heterogeneous relief, with plateaus cut by deep valleys, as well as some mountain ranges, of which stands out the Serra de Montesinho, in the county of Bragança. The altitudes vary between the 1486 meters, in the Mountain range of Montesinho and the 438 meters in the bed of the river Mente.

Shales are the dominant rocks, but granites, ultrabasic rocks and small calcareous stains can still be found.

The Natural Park of Montesinho is crossed by some of the most important water courses of the river basin of the Douro River.

In the area of ​​Bragança, there are the rivers Sabor, Maçãs and Baceiro. Sabor is born on the border with Spain, on the summits of the Sierra de Montesinho, passing a short distance from Bragança. The Apples is born in Spain, and makes the international border in two distinct stretches. Baceiro is also born in Spain, being the smallest of the main rivers, in its route there is an important nursery of trout.

There is a great diversity of fauna and flora in the Natural Park. The heaths, steels and giests, commonly called matos, occupy vast territories of abandoned soils for agriculture, borders of forests or lands once occupied by an autochthonous forest. The matos, and particularly those occurring at higher altitudes, are biotopes of extreme importance for several species of wild fauna. Lameiros, also known as meadows or mountain pastures, are associated with most of the riverine areas. Chestnut groats represent the majority of agricultural land. Holm oak forests, known as Sardinian forests, occur in the lower areas. Finally, oak-negral forests are one of the main types of native tree vegetation that occurs in the Park as part of a continuum that extends south to the Nogueira mountain range.

The Natural Park of Montesinho has about two hundred and fifty species of vertebrates and a high wealth and diversity also of invertebrates.

The presence of the Iberian wolf, the deer, the water mole, the wild cat, the big horseshoe bat and the mouse-de-lameiros stands out. There are about 160 species of birds, including the royal eagle and the black stork.