Braga

Amares

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Amares, Braga district.

16 Parishes

18,595 Inhabitants

150m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Amares

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

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

4,728 inh.

Carrazedo

Carrazedo

723 inh.

Bico

Bico

816 inh.

Fiscal

Fiscal

712 inh.

União das freguesias de Torre e Portela

União das freguesias de Torre e Portela

563 inh.

União das freguesias de Caldelas, Sequeiros e Paranhos

União das freguesias de Caldelas, Sequeiros e Paranhos

1,125 inh.

Caires

Caires

878 inh.

Dornelas

Dornelas

510 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Amares

16 parishes

Barreiros

Barreiros

Granite lanes, Loureiro pergolas and mahogany Barrosã beef in a 739-soul Amares parish

Bico

Bico

Low vines, limestone ridges and 816 souls—feel the pulse of a Minho village still tethered to water

Bouro (Santa Maria)

Bouro (Santa Maria)

Granite lanes, a covert convent-turned-pousada and strawberry-tree aguardente flavour Braga’s silent

Bouro (Santa Marta)

Bouro (Santa Marta)

Cistercian whisky, barrosã-à-brás Saturdays, Camino dust—village life at 451 m

Caires

Caires

Feel Caires’ granite breathe at dusk, taste Barrosã beef, hear hives fall silent over Serra de Bouro

Carrazedo

Carrazedo

Evening light slides down Rua da Igreja, António pours unlabelled wine and Barrosã beef steams in cl

Dornelas

Dornelas

River murmurs beneath a 1255 granite tower where Barrosã beef crackles in oak-ash kitchens

Fiscal

Fiscal

Granite lanes, Barrosã beef & purple harvests in a 712-soul Minho hamlet

Goães

Goães

Bronze bells, stone bridges and blood-warm Sarrabulho scent this riverside village in Amares.

Lago

Lago

Walk ancient wheat-dark soil, hear cocks on the Camino, sip green wine under whitewashed eaves.

Rendufe

Rendufe

Granite aqueduct, maize rows, 24 stone houses and a lion-crested monastery echoing with 1706 pipes.

União das freguesias de Amares e Figueiredo

União das freguesias de Amares e Figueiredo

Morning bread, Templar stone and pig-blood rice in Portugal’s mineral north

União das freguesias de Caldelas, Sequeiros e Paranhos

União das freguesias de Caldelas, Sequeiros e Paranhos

Roman bridge, pilgrim path, steaming pools—Caldelas, Sequeiros, Paranhos breathe history

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

União das freguesias de Ferreiros, Prozelo e Besteiros

Walk the 14th-century bridge that stitches Ferreiros, Prozelo and Besteiros above the Cávado.

União das freguesias de Torre e Portela

União das freguesias de Torre e Portela

In Amares, twin granite hamlets share one cobbled spine and a June feast that swells ten-fold

União das freguesias de Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas

União das freguesias de Vilela, Seramil e Paredes Secas

Morning bread from a 1938 stone oven, 16th-century gravestones warm in the sun, Barrosã beef slow-ag

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