Coimbra

Montemor-o-Velho

Discover the 11 parishes that make up the municipality of Montemor-o-Velho, Coimbra district.

11 Parishes

24,571 Inhabitants

47m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Montemor-o-Velho

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

Arazede

Arazede

4,976 inh.

Seixo de Gatões

Seixo de Gatões

1,344 inh.

Liceia

Liceia

1,051 inh.

União das freguesias de Montemor-o-Velho e Gatões

União das freguesias de Montemor-o-Velho e Gatões

3,501 inh.

Carapinheira

Carapinheira

2,613 inh.

Meãs do Campo

Meãs do Campo

1,703 inh.

Tentúgal

Tentúgal

2,046 inh.

Santo Varão

Santo Varão

1,916 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Montemor-o-Velho

11 parishes

Arazede

Montemor-o-Velho

Arazede

Mondego paddies, Carolino rice, Marinhoa beef—Arazede feeds you from its own earth.

Carapinheira

Montemor-o-Velho

Carapinheira

Rice fields mirror April sky above stone-pine village where herons croak and windmills sleep.

Ereira

Montemor-o-Velho

Ereira

Sluice gates, stone chapels and eel-scented kitchens shape life in Coimbra’s flood-basin village

Liceia

Montemor-o-Velho

Liceia

Where Carolano grain ripples past Zé Manel’s gate and tractors hum home at dusk

Meãs do Campo

Montemor-o-Velho

Meãs do Campo

Flat paddies flash sky, cattle roam river pastures—taste Coimbra’s quiet parish

Pereira

Montemor-o-Velho

Pereira

Mondego floodplain village slow-cooks IGP rice with Marinhoa beef under stork-patrolled skies.

Santo Varão

Montemor-o-Velho

Santo Varão

Whitewashed church, gold paddies and Cantares ao Menino ring above Mondego’s slow mirror

Seixo de Gatões

Montemor-o-Velho

Seixo de Gatões

In this Coimbra parish, IGP Carolino rice and DOP Marinhoa cattle share clay soils 68 m above the Mo

Tentúgal

Montemor-o-Velho

Tentúgal

Watch 1896 custard fill whisper-thin pastry, buy Carollo rice at the mill, taste Carne Marinhoa

União das freguesias de Abrunheira, Verride e Vila Nova da Barca

Montemor-o-Velho

União das freguesias de Abrunheira, Verride e Vila Nova da Barca

Mondego flood-plain rhythms, Carolino rice threshing floors and ferry ghosts knit three parishes int

União das freguesias de Montemor-o-Velho e Gatões

Montemor-o-Velho

União das freguesias de Montemor-o-Velho e Gatões

Stone keep, IGP rice paddies and goat stew in Coimbra’s western sentinel village

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