Porto

Lousada

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Lousada, Porto district.

16 Parishes

47,364 Inhabitants

274m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Lousada

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

União das freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem

União das freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem

7,552 inh.

União das freguesias de Silvares, Pias, Nogueira e Alvarenga

União das freguesias de Silvares, Pias, Nogueira e Alvarenga

6,594 inh.

Aveleda

Aveleda

2,127 inh.

Macieira

Macieira

1,285 inh.

União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)

União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)

2,140 inh.

Torno

Torno

2,451 inh.

Vilar do Torno e Alentém

Vilar do Torno e Alentém

1,295 inh.

Caíde de Rei

Caíde de Rei

2,423 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Lousada

16 parishes

Aveleda

Aveleda

From dawn petal carpets to turnip soup at noon, Aveleda’s rituals outrun the clock.

Barrosas (Santo Estêvão)

Barrosas (Santo Estêvão)

Santo Estêvão’s parish rises at 409 m, its schist terraces, granite crosses and lagares shaping vinh

Caíde de Rei

Caíde de Rei

Morning mist, onion soup & vinho verde that tingles—village life in Lousada’s hidden fold

Lodares

Lodares

September tractors crawl past 1743 gilt altarpieces, Napoleonic boot-worn bridge, 400 blessed loaves

Lustosa

Lustosa

Granite hamlet above the Ave keeps its own time with springs, mills and rojões.

Macieira

Macieira

In Lousada’s granite village, parish clocks run on azal vines, cedar processions and sarrabulho rice

Meinedo

Meinedo

Third-weekend rockets, candle-lit February vigil, granite initials: Lousada’s living pulse

Nevogilde

Nevogilde

Granite stairs, gilded church and midnight brotherhood processions in Lousada’s smallest parish.

Sousela

Sousela

Granite hamlets, hand-cut grapes and oak-scented smokehouses cling to Lousada’s 407 m ridge

Torno

Torno

Hear the church bell glide over rye fields in Torno, Lousada, where loom-smoke still scents winter a

União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)

União das freguesias de Cernadelo e Lousada (São Miguel e Santa Margarida)

From espigueiro to Baroque blue tiles, Cernadelo-Lousada keeps flax, flame & kid-goat festas alive

União das freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem

União das freguesias de Cristelos, Boim e Ordem

Walk dawn-lit vine tunnels, Roman fields and black-stone chapels in Lousada’s tri-hamlet parish.

União das freguesias de Figueiras e Covas

União das freguesias de Figueiras e Covas

Dawn bell, diesel train, hand-milked churns—hear the schist valleys of Figueiras e Covas.

União das freguesias de Nespereira e Casais

União das freguesias de Nespereira e Casais

Between Nespereira’s churchyard and Casais’ gossiping spring, Loureiro grapes ripen above slate soil

União das freguesias de Silvares, Pias, Nogueira e Alvarenga

União das freguesias de Silvares, Pias, Nogueira e Alvarenga

In Lousada’s quad-village union, walnut shade, bramble scent and 50,000 feet pound the Festa Grande

Vilar do Torno e Alentém

Vilar do Torno e Alentém

Medieval tower, ox-bend lanes and February girls singing for bread: Vilar do Torno e Alentém

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