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Alto dos Morrões Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological

Distance: 4,5 km

Duration: 2h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Paredes de Coura – starting from the small hermitage of the Giesteira, takes place in Vascões and its main point of interest is its biodiversity. Here several tree species proliferate in a space that serves as habitat for numerous animals, such as the Iberian wolf, red squirrel and the round-winged eagle

Cabeço do Meio-Dia Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: cultural

Distance: 8 km

Duration: 3h00

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Caminha – with departure from the Chapel of Sto. Antão in Arga de Cima, the route through several forest paths takes us to the Pombas stream and several windmills. Arriving at Cabeço do Meio-Dia, head to the Moinho de Baixo, through the Gandara bridge and windmills, to finish at Ponta do Lobo, an invaluable resource for the architectural and ethnographic heritage of Serra d'Arga

Carvalheira de Abedim Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological, landscape

Distance: 7,1 km

Duration: 2h30m

Difficulty: easy-average

Localization: Monção – begins and ends by the Abedim Town Hall. Its main attractions are the rich oak and holly woods, streams of water, the minifundia landscape of Gadanha Valley, Gandrachão Village and the Penha da Rainha Rocky Castle

Castro Laboreiro Megalithic Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: historical, cultural

Distance: 13,1 km

Duration: 4h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Melgaço – the trail unfolds in Castro Laboreiro, from the Rodeiro Summer Pasture, a territory with human settlement since prehistoric times. Testimonies of this, and major points of interest to this journey, are the megalithic remains like the Necropolis at the Plateau in Castro Laboreiro

Corno de Bico Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological, landscape

Distance: 7,5 km

Duration: 4h00

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Paredes de Coura – starting in the place of Túmio, in Bico, is an interpretive route of the Protected Landscape of the Corno de Bico, where stands out a great diversity of arboreal, shrub and herbaceous species, besides some examples of traditional architecture

Cova da Moura Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: historical, landscape

Distance: 14,5 km

Duration: 5h00

Difficulty: easy-average

Localization: Monção – begins and ends at the Church of Miracles. It has several points of interest, among them the Brejoeira Palace, Leisure Area of Sendim, old ceramics oven, Pinheiros Picnic Park, Vila Boa Rural Nucleus, lookout over the parish of Moreira and Carregal Rural Nucleus

Ínsua do Crasto Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: landscape, cultural

Distance 8,1 km

Duration: 3h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Valença – beginning next to parish church of Friestas, walking in this rural environment allows us to observe the relationship of the inhabitants and their customs with nature. Part of this route is also done by the ecological trail towards the river Minho

Lamas de Mouro Interpretative Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics:  landscape
Distance: 4,5 km
Duration: 2h00
Difficulty: easy

Localization: Melgaço a circular pedestrian route that runs along the main places of the parish of Lamas de Mouro, right in the entrance of the Peneda-Gerês National Park, the highlight goes to the picturesque bridge, the historic water mill, the community-aged oven and the secular romanesque style church

Pedra Alçada Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological, panoramic

Distance: 11,5 km

Duration: 4/5h00

Difficulty: average

Localization: Caminha – starting at the Arga de S. João church, allows to reach from the highest point of the county, Pedra Alçada, from where you can observe the sea and the mouth of the Minho and Coura rivers. It also has as points of interest various tree species, shrubs and herbaceous, waterfalls, the Monastery and the village of S. João d'Arga

Riverside Trails

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: landscape

Distance: 5,7 km

Duration: 1h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Melgaço – the river is the central theme of this pedestrian route which, starting in the village next to the Inês Negra Boulevard, develops towards the Training Centre and the river, crossing an area inserted in the Natura Network finishing next to the Peso Thermal Springs in Paderne

Trail Between Monasteries

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: religious, cultural

Distance: 11,6 km

Duration: 4h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Valença – starting next to the Ganfei Monastery, this trail proceeds towards Sanfins and the mountain, from where a superb natural landscape can be glimpsed, especially the Minho river. Head down towards the valley and the Ecological Trail, which will take the traveller back to the starting point

Trail Between Sea and Mountain

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: landscape, ecological

Distance: 19,3 km

Duration: 5h30

Difficulty: average

Localization: Caminha – circular route, with the starting point at the Camping Park in Camarido, stands out the landscape on the estuaries of the rivers Minho and Coura. Follow the romanesque chapel of S. Pedro de Varais, from where the entire Âncora valley can be seen; continues towards the Sinos dos Mouros, in Moledo, and returns to the Camarido National Forest

Varanda do Coura Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological, landscape

Distance: 7 km

Duration: 4h00

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Paredes de Coura – begins next to the chapel in the place of Chavião, in Castanheira and unfolds in the middle of the fields and the typical forests of this protected area. It also crosses Cristelo (Espadanal) and Bico, mountainous lands that provide incredible views and landscapes

Veiga da Mira Trail

Type of Route: small route

Characteristics: ecological, landscape

Distance: 4,5km

Duration: 2h30

Difficulty: easy

Localization: Valença – starting at the Senhora da Cabeça (Lady of the Head), by the river Minho, it covers the parishes of Cristelo Covo and S. Pedro da Torre. Between the waterfront fertile soils, it is possible to indulge in this region variety of flora and fauna species

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