Guarda

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Discover the 10 parishes that make up the municipality of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda district.

10 Parishes

5,148 Inhabitants

587m Avg. Altitude

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The Route of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

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

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

1,952 inh.

Castelo Rodrigo

468 inh.

Mata de Lobos

287 inh.

União das freguesias de Almofala e Escarigo

180 inh.

Vermiosa

360 inh.

União das freguesias de Cinco Vilas e Reigada

321 inh.

União das freguesias do Colmeal e Vilar Torpim

196 inh.

União das freguesias de Freixeda do Torrão, Quintã de Pêro Martins e Penha de Águia

387 inh.

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

Parishes
of Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

10 parishes

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Castelo Rodrigo

Walk the inverted-crest village, hear 1383 betrayal in granite silence

468 664m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Escalhão

Escalhão village, Guarda – 14th-century keep, almond snow, olive oil by the ladle

566 584m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Morning light slices slate roofs; wind carries fig sap, rockrose and stories of border sieges

2K 625m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Mata de Lobos

Granite belfry 607 m downhill, Templar chapel, 1664 battlefield, goat & terrincho lunch

287 607m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

União das freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo

In Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo’s fingertip, three granite villages share Côa valley silence

431 545m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

União das freguesias de Almofala e Escarigo

Guarda’s near-empty parish where Roman granite, blossom snow and Terrincho cheese outnumber people

180 637m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

União das freguesias de Cinco Vilas e Reigada

Five silent villages above the Douro keep stone ovens smoking and keys under flowerpots.

321 698m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

União das freguesias de Freixeda do Torrão, Quintã de Pêro Martins e Penha de Águia

In Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo’s borderland, wolves outnumber villagers and stone terraces cling to

387 498m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

União das freguesias do Colmeal e Vilar Torpim

Engine-note greetings, thyme-scented ovens, 380 m of Beira Interior solitude

196 381m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Vermiosa

At 635 m, this Guarda village lives by thyme-scented cheese, Palaeolithic echoes and wind that scour

360 636m

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Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Castelo Rodrigo

Mata de Lobos

União das freguesias de Almofala e Escarigo

Vermiosa

União das freguesias de Cinco Vilas e Reigada

União das freguesias do Colmeal e Vilar Torpim

União das freguesias de Freixeda do Torrão, Quintã de Pêro Martins e Penha de Águia

Castelo Rodrigo

Escalhão

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo

Mata de Lobos

União das freguesias de Algodres, Vale de Afonsinho e Vilar de Amargo

União das freguesias de Almofala e Escarigo

União das freguesias de Cinco Vilas e Reigada

União das freguesias de Freixeda do Torrão, Quintã de Pêro Martins e Penha de Águia

União das freguesias do Colmeal e Vilar Torpim

Vermiosa

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