Aveiro

Arouca

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Arouca, Aveiro district.

16 Parishes

21,146 Inhabitants

435m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Arouca

Don't visit just one. Here's a route of 8 parishes ordered geographically for a perfect weekend getaway.

União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo

5,120 inh.

Moldes

1,126 inh.

União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra

185 inh.

União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde

171 inh.

Alvarenga

1,057 inh.

União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca

1,064 inh.

Santa Eulália

2,120 inh.

Várzea

534 inh.

This route is calculated geographically to minimise travel. Perfect for discovering the municipality at your own pace.

Parishes
of Arouca

16 parishes

Arouca

Alvarenga

Ox-cart ruts, river-roar, chanfana smoke: the high village where May candles climb to Arouca.

1K 505m

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Arouca

Chave

Arouca’s last parish before the Douro folds into sky, scented by oak-roast kid & heather honey

1K 379m

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Arouca

Escariz

In Arouca’s granite cradle, Talhas water polishes stone, azulejos glow, goat stew steams

2K 559m

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Arouca

Fermedo

Bronze timekeepers, DOP beef and 64 granite cottages at 340 m in Arouca

1K 315m

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Arouca

Mansores

Santa Cristina's 1882 bell still rings every half-hour above this stream-threaded village in the Aro

1K 319m

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Arouca

Moldes

Bee-scented baroque church, gorse-lit lanes, 377 m of quartzite solitude in Arouca Geopark

1K 378m

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Arouca

Rossas

Tractor hum, 1786 calvary, kid goat crackling—daily life at 450 m in Rossas.

1K 451m

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Arouca

Santa Eulália

Echoing bells, Visigothic stones and egg-yolk sponge in Arouca’s hilltop hamlet

2K 303m

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Arouca

São Miguel do Mato

Granite cross, hidden missals and water-mill broa in a 550-soul Arouca hamlet

550 304m

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Arouca

Tropeço

Stone-walled terraces, queenly processions and tunnel-aged beef above the Atlantic

1K 351m

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Arouca

União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo

Hear the monastery clang ricochet off Serra da Freita, taste Arouquesa beef scented with thyme and q

5K 317m

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Arouca

União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra

Walk a Nazi tungsten tunnel, then follow goat tracks to a ridge-top chapel feast.

185 967m

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Arouca

União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca

Sun-worn granite, Roman mosaics and 465-million-year trilobites frame Arouca’s Paiva gorge villages.

1K 528m

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Arouca

União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde

At 1,000 m, granite teeth, tungsten scars and a 171-g gold bracelet outnumber the 171 souls

171 627m

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Arouca

Urrô

June queens, August rockets, September soup—three Sundays pull Urrô’s diaspora home

900 377m

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Arouca

Várzea

Talaminho meadows, saint’s relics and goat-scented auctions

534 288m

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Arouca

União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo

Moldes

União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra

União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde

Alvarenga

União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca

Santa Eulália

Várzea

Alvarenga

Chave

Escariz

Fermedo

Mansores

Moldes

Rossas

Santa Eulália

São Miguel do Mato

Tropeço

União das freguesias de Arouca e Burgo

União das freguesias de Cabreiros e Albergaria da Serra

União das freguesias de Canelas e Espiunca

União das freguesias de Covelo de Paivó e Janarde

Urrô

Várzea

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