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Amarante

Discover the 26 parishes that make up the municipality of Amarante, Porto district.

26 Parishes

52,116 Inhabitants

336m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Amarante

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

União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

11,564 inh.

Lufrei

Lufrei

1,594 inh.

Padronelo

Padronelo

754 inh.

Jazente

Jazente

517 inh.

Lomba

Lomba

820 inh.

Salvador do Monte

Salvador do Monte

894 inh.

Louredo

Louredo

630 inh.

Fregim

Fregim

2,730 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Amarante

26 parishes

Ansiães

Ansiães

Maronesa cows, black heather honey and 516 souls clinging to Serra da Aboboreira above Amarante.

Candemil

Candemil

Where Maronesa cattle graze boggy ridges and Vinho Verde is bottled in Coke crates

Fregim

Fregim

Stone cottages, chestnut-smoked Carne Maronesa and low-trained vines share a granite ridge in Amaran

Fridão

Fridão

Tiny Amarante parish where scent of oak-roast beef drifts over stone-walled meadows

Gondar

Gondar

Woodsmoke drifts over terraced Loureiro vines, rust-red Maronesa graze, granite graves echo old name

Gouveia (São Simão)

Gouveia (São Simão)

Granite houses, slate roofs and heather-scented beef cling to a 409 m ridge above the Tâmega gorge

Jazente

Jazente

Above the Tâmega, Maronesa beef, dark heather honey and Vinho Verde age in sunken clay jars

Lomba

Lomba

Granite terraces above the Tâmega where Maronesa cattle graze and bees flavour altitude honey.

Louredo

Louredo

Maronesa cattle graze chestnut groves above the Tâmega, flavouring DOP beef, heather honey and sprit

Lufrei

Lufrei

Trace Romanesque chisel marks and Baroque gilt in this Tâmega-side hamlet outside Porto

Mancelos

Mancelos

Village presses grapes by foot, Romanesque church guards 1621 water law, river pools glint at 14 °C

Padronelo

Padronelo

In Amarante’s mountain parish, sun-baked stone and Rosa’s Bobi pin life together

Rebordelo

Rebordelo

Above the Ovelha, granite chimneys signal daybreak and 267 souls still farm rye on schist terraces.

Salvador do Monte

Salvador do Monte

Granite hamlet where cattle graze 747 ha of terraced Vinho Verde vines and wood-oven bread cools ash

Telões

Telões

Shoulder-high veg plots, moss-furred stone and mountain beef perfume the air in this Marão-slope par

Travanca

Travanca

Granite hamlets above the Tâmega, where Maronesa beef, chestnut honey and home-fermented talhas stil

União das freguesias de Aboadela, Sanche e Várzea

União das freguesias de Aboadela, Sanche e Várzea

Medieval bridges, baroque cherubs, rye-field air at 464 m—taste Maronesa beef

União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

União das freguesias de Amarante (São Gonçalo), Madalena, Cepelos e Gatão

June processions swirl across a 1790 bridge, bells echoing from convent to vineyard ridge

União das freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei

União das freguesias de Bustelo, Carneiro e Carvalho de Rei

In Amarante’s folded north, three hamlets share one ledger of storms, clay-pot goat and a 700-year o

União das freguesias de Figueiró (Santiago e Santa Cristina)

União das freguesias de Figueiró (Santiago e Santa Cristina)

Terraced vines, smoky hearths and silent threshing floors above the Tâmega in Amarante’s hidden freg

União das freguesias de Freixo de Cima e de Baixo

União das freguesias de Freixo de Cima e de Baixo

Romanesque towers, vine-clad cliffs and slow-roasted Maronesa beef in Amarante’s hidden folds

União das freguesias de Olo e Canadelo

União das freguesias de Olo e Canadelo

Baroque chapels, 1598 bridge and chestnut-wooded Rio Olo in Amarante’s emptiest parish

União das freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa

União das freguesias de Vila Garcia, Aboim e Chapa

13th-century bridge, baroque gold retable, cobalt azulejos—three hamlets stitched to a river.

Vila Caiz

Vila Caiz

Morning fog drifts over hand-pruned Vinho Verde terraces above the Tâmega.

Vila Chã do Marão

Vila Chã do Marão

Above the Tâmega, tiny Vila Chã do Marão clings to 318 m terraces of razor-sharp Vinho Verde

Vila Meã

Vila Meã

Hear the bronze dawn bell, follow the scent of broa to a bridge of lime and granite where horses clo

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