Description Paredes

Booking.com

Located in the north of the country, the municipality of Paredes is part of the Douro Litoral region and belongs to the district of Porto, about a quarter of an hour away from the city.

It is based in the old municipality of Aguiar de Sousa, which dates back to the beginnings of nationality, and is part of one of the most interesting landscape regions in Portugal, the Sousa Valley. It also has a strong industrial tradition, where the wood sector predominates: around 60% of Portuguese furniture is produced here.

Windmills, castle, churches, medieval monasteries, farms and emblazons emblazoned framing a landscape mostly forged in green, between mountains and valleys bathed by rivers and streams of crystal clear waters, in a communion with nature that contrasts with the modernity of urban centers.

Also marked by a strong industrial development in recent decades, the competitiveness of the municipality of Paredes is reinforced by the excellent conditions of road accessibility. It is served by three highways (A4, A41, A42), which put you just minutes from the main international exits, such as Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport and the Port of Leixões and about an hour from Galicia.

It is also served by the Douro railway line, which connects two World Heritage Sites: the Historic Center of Porto and the Douro Wine Region.

This municipality is rich in archaeological testimonies, which determine that more than 5000 years ago Man chose the territory of the current municipality of Paredes, to live and die.

In the current region of Castromil and Banjas are important traces of gold mining from Roman times, who came to this region in search of wealth.

Regarding arts and crafts, this municipality has practices that are almost forgotten today, of which we highlight the blacksmith, the carver, the shoemaker and the basket weaving.

The delicacies that we can taste are: the kid roasted in the wood oven, the dried soup and the regueifa.