Conhecer Baião

In this land of mountains and rivers - which rips up to the skies -, territory of water, of life, sculpted in shale and granite covered in the green of the forest, we walk through shadows and fogs; unraveling the mysteries that are hidden in the imagination of its people.

On the slopes that connect the peak of Marão to the Douro river, marked by “powerfully dug” valleys, where some water lines like those of Ovil, Valadares, Zêzere, and Teixeira wind up, one of the greenest municipalities in region…

The Gastronomy of Baião is so special that some even say that Eça de Queiroz fell in love with both the landscape of this land and the flavors of its traditional cuisine when he wrote A Cidade e as Serras, referring to the magnificent broad bean rice. To prove it is the title that the Brazilian ambassador, Dário Castro Alves, attributed to the Queirosian cultural gastronomic dictionary: Era Tormes e Amanhecia.

The landscape of Baião is today the result of the distinct way in which man occupied and transformed the territory over thousands of years, resulting in a landscape of great cultural value, with a strong heritage legacy. The oldest occupation of this territory is concentrated in the central plateaus of the mountains of Aboboreira and Castelo and dates back to recent prehistory that extends over a long chronological period of four thousand years (V to the 1st millennium BC) and includes different known traces thanks to the research project of the Serra da Aboboreira Archaeological Field.

The municipality of Baião presents remarkable patrimonial values, surprising panoramas, customs and traditions that enrich and distinguish this area of ​​the country.

Writers such as Camilo Castelo Branco, Alves Redol, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Soeiro Pereira Gomes and Eça de Queiroz - who immortalized the landscape of the municipality in the novel A Cidade e as Serras - and also the writer of children's literature António Mota, they often refer to this landscape in their works.

The Eça de Queiroz Foundation, the dolmens of Serra da Aboboreira, the monastery of Santo André de Ancede, the vast religious heritage, handicrafts, small museum centers and interpretive centers invite you to visit Baião.

There is a land that invites us to be part of the adventure, with places that inspire us, where the breeze becomes an ally, emotions are realized and reality is transformed into sensations. There is a land where we can be authentic and bold ...

To live is to conquer and experience the unknown, it is to climb to the highest point and scream, it is to enjoy the landscape, being side by side with the elements that compose it ... To live is to share moments and sensations.

Source: https://www.visitbaiao.pt/