Viana do Castelo

Monção

Discover the 24 parishes that make up the municipality of Monção, Viana do Castelo district.

24 Parishes

17,816 Inhabitants

207m Avg. Altitude

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The Route of Monção

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

União das freguesias de Mazedo e Cortes

3,817 inh.

Pinheiros

319 inh.

Cambeses

496 inh.

União das freguesias de Sago, Lordelo e Parada

381 inh.

Moreira

572 inh.

Trute

246 inh.

Barroças e Taias

279 inh.

Pias

763 inh.

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

Parishes
of Monção

24 parishes

Monção

Abedim

Stone fountains, oak forests and emigrants who never skip a fiesta—welcome to Abedim, Monção’s tinie

191 502m

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Barbeita

Sip baroque Minho valley wines amid stone crosses, vine pergolas and August homecomings

923 94m

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Barroças e Taias

Granite hamlets stitched with vine terraces, where 279 souls keep Barrosã fires and vinho verde flow

279 100m

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Bela

Granite walls, oak-smoked chouriço, Atlantic Alvarinho: life in Minho’s border village

596 61m

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Cambeses

Red mud floors, silent organs, 496 souls—Cambeses keeps its own slow time.

496 102m

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Lara

Walk vineyard levadas, pick grapes in September, then taste cinnamon-dark sarrabulho under fish-scal

255 95m

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Longos Vales

Romanesque monastery, Iron-Age hillfort and bolo de São João in Minho’s hidden valley

863 213m

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Merufe

Granite chapels, terraced vines and goat roasted over bay—Merufe keeps time by bells, fairs and fadi

864 221m

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Moreira

Woodsmoke over alvarinho terraces, closed-door processions, rojões at Café Central

572 105m

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Pias

One-stone-bridge village of Monção, scented with Cachena stew and Loureiro must

763 113m

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Pinheiros

Romanesque doorway, pocket-handkerchief vines, communal beef—Monção’s quietest parish lives by its o

319 55m

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Podame

Walk emperor’s milestones, hear Podame’s stream between maize and Alvarinho vines

265 124m

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Portela

Climb to 397 m where Portela clings to granite, scenting Atlantic air with grilling bifana and low-t

202 397m

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Riba de Mouro

At 732 m, Monção’s mountain hamlet breathes cattle, rye and cedar-smoke, counting time by church bel

802 732m

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Segude

Stone hamlet where alvarinho flows, roosters shout and 1.5-tonne saints sway

320 45m

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Tangil

Red Vinho Verde flows through tiny terraces and 18th-century water-mills above the Rio Mouro.

629 375m

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Trute

In Monção’s highest hamlet, vines, cattle and church bells keep slow, fragrant time

246 146m

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União das freguesias de Anhões e Luzio

Granite tombs, river births and crackling kid goat in Minho’s hidden hill union

196 665m

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União das freguesias de Ceivães e Badim

Roman bridges, rye ovens and alvarinho vines echo tales older than the 1386 treaty

553 224m

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União das freguesias de Mazedo e Cortes

King’s parchment, gold altars, river-cooled vines—Monção’s quiet cradle

4K 62m

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União das freguesias de Messegães, Valadares e Sá

Alvarinho terraces, medieval charters and 65-plus guardians above the Minho

553 189m

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União das freguesias de Monção e Troviscoso

River-cooled stone, Alvarinho terraces, and a 1306 border keep

3K 67m

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União das freguesias de Sago, Lordelo e Parada

In Monção’s granite amphitheatre, three villages craft Portugal’s sharpest white wine

381 203m

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União das freguesias de Troporiz e Lapela

Follow the gossiping Gadanha stream to a stripped border tower and mossy pilgrim church.

454 80m

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Monção

União das freguesias de Mazedo e Cortes

Pinheiros

Cambeses

União das freguesias de Sago, Lordelo e Parada

Moreira

Trute

Barroças e Taias

Pias

Abedim

Barbeita

Barroças e Taias

Bela

Cambeses

Lara

Longos Vales

Merufe

Moreira

Pias

Pinheiros

Podame

Portela

Riba de Mouro

Segude

Tangil

Trute

União das freguesias de Anhões e Luzio

União das freguesias de Ceivães e Badim

União das freguesias de Mazedo e Cortes

União das freguesias de Messegães, Valadares e Sá

União das freguesias de Monção e Troviscoso

União das freguesias de Sago, Lordelo e Parada

União das freguesias de Troporiz e Lapela

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