Viana do Castelo

Melgaço

Discover the 13 parishes that make up the municipality of Melgaço, Viana do Castelo district.

13 Parishes

7,773 Inhabitants

464m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Melgaço

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

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

2,300 inh.

São Paio

535 inh.

Paderne

1,030 inh.

União das freguesias de Prado e Remoães

445 inh.

Alvaredo

492 inh.

Penso

445 inh.

Cousso

239 inh.

Gave

180 inh.

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

Parishes
of Melgaço

13 parishes

Melgaço

Alvaredo

Morning fog lifts over schist terraces, revealing baroque azulejos and oak-smoked chouriça curing in

492 109m

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Melgaço

Cousso

Bronze Cachena bells echo above the slate roofs of this Minho mountain hamlet.

239 405m

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Melgaço

Cristoval

Tiny Minho parish, 422 souls, vineyards steeper than winch-cabled tractors, curing *chouriça* scenti

422 371m

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Melgaço

Fiães

At 930 m, granite cottages exhale wood-smoke over terraced meadows where Barrosã cattle graze

146 930m

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Melgaço

Gave

A granite hamlet above Melgaço where bells mark time, goats stew on Sundays and trails skirt wolfram

180 925m

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Melgaço

Paderne

Above the Minho, granite lanes scent of oak smoke, Cachena beef and pilgrim dust

1K 278m

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Melgaço

Penso

Melgaço hamlets cling to the Mouro where Alvarinho ripens and only 445 souls remain

445 232m

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Melgaço

São Paio

Granite granaries, garrano ponies and Alvarinho vines guard Portugal’s last border parish

535 521m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro

Roam the 972-metre roof of Portugal: dolmens, wolf-dogs and echoing silence.

503 973m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Chaviães e Paços

Walk the secret Camino, guard a 13th-century lamb, taste Cachena beef in Melgaço

559 129m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Parada do Monte e Cubalhão

Stone granaries, Cachena cows and sweet-chestnut broa above the Santiago trail

477 649m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Prado e Remoães

Walk granite hamlets where oak smoke curls over terraced alvarinho vines above a triple-arched Roman

445 129m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

Wild horses graze above Tuela where masked Caretos rattle tins in March

2K 382m

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Melgaço

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

São Paio

Paderne

União das freguesias de Prado e Remoães

Alvaredo

Penso

Cousso

Gave

Alvaredo

Cousso

Cristoval

Fiães

Gave

Paderne

Penso

São Paio

União das freguesias de Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro

União das freguesias de Chaviães e Paços

União das freguesias de Parada do Monte e Cubalhão

União das freguesias de Prado e Remoães

União das freguesias de Vila e Roussas

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