Porto

Maia

Discover the 10 parishes that make up the municipality of Maia, Porto district.

10 Parishes

134,977 Inhabitants

97m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Maia

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

Cidade da Maia

Cidade da Maia

40,534 inh.

Milheirós

Milheirós

4,762 inh.

Águas Santas

Águas Santas

26,632 inh.

Pedrouços

Pedrouços

11,564 inh.

Nogueira e Silva Escura

Nogueira e Silva Escura

8,380 inh.

São Pedro Fins

São Pedro Fins

1,816 inh.

Folgosa

Folgosa

3,605 inh.

Castêlo da Maia

Castêlo da Maia

18,587 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Maia

10 parishes

Águas Santas

Águas Santas

The 16th-century Fonte da Pipa cools June air with linden scent and pilgrims’ wishes

Castêlo da Maia

Castêlo da Maia

Market day kale, 19th-century jail-graffiti and a bell still hiding from Napoleon.

Cidade da Maia

Cidade da Maia

Beneath Porto’s flight path, Cidade da Maia keeps 16th-century pillories, riverside mills and €2 far

Folgosa

Folgosa

Sleep in a parishioner’s spare room, sip garração wine, join the 15 Aug procession.

Milheirós

Milheirós

Between twin Caminho trails, elders guard vines and vintage stories in Maia’s quiet parish

Moreira

Moreira

Corn-broa ovens, baroque organs and riverside vineyards line the pilgrim bridge outside Porto.

Nogueira e Silva Escura

Nogueira e Silva Escura

Walk Maia’s hidden parish where cork-oak elders, buried Roman slabs and a bell-dunked well guard the

Pedrouços

Pedrouços

Granite houses, pilgrim-yellow shells and pottery kilns still breathe in Pedrouços, Maia.

São Pedro Fins

São Pedro Fins

Follow the scent of nutty broa drifting from a wood-fired oven in this granite village above Maia.

Vila Nova da Telha

Vila Nova da Telha

Where vines lean over Lidl, 6,005 souls queue for sliced pan and barefoot pimba dancing.

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