Guarda

Almeida

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Almeida, Guarda district.

16 Parishes

5,887 Inhabitants

767m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Almeida

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

Vilar Formoso

1,791 inh.

Castelo Bom

172 inh.

União das freguesias de Leomil, Mido, Senouras e Aldeia Nova

153 inh.

União das freguesias de Junça e Naves

171 inh.

São Pedro de Rio Seco

154 inh.

Vale da Mula

160 inh.

União das freguesias de Malpartida e Vale de Coelha

181 inh.

Almeida

1,145 inh.

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

Parishes
of Almeida

16 parishes

Almeida

Walk the star-shaped ramparts of this border fortress and feel time thicken in the hush

1K 744m

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Almeida

Castelo Bom

Walk schist lanes where 1296 echoes in claps of Moda do Entrudo and wood-oven kid goat.

172 756m

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Freineda

Walk limestone gravel where Wellington mapped Masséna’s retreat amid thyme-scented gorse

188 766m

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Freixo

At 735 m, Guarda’s forgotten hamlet survives on rye, kid and oil while emptiness howls

167 735m

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Malhada Sorda

Slate-walled olive terraces, peppery DOP oil and ten children under fourteen

254 794m

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Nave de Haver

Plateau silence, rye-scented wind and 180 granite souls in Guarda’s forgotten parish

295 815m

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São Pedro de Rio Seco

Stone lanes, silent river, ageing village breathing olive smoke under Beira ridges

154 782m

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União das freguesias de Amoreira, Parada e Cabreira

Crumbling Latin stone, 1778 candle-lit altar and granite barrocos above 774 m on the Guarda border

307 774m

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União das freguesias de Azinhal, Peva e Valverde

4.2-m girth trees, chapel keys at nine, peppery olive oil and a kid goat in your boot

261 725m

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União das freguesias de Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela

Stone sentinels, storked mills and 208 echoing souls in Almeida

208 796m

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União das freguesias de Junça e Naves

Walk granite tracks between empty schist houses, smell wood-smoke chouriço, sip garrafão wine with t

171 754m

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Almeida

União das freguesias de Leomil, Mido, Senouras e Aldeia Nova

153 souls, 2°C dawn wind, rye ovens & €7 olive oil in Guarda’s high plain

153 754m

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União das freguesias de Malpartida e Vale de Coelha

Above Almeida’s star-fort, twin villages trade olives for echo and crystals for stories

181 724m

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União das freguesias de Miuzela e Porto de Ovelha

Where granite ridges cradle the infant Côa and 280 souls keep ancient olive groves alive

280 784m

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Vale da Mula

Walk cobbled lanes where 160 souls guard a 17th-century smugglers’ valley beneath Beira’s oak-smoke

160 768m

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Vilar Formoso

Echoes of fleeing refugees still haunt the 1882 frontier station before vines and olive terraces rol

2K 802m

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Almeida

Vilar Formoso

Castelo Bom

União das freguesias de Leomil, Mido, Senouras e Aldeia Nova

União das freguesias de Junça e Naves

São Pedro de Rio Seco

Vale da Mula

União das freguesias de Malpartida e Vale de Coelha

Almeida

Almeida

Castelo Bom

Freineda

Freixo

Malhada Sorda

Nave de Haver

São Pedro de Rio Seco

União das freguesias de Amoreira, Parada e Cabreira

União das freguesias de Azinhal, Peva e Valverde

União das freguesias de Castelo Mendo, Ade, Monteperobolso e Mesquitela

União das freguesias de Junça e Naves

União das freguesias de Leomil, Mido, Senouras e Aldeia Nova

União das freguesias de Malpartida e Vale de Coelha

União das freguesias de Miuzela e Porto de Ovelha

Vale da Mula

Vilar Formoso

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