Braga

Guimarães

Discover the 55 parishes that make up the municipality of Guimarães, Braga district.

55 Parishes

153,523 Inhabitants

221m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Guimarães

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

Creixomil

Creixomil

9,708 inh.

União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos

União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos

3,808 inh.

Candoso (São Martinho)

Candoso (São Martinho)

1,234 inh.

Selho (São Cristóvão)

Selho (São Cristóvão)

2,138 inh.

Nespereira

Nespereira

2,594 inh.

Gandarela

Gandarela

1,232 inh.

Conde

Conde

1,232 inh.

Moreira de Cónegos

Moreira de Cónegos

4,651 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Guimarães

55 parishes

Airão (Santa Maria)

Airão (Santa Maria)

Loureira grapes, Barrosã beef and 4 a.m. crosses—life above Guimarães

Airão São João

Airão São João

Waist-high Vinhos Verdes pergolas, 1892 bell & 1515 charter stones in 278-ha parish

Aldão

Aldão

Above the city drone, 1,278 villagers guard wood-fired Barrosã beef and cemetery-tang vinho verde

Azurém

Azurém

Where medieval crosses meet 20,000 uni voices, pork sizzles in pig-blood rice

Barco

Barco

In Guimarães’ Barco, vinho verde grapes, Barrosã beef and 13th-century stone share slow afternoons

Brito

Brito

Iron bell, Friday eggs, stone walls: Brito parish breathes rye-scented history under the A7 hum

Caldelas

Caldelas

Medieval bridge, abandoned spa and women-only saint-bearers in Guimarães’ hidden ravine

Calvos

Calvos

Watch mist lift off emerald ridges while Barrosã beef sizzles in this name-street village ten minute

Candoso (São Martinho)

Candoso (São Martinho)

Granite echoes, Visigothic fonts and Marão chestnuts in Guimarães’ loftiest parish

Conde

Conde

Granite hush, wood-oven scent and lime-skin wine in Guimarães’ pocket-sized parish

Corvite

Corvite

Guimarães’ pocket-sized parish where wine ferments on washing lines

Costa

Costa

Cross the moss-soft Ponte de São Torcato into a village where Minho horses parade and oak smoke drif

Creixomil

Creixomil

Walk the misty flood-plain that birthed a nation, then feast on crackling barrosã beef and sharp vin

Fermentões

Fermentões

Guimarães village where medieval loaves, Santiago-bound boots and Manueline gold still echo.

Gandarela

Gandarela

Stone casais, Vinho Verde & 11th-century bells echo across sandy vineyards

Gonça

Gonça

Terraced Vinho Verde vines, smoke-scented kitchens and dusk-lit stone walls define this Minho hamlet

Gondar

Gondar

Marigold carpets, mill-streams and granite terraces clinging to the Serra de Santa Comba above Guima

Guardizela

Guardizela

Roman vines, baroque church, oak-wood ambush scars—Guimarães’ hill parish keeps 2,000 years of looko

Infantas

Infantas

Guimarães granite hamlets, Vinho Verde cellars, 13th-century chapel, July pilgrim smoke.

Longos

Longos

Bell tolls ripple through 17th-century air above Vizela’s kiwi terraces in Guimarães’ hidden Longos.

Lordelo

Lordelo

Five minutes from Guimarães, life ticks to church bells, espresso at 60¢ and neighbourly forecasts.

Mesão Frio

Mesão Frio

Pig-blood rice, 80,000 carnations and a 5 °C Romanesque bell awaken Guimarães’ Cold Tableland

Moreira de Cónegos

Moreira de Cónegos

Quarries scar blue stone, baroque altars blaze, pilgrims bleed knees—Minho’s soul carved here.

Nespereira

Nespereira

Tiny walled estates, a 1720 chapel, sarrabulho scent drifting from Barrosã logs

Pencelo

Pencelo

Whitewashed cottages, Vinho Verde terraces & 17C manor in Braga’s ridge parish

Pinheiro

Pinheiro

Whitewashed cottages, Vinho Verde vines and wood-smoke mornings in a 193-hectare parish that keeps A

Polvoreira

Polvoreira

Between Guimarães and the Ave, a village pulses with Brazilian shift-workers, backyard Vinho Verde a

Ponte

Ponte

Granite lanes, backyard muscatel and café gossip where Guimarães fades into farmland

Prazins (Santa Eufémia)

Prazins (Santa Eufémia)

Guimarães’ granite fold village where bread soaks in beef juices and rockets echo for days

Prazins Santo Tirso

Prazins Santo Tirso

Vines, slate walls and secret smokehouses cling to Guimarães’ hidden hamlet above the Ave.

Ronfe

Ronfe

Medieval granite lanes, mossy chapels and May processions untouched by any Camino—Guimarães’ quiet p

Sande (São Clemente)

Sande (São Clemente)

Espresso steam, cigarette sparks and mushroom compost scent the granite lanes of Guimarães’ edge par

Sande (São Martinho)

Sande (São Martinho)

Barrosã beef, vinho verde and May petal processions in Guimarães’ quiet parish

Sande (Vila Nova)

Sande (Vila Nova)

13th-century bell, Loureiro terraces, slow roast Barrosã—Braga’s pocket-sized parish breathes centur

São Faustino

São Faustino

Morning bells echo through 16th-century lanes where Barrosã beef crackles on wood-fired grills.

São Torcato

São Torcato

Guimarães village guards an eternal lamp, defiant relics and a basilica 190 years in the making

Selho (São Cristóvão)

Selho (São Cristóvão)

Granite lanes echo dawn bells, ox-cart setts lead to Cruzeiro blossoms, Barrosã beef scents parish f

Selho (São Jorge)

Selho (São Jorge)

Guimarães’ high-suburb village where 1,130 people squeeze into one candle-lit fiesta

Serzedelo

Serzedelo

Granite, fog and Barrosã beef in Guimarães’ riverside time-capsule parish

Serzedo

Serzedo

Terracotta roofs, granite walls and butter-rich Barrosã smoke in Guimarães’ quiet hill parish

Silvares

Silvares

Oak-scented vinho verde, Barrosã beef sizzling on vine-prunings—Silvares feeds the senses

Tabuadelo

Tabuadelo

Hear the Ave valley bell ring above schist-walled Tabuadelo, Guimarães, then taste wood-oven broa at

União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos

União das freguesias de Abação e Gémeos

13th-century gold-shadowed church, July horseback processions and petal-strewn May lanes in Guimarãe

União das freguesias de Arosa e Castelões

União das freguesias de Arosa e Castelões

Two Guimarães hamlets stitched by oxen paths, Loureiro vines and 11th-century gossip

União das freguesias de Atães e Rendufe

União das freguesias de Atães e Rendufe

Walk 8 km between two 13th-century bridges, past watermills, vineyard levadas and a chapel where St

União das freguesias de Briteiros Santo Estêvão e Donim

União das freguesias de Briteiros Santo Estêvão e Donim

Walk moss-padded lanes to Citânia de Briteiros, chapel squares & flowered May crosses.

União das freguesias de Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia

União das freguesias de Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia

Walk from baroque São Salvador to 13th-century Santa Leocádia, tasting vinho verde on pre-Roman wall

União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos

União das freguesias de Candoso São Tiago e Mascotelos

Sip Vinho Verde beneath 11th-century stone where Portugal’s birth-echo lingers

União das freguesias de Leitões, Oleiros e Figueiredo

União das freguesias de Leitões, Oleiros e Figueiredo

Bronze peals, granite crosses and Barrosã oxen shape life in Guimarães’ hilltop trio

União das freguesias de Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião

União das freguesias de Oliveira, São Paio e São Sebastião

Hear Oliveira, São Paio and São Sebastião answer each other in bronze, scent and stone

União das freguesias de Sande São Lourenço e Balazar

União das freguesias de Sande São Lourenço e Balazar

Iron-Age ramparts, baroque bells and loureiro grapes ferment in shale-scented air

União das freguesias de Selho São Lourenço e Gominhães

União das freguesias de Selho São Lourenço e Gominhães

Lamprey-rich streams, Romanesque capitals for benches, salt-preserved pig—Guimarães’ twin villages l

União das freguesias de Souto Santa Maria, Souto São Salvador e Gondomar

União das freguesias de Souto Santa Maria, Souto São Salvador e Gondomar

Three Guimarães villages stitched into one parish where medieval bells duel and Thursday’s arroz de

Urgezes

Urgezes

Tarmac ends, pasture begins: meet the Minho parish denser than Porto yet stitched with threshing flo

Vermil

Vermil

Sun-warmed vines, Roman levadas and slow-roasted Barrosã beef in Guimarães’ hidden parish

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