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Marco de Canaveses

Discover the 17 parishes that make up the municipality of Marco de Canaveses, Porto district.

17 Parishes

49,541 Inhabitants

276m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Marco de Canaveses

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

Marco

Marco

11,067 inh.

Avessadas e Rosém

Avessadas e Rosém

1,374 inh.

Vila Boa do Bispo

Vila Boa do Bispo

3,048 inh.

Bem Viver

Bem Viver

3,542 inh.

Sande e São Lourenço do Douro

Sande e São Lourenço do Douro

2,445 inh.

Penha Longa

Penha Longa

1,262 inh.

Paços de Gaiolo

Paços de Gaiolo

1,261 inh.

Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos

Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos

1,534 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Marco de Canaveses

17 parishes

Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão

Marco de Canaveses

Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão

Roman gold lingers on moss-walled vineyards above the Ovelha in Alpendorada, Várzea e Torrão

Avessadas e Rosém

Marco de Canaveses

Avessadas e Rosém

Walk between baroque São Martinho and Romanesque Santa Maria above Tâmega’s misted vines

Banho e Carvalhosa

Marco de Canaveses

Banho e Carvalhosa

Hidden spring, Loureiro vines and heather honey flavour Marco de Canaveses’ ridge-top hamlet.

Bem Viver

Marco de Canaveses

Bem Viver

Foot-trod Vinho Verde grapes, granite barns and bee-painted meadows above the Douro

Constance

Marco de Canaveses

Constance

Vines and chickens share the terraces of this 1,519-soul Minho hamlet above the Douro.

Marco

Marco de Canaveses

Marco

Walk where Latin estate owners once trod, baroque gold flickers and farm hens cluck beside hypermark

Paços de Gaiolo

Marco de Canaveses

Paços de Gaiolo

In Marco de Canaveses’ hidden parish, stone walls cradle Loureiro grapes and village gossip

Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos

Marco de Canaveses

Paredes de Viadores e Manhuncelos

Winter mists veil schist hamlets where children cycle past 1756 chapel

Penha Longa

Marco de Canaveses

Penha Longa

Bronze dawn over Penha Longa, where petroglyphs, castro ruins and oak-ridge echoes frame the Tâmega

Sande e São Lourenço do Douro

Marco de Canaveses

Sande e São Lourenço do Douro

Granite ridges, pre-Roman whispers and grape-must drifting from hidden Douro terraces

Santo Isidoro e Livração

Marco de Canaveses

Santo Isidoro e Livração

Chestnut pergolas, knife-thin stonework and spritzy Vinho Verde above the Tâmega

Soalhães

Marco de Canaveses

Soalhães

Bee-buzz, chestnut smoke and Roman bridges flavour this Tâmega parish above Porto

Sobretâmega

Marco de Canaveses

Sobretâmega

Morning mist lifts from terraced vines, revealing a riverside parish where Romanesque stone still an

Tabuado

Marco de Canaveses

Tabuado

Rococo church, Manueline chapel, €9 pork belly—Tâmega valley village life in 680 hectares.

Várzea, Aliviada e Folhada

Marco de Canaveses

Várzea, Aliviada e Folhada

Hand-stitched vineyards, 16C pillories and caramel-heather honey above the Rio Ovelha

Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles

Marco de Canaveses

Vila Boa de Quires e Maureles

Granite ramparts, 1512 manor walls and a roofless ducal palace scent the air with schist and green w

Vila Boa do Bispo

Marco de Canaveses

Vila Boa do Bispo

Dawn bells drift through Tâmega mist over Romanesque monastery, chestnut-honey farms and cloud-coole

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