Castelo Branco

Covilhã

Discover the 25 parishes that make up the municipality of Covilhã, Castelo Branco district.

25 Parishes

46,455 Inhabitants

640m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Covilhã

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

União das freguesias de Covilhã e Canhoso

União das freguesias de Covilhã e Canhoso

18,220 inh.

Boidobra

Boidobra

3,167 inh.

Cantar-Galo

Cantar-Galo

1,606 inh.

Vila do Carvalho

Vila do Carvalho

1,606 inh.

Cortes do Meio

Cortes do Meio

746 inh.

Unhais da Serra

Unhais da Serra

1,048 inh.

Erada

Erada

575 inh.

Sobral de São Miguel

Sobral de São Miguel

294 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Covilhã

25 parishes

Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis

Aldeia de São Francisco de Assis

Rust-red gasometer, fossilised boot-prints and chanfana scent cling to Covilhã’s 700 m tungsten vill

Barco

Barco

Covilhã’s hill-top hamlet feeds pilgrims wood-fired kid, runny Serra cheese and night skies unpierce

Boidobra

Boidobra

Echoes of woollen mills, a bull-rung noon bell and a 1557 Cistercian ruin above the Zêzere.

Cantar-Galo

Cantar-Galo

Shepherd bells, granite ridges and thyme-scented air in Covilhã’s hidden hamlet

Casegas

Casegas

In Covilhã’s shadow, stone bridges, silent elders and Serra da Estrela cheese endure.

Cortes do Meio

Cortes do Meio

Corn broa drifts over granite lanes while glacial pools glitter below Torre—summer in Cortes do Meio

Coutada

Coutada

Clinging to a Beira valley wall, this 361-soul village trades olives for pine air and Sunday kid.

Dominguizo

Dominguizo

Orchard-scented lanes and granite boulders frame Covilhã’s quiet valley hamlet

Erada

Erada

Covilhã’s vanished village where wind tastes of olive, cheese and schist time

Ferro

Ferro

Masked Caretos crash through schist lanes of Ferro, Covilhã, where iron once fed royal forges and wi

Orjais

Orjais

Communal ovens, mossy chestnut groves and 500-m silence above Covilhã’s Beira ridges.

Ourondo

Ourondo

Boot-crunch on schist lanes, warm cheese from a willow basket, Torre looming beyond the last signpos

Paul

Paul

Crimson fingers, slate spire, thyme-scented lamb in Cova da Beira

Peraboa

Peraboa

Cherries ripen on schist terraces while DOP cheese melts beside Geopark trails in Covilhã’s hidden p

Peso

Peso

Walk terraced vineyards, taste dawn-warm requeijão, feel granite breathe above 479 m

São Jorge da Beira

São Jorge da Beira

Descend the silent Panasqueira tungsten mine, hike quartz-strewn ridges, then sip firewater in a 195

Sobral de São Miguel

Sobral de São Miguel

Sobral de São Miguel rings with quarry hammers, goat stew and icy river pools

Tortosendo

Tortosendo

Hear granite rivers, taste oozing DOP cheese and meet 5,000 villagers keeping Covilhã’s textile bend

Unhais da Serra

Unhais da Serra

Valley beach, oak-smoked lamb and DOP cheese in Covilhã’s granite folds

União das freguesias de Covilhã e Canhoso

União das freguesias de Covilhã e Canhoso

Sheepfold turned wool-town turned design-hub, Covilhã and Canhoso climb Serra granite.

União das freguesias de Teixoso e Sarzedo

União das freguesias de Teixoso e Sarzedo

Schist roofs, cardoon cheese and 350-million-year-old folds in the Serra da Estrela

União das freguesias de Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto

União das freguesias de Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto

Chestnut groves, clock towers and candle-lit feasts at 700 m in Covilhã’s twin villages

Vales do Rio

Vales do Rio

Walk glacial boulders, sip fountain water, lunch on chanfana in Covilhã’s mountain-hugging hamlet

Verdelhos

Verdelhos

Terraced vines, wind-whispering chestnuts and 500 souls above Covilhã

Vila do Carvalho

Vila do Carvalho

Serra da Estrela wind carved this 955 m hamlet, its single café and stone calvary still trading goss

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