Braga

Fafe

Discover the 25 parishes that make up the municipality of Fafe, Braga district.

25 Parishes

48,497 Inhabitants

418m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Fafe

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

Fafe

Fafe

15,455 inh.

Fornelos

Fornelos

1,352 inh.

Medelo

Medelo

1,543 inh.

Vinhós

Vinhós

570 inh.

Revelhe

Revelhe

788 inh.

Estorãos

Estorãos

1,540 inh.

Ribeiros

Ribeiros

545 inh.

União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova

União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova

1,656 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Fafe

25 parishes

Armil

Armil

In Armil the church clock lags, bread bakes in communal ovens and Barrosã beef scents Fafe’s market

Arões (Santa Cristina)

Arões (Santa Cristina)

Walk Fafe’s quiet lanes at dawn, taste Carne Barrosã, sip Loureiro-born Vinho Verde straight from th

Arões (São Romão)

Arões (São Romão)

Tight cobbles climb past armorial stone to São Romão’s chilled nave, vines and Barrosã smoke beyond

Estorãos

Estorãos

Granite granaries, rain-scented lanes and a gilded 16th-century altarpiece define this Fafe parish.

Fafe

Fafe

Trace labyrinth alleys to a razor-sharp pillory, baroque altarpieces and beehive-green valleys outsi

Fornelos

Fornelos

Bell clangs, river stones and chouriço smoke shape daily life in Fafe’s hidden village.

Golães

Golães

In Fafe’s high scatter of stone, smoke-cured beef scents the same slopes that grow flinty Basto wine

Medelo

Medelo

Granite hamlet where Vinho Verde vines, Barrosã beef smokehouses & slate roofs outnumber tourists

Paços

Paços

In Paços, Fafe, Barrosã beef cures in fumeiros and Sunday lunch summons every generation

Quinchães

Quinchães

Dry-stone terraces, paprika-dark Barrosã pork and chestnut-scented air at 510 m

Regadas

Regadas

Bell-tower azulejos, blood-rice kitchens and mountain air sharp as cider: life at 510 m in northern

Revelhe

Revelhe

Climb mist-wrapped lanes past ox-wagons to corn-coloured Fafe views, Barrosã beef & altitude Loureir

Ribeiros

Ribeiros

Tâmega mist, Iron-Age walls and haystacks crowned with terracotta tiles in Braga’s quietest parish

São Gens

São Gens

Woodsmoke drifts over 580 m terraces where Barrosã beef cures and only 1,643 souls remain

Silvares (São Martinho)

Silvares (São Martinho)

Autumn chestnut smoke drifts past 18th-century crucifixes in Fafe’s high village

Travassós

Travassós

Wake to Sr Arménio’s cockerel, taste azal tinto among name-marked vines, drift off by the cold Vizel

União de freguesias de Aboim, Felgueiras, Gontim e Pedraído

União de freguesias de Aboim, Felgueiras, Gontim e Pedraído

Hike silent terraces, sip altitude-grown Vinho Verde, taste Barrosã beef in Fafe’s emptiest parish

União de freguesias de Agrela e Serafão

União de freguesias de Agrela e Serafão

Oak-smoked ham, chestnut honey and stone hamlets above Fafe

União de freguesias de Antime e Silvares (São Clemente)

União de freguesias de Antime e Silvares (São Clemente)

Schist lanes fill with saints, cockerel embroidery and threefold crowds

União de freguesias de Ardegão, Arnozela e Seidões

União de freguesias de Ardegão, Arnozela e Seidões

Three granite hamlets above Fafe where medieval fonts fill with rain and vines climb orange trees

União de freguesias de Cepães e Fareja

União de freguesias de Cepães e Fareja

Shared parish budget, shared bell-rings—daily life in Fafe’s twin highland villages

União de freguesias de Freitas e Vila Cova

União de freguesias de Freitas e Vila Cova

In Freitas e Vila Cova, Barrosã cattle graze among 270 m terraces of Vinho Verde

União de freguesias de Monte e Queimadela

União de freguesias de Monte e Queimadela

Granite terraces, Barrosã beef and unfiltered Vinho Verde at 630 m in Fafe’s forgotten ridge.

União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova

União de freguesias de Moreira do Rei e Várzea Cova

Walk castle ramparts where Afonso Henriques forged borders, then taste Barrosã beef in Várzea Cova’s

Vinhós

Vinhós

Granite lanes, water-pale vinho verde and sardines on an ironing-board altar

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