Guarda

Mêda

Discover the 11 parishes that make up the municipality of Mêda, Guarda district.

11 Parishes

4,630 Inhabitants

577m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Mêda

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

Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa

Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa

2,399 inh.

Poço do Canto

Poço do Canto

330 inh.

Ranhados

Ranhados

234 inh.

Aveloso

Aveloso

184 inh.

Prova e Casteição

Prova e Casteição

271 inh.

União das freguesias de Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela

União das freguesias de Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela

255 inh.

Marialva

Marialva

177 inh.

Barreira

Barreira

165 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Mêda

11 parishes

Aveloso

Aveloso

Stone bishops’ town stripped of crown, where loaves crackle and saints wink

Barreira

Barreira

A 165-soul Beira Alta hamlet where olives, smoke-cured chouriço and February almond bloom frame the

Coriscada

Coriscada

Walk Roman mosaics, sip fountain water, taste thyme-fed lamb in a 177-soul Guarda village.

Longroiva

Longroiva

Bathe in 1821 thermal waters, wander schist lanes beneath a rust-red castle, feast on DOP lamb baked

Marialva

Marialva

Walk empty battlements where wind tastes of broom and only 177 souls remain.

Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa

Mêda, Outeiro de Gatos e Fonte Longa

Oak-fire kitchens, almond snow and wild-herb lamb above the Côa valley

Poço do Canto

Poço do Canto

Stone benches, rosemary wind and a bell that forgets time—Poço do Canto drowses above the Côa.

Prova e Casteição

Prova e Casteição

Mêda’s twin hamlets breathe wood-smoke, Joanino gold and 12th-century rights

Rabaçal

Rabaçal

Granite walls, wild herb cheese, almond snow—Rabaçal, Guarda, at 538 m.

Ranhados

Ranhados

At 813 m, Mêda’s forgotten village keeps its castle, sheep-cheese and 234 stoic souls

União das freguesias de Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela

União das freguesias de Vale Flor, Carvalhal e Pai Penela

One parish, three medieval hamlets, 255 souls farming DOP almonds and Terrincho cheese above the Côa

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