Bragança

Mogadouro

Discover the 21 parishes that make up the municipality of Mogadouro, Bragança district.

21 Parishes

8,301 Inhabitants

654m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Mogadouro

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

União das freguesias de Mogadouro, Valverde, Vale de Porco e Vilar de Rei

União das freguesias de Mogadouro, Valverde, Vale de Porco e Vilar de Rei

3,603 inh.

Paradela

Paradela

127 inh.

Brunhoso

Brunhoso

212 inh.

União das freguesias de Remondes e Soutelo

União das freguesias de Remondes e Soutelo

285 inh.

Vale da Madre

Vale da Madre

165 inh.

Azinhoso

Azinhoso

241 inh.

Penas Roias

Penas Roias

278 inh.

Vila de Ala

Vila de Ala

231 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Mogadouro

21 parishes

Azinhoso

Azinhoso

A 241-soul village above Mogadouro with goat roasts, Bronze-Age rings and a grass airstrip.

Bemposta

Bemposta

A silent plateau village in Bragança where bread, bells and baroque gold outlast time

Bruçó

Bruçó

At 722 m, Mogadouro’s hill hamlet keeps its communal oven, slate espigueiros and winter maize ritual

Brunhoso

Brunhoso

In Mogadouro’s high slate ridge, ham bronzes, ewes rule lanes, July brings Madonna home

Castelo Branco

Castelo Branco

Granite lanes, rye-bread Wednesdays and a vanished castle above Spain’s doorstep

Castro Vicente

Castro Vicente

Granite village where olive groves pre-date Portugal and goat stew simmers in clay

Meirinhos

Meirinhos

Woodsmoke, 1793 olive press, granite pillory, fado mirandês and posta veal in Bragança’s hidden vill

Paradela

Paradela

Granite village melts into schist ridges; July feast lures emigrants back to empty benches

Penas Roias

Penas Roias

Granite keep, Bronze-Art petroglyphs and sheep-dotted plateaus crown this 748 m village

Peredo da Bemposta

Peredo da Bemposta

Granite pillory, eagle-owl canyon and a single café: the untouched tale of a Trás-os-Montes village.

Saldanha

Saldanha

628 m above Mogadouro, wind-whispered olive trees, clay-pot lamb and chapel views over Douro gorge.

São Martinho do Peso

São Martinho do Peso

Hear death-age rings echo off schist, taste oak-smoked chouriço under 8-m olive in Douro park

Tó

Meet the 136 souls, tree-bark cheese and eagle-punched silence of Mogadouro’s high hamlet

Travanca

Travanca

In Bragança’s tiniest village, Shrove Sunday clappers echo past Manueline crosses and lamb smoke

União das freguesias de Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane

União das freguesias de Brunhozinho, Castanheira e Sanhoane

In Mogadouro’s merged trio of villages, chestnut carpets crackle and dawn doors bang louder than ala

União das freguesias de Mogadouro, Valverde, Vale de Porco e Vilar de Rei

União das freguesias de Mogadouro, Valverde, Vale de Porco e Vilar de Rei

Mogadouro-Vilar de Rei parish union: castle keep, Caretos’ winter roar, almond terraces above Douro

União das freguesias de Remondes e Soutelo

União das freguesias de Remondes e Soutelo

Granite spouts, Távora bridge and lamb-scented air in Mogadouro’s hidden plateau

União das freguesias de Vilarinho dos Galegos e Ventozelo

União das freguesias de Vilarinho dos Galegos e Ventozelo

Schist hamlets cling to 680 m ridge above Douro gorge in Mogadouro’s forgotten northeast

Urrós

Urrós

Granite cottages, chestnut-smoke and Douro silence cling to Mogadouro’s 676 m ridge.

Vale da Madre

Vale da Madre

Echoing church bells, thyme-scented honey and DOP lamb in Mogadouro’s high border ghost-village

Vila de Ala

Vila de Ala

Roman wells, clifftop chapels and Mirandesa alheiras in Bragança’s 756-metre hideaway

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