Heritage and Other Spaces
Viewpoint
Viewpoint of the Serra de Santa Comba
At around 1050 meters above sea level, the Serra da Santa Comba has its summit in the parish of Vales, where you can find what many consider to be the most beautiful and comprehensive viewpoint in Trás-os-Montes and one of the best in the country, the "Santa Comba Viewpoint".

Natural Spaces
Geopark Terras de Cavaleiros
The Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark is a well-defined geographical area, coinciding with the administrative limits of the Municipality of Macedo de Cavaleiros, with an important geological heritage to which is added a great biodiversity heritage, a notable historical-cultural heritage, local products, the rich gastronomy and the art of hospitality of its people.
Natural Spaces
Alvazinhos Mycological Park
Ecological Diversity of the Alvazinhos Mycological Park
Forests of native trees have a high heritage value since, since the beginning of time, they have been part of the natural landscape and provide important natural resources, such as cork, wood, resin and fruits that are important for human and animal nutrition, such as chestnut and acorn.

Walking Route

Walking Route
Côa walkways
The Côa Valley is considered "the most important site with open-air Paleolithic rock art". Venture into the beautiful landscapes that frame the Côa River and discover the primitive art of Humanity!
in: https://www.centerofportugal.com/pt/poi/vale-do-coa-patrimonio-mundial-da-unesco , visited on 17/12/2024, at 17:00

Casa dos Noura - Endogenous Products Exhibition and Sample Center
"The Casa dos Noura, a manor house built at the end of the 19th century, houses the Exhibition and Sample Centre for Endogenous Products, which serves as the main stage for the best that is produced in the Municipality of Alijó, namely wines, olive oils, honey and handicrafts."

Parks
PINTA - Parque Ibérico de Natureza e Aventura | Vales de Linhoso
The Angueira, Sabor, and Maçãs River Valleys offer unique conservation characteristics that combine nature and humanity in perfect harmony. To ensure proper management of human occupation and recreational uses, and to actively promote nature tourism, PINTA proposes a series of activities that prioritize contact with the region's natural and cultural diversity:
Human Activities
As villages become depopulated, they also lose their customs and traditions, and it is expected that the remaining cultural practices will struggle to survive. Preserving these cultural practices is far preferable to having to restore or reinvent everything in the future, in a completely artificial way. PINTA develops activities such as Cereal Milling, Artisanal Bread Making, Wool Cycle, Beekeeping, Traditional Basket Weaving, among others, to promote and preserve these cultural practices.
Leisure Activities in Nature
Spending fun and family bonding hours, offering leisure activities fully integrated with nature, is one of PINTA's goals. Along the Angueira River, it will be possible, for example, to follow a hiking trail and observe a beautiful landscape of marshes, vegetable gardens, and forests.
Environmental Education and Conservation Activities
Transforming nature reserves from static and often poorly understood places into places of true environmental education is the best guarantee, after all, of understanding their importance and safeguarding their future conservation. To this end, PINTA offers activities such as Birdwatching, Flora and Ethnobotany, Reptile and Amphibian Identification and Ecology, Bat Identification, Butterfly Observation and Identification, Mushroom Collection and Identification, Scientific Bird Banding, among others.








