NATURAL PATRIMONY

 

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About 45 km long, the Man River rises in the Serra do Gerês and is a tributary of the Cávado river.

 

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The Cávado river is born in the Serra do Larouco, at an altitude of about 1,520 meters, flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, in the Municipality of Esposende, having covered about 129 km.

 

ENOTOURISM

On the slopes of the Northwest of Portugal, one of the incomparable wines is produced with characteristics unique in the world.

 

BUILD HERITAGE

 

ABBEY

Located in a pleasant place, where contact with the natural environment is privileged, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Abbey was built in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, in the parish of Bouro Santa Maria.

 

MONASTERY OF SANTA MARIA DE BOURO

Visiting the Municipality of Amares is a journey through history, as there are many monuments that depict documented times that relate directly to the great moments of the history of Portugal.

 

SANTO ANDRÉ DE RENDUFE MONASTERY

The Monastery of Santo André de Rendufe, located in a valley, in a rural area, isolated by its old fence, was built in the 17th century. XII, in the parish of Rendufe.

 

PORTO BRIDGE

Classified as National Monument, the Port Bridge belongs to the medieval public civil architecture.

 

WHEEL BRIDGE

National Monument, of public, medieval civil architecture, built in the Middle Ages in the parish of Caldelas

 

HOUSE OF THE COVER

Property of Public Interest, built in the sixteenth century, in the parish of Fiscal, belongs to the residential, Mannerist and Baroque architecture.

 

ALDEIA DE URJAL

Mountain parish, where Mother Nature is noticed in every corner, in Aldeia de Urjal - Seramil, lose your eyes on a horizon that offers unique landscapes at any time of day, and let yourself fall in love with the typical houses that are a true journey in time.

 

MUSEUMS

 

MUSEUM OF THE SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF THE ABBEY

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Abbey, housed in the former "barracks" of the Sanctuary, is fundamentally identified by sacred art, statuary, tools, documentation and religious demonstrations. Ethnography, folklore and handicrafts (flax culture) also contribute to their identity.

 

GEIRA

The human occupations of the Amaranese territory, which go back to other times, have left a legacy built.

This Roman road, about two thousand years old, linked Bracara Augusta (Braga) to Asturica Augusta (Astorga). This connection between the two capitals of the North-West Peninsular facilitated, in the Roman time, the access to the mountainous regions of the Northeast of the territory under the control of Bracara, to the western space under control of Asturica.

In Amares, we can cross part of this route, recommending the route between the Place of Via-Cova, in the parish of Paredes Secas, to Santa Cruz, in the parish of Seramil, and it can continue through the Municipality of Terras de Bouro.

 

CALDELAS SPA

The spa resort of Caldelas is considered one of the most prestigious hot springs in Portugal.

They emerged at the end of the first quarter of the century. XX. The mineral-medicinal waters are located on the slope of Monte de S. Pedro Fins, next to the bed of Alvito, sprouting along a porphyritic granite lode, in multiple springs squeezed, through successive diclases.

 

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PR 2 – URJAL (Seramil e Bouro Santa Marta)

 

PL 2 – ABADIA (Bouro Santa Maria)

 

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source: www.cm-amares.pt