Viana do Castelo

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Discover the 11 parishes that make up the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo district.

11 Parishes

8,921 Inhabitants

165m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Vila Nova de Cerveira

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

União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe

União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe

1,780 inh.

Loivo

Loivo

834 inh.

Gondarém

Gondarém

909 inh.

Sopo

Sopo

497 inh.

Covas

Covas

603 inh.

Mentrestido

Mentrestido

273 inh.

Sapardos

Sapardos

330 inh.

União das freguesias de Candemil e Gondar

União das freguesias de Candemil e Gondar

313 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Vila Nova de Cerveira

11 parishes

Cornes

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Cornes

Stone crosses, albariño pergolas and São João fireworks in Vila Nova de Cerveira’s river-hugging ham

Covas

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Covas

Copper-Age shards, 1742 church bells, eucalyptus smoke—Covas hides above the A28.

Gondarém

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Gondarém

Granite lanes echo with camino footfalls, river breezes carry sardine smoke and family vines.

Loivo

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Loivo

São Roque bell, Loureiro scent, Camino boots—Loivo’s August nights fuse faith, wine and memory

Mentrestido

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Mentrestido

A granite hamlet where pilgrims sip vinho verde from Coke bottles and 87 elders still toll the bell.

Sapardos

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Sapardos

A schist ridge above Vila Nova de Cerveira where pilgrims trade stamps for berries and chapel bells

Sopo

Vila Nova de Cerveira

Sopo

Follow the 4 km Rota das Azenhas past ruined water-mills, torch-lit chapels and oak-shaded picnic sp

União das freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã

Vila Nova de Cerveira

União das freguesias de Campos e Vila Meã

Granite chapels, riverside cannon-balls and a humming shoe-last plant fuse 13th-century Campos e Vil

União das freguesias de Candemil e Gondar

Vila Nova de Cerveira

União das freguesias de Candemil e Gondar

Minho ridge villages where pig-blood rice sizzles Thursdays and Loureiro flows at dusk

União das freguesias de Reboreda e Nogueira

Vila Nova de Cerveira

União das freguesias de Reboreda e Nogueira

Walk among numbered Baroque stones, ruined watermills and oak-lined ridges of the merged Minho paris

União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe

Vila Nova de Cerveira

União das freguesias de Vila Nova de Cerveira e Lovelhe

Lamprey scent drifts from Cais das Seis Pedras as 365 m of Dinis I’s curtain wall catches first ligh

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