Park · Porto and the North
Peneda-Gerês National Park
Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês
Peneda-Gerês National Park is a protected area of granite mountains in northern Portugal, taking in the Peneda, Soajo, Amarela and Gerês mountains between the Mourela and Castro Laboreiro plateaus.
Why go
ICNF, the national nature conservation institute, describes the park on its Natural.PT portal as covering 69,594.48 hectares from the Mourela to the Castro Laboreiro plateaus, including the Peneda, Soajo, Amarela and Gerês mountains. It notes woods, peatlands and wet meadows, 235 vertebrate species, and cultural heritage that includes megalithic necropolises, castles, granaries and mountain villages. The portal lists named entrances to the park, among them Lamas de Mouro, Mezio, Entre ambos-Rios, Covide, Rio Caldo, Fafião, Paradela and Sezelhe, and mentions interpretation centres and information posts at its gates. This record is the national park as an area; its villages, dams and trails are not it, and Braga, where the park's headquarters are, lies outside it.
Near Peneda-Gerês National Park
Church
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte
The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a Catholic pilgrimage sanctuary on a hill in Braga municipality, with a basilica, Baroque stairways with chapels and fountains, a park and a funicular.
35 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Archaeological site
Citânia de Briteiros
The Citânia de Briteiros is a proto-historic hillfort settlement on a hilltop at Briteiros, in Guimarães municipality in northern Portugal, presented by the Sociedade Martins Sarmento.
36 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Museum
Biscainhos Museum
The Biscainhos Museum is a Baroque town palace with formal gardens in central Braga, open to the public as a museum since 1978 and now presented by its operator as the Palácio dos Biscainhos.
36 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Church
Braga Cathedral
Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Braga in the centre of Braga, begun at the end of the 11th century, with its chapels, cloister and the cathedral's Treasury Museum.
36 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ