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Vila Real

Douro wine country, wild Alvão and Portugal's most photographed palace. Vila Real lives between the grandeur of the Douro World Heritage and the ruggedness of Trás-os-Montes mountains.

200 Parishes

14 Municipalities

186K Inhabitants

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The Grand Route
of Vila Real

A journey through the most emblematic municipalities

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Vila Real

Vila Real

Cloister roofs, chestnut smoke and a 13th-century charter echo through Trás-os-Montes’ high capital.

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Cumieira

Santa Marta de Penaguião

Cumieira

Oak-smoke curls above schist terraces in this granite hamlet of Santa Marta de Penaguião

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União das freguesias de Peso da Régua e Godim

União das freguesias de Peso da Régua e Godim

Schist terraces, azulejo station and rabelo echoes in Douro’s cradle village

4

Mesão Frio (Santo André)

Mesão Frio (Santo André)

Roman-ledged vineyards, granite wine-press, UNESCO Douro silence

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São Cristóvão de Mondim de Basto

Mondim de Basto

São Cristóvão de Mondim de Basto

From 1278 charter to Iron-Age castro, taste €3 roast chestnuts, Azal wine, river-beach trout.

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União das freguesias de Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega

Ribeira de Pena

União das freguesias de Ribeira de Pena (Salvador) e Santo Aleixo de Além-Tâmega

Baroque chapels, curing-ham sheds and a 30-second iron footbridge fuse two villages

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Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Hear three dull tolls, smell chouriço smoke, feel Trás-os-Montes wind in the “Princess” town

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Murça

Murça

Walk stone lanes that echo school bells, sip cooperative red above 574 m

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Alijó

Alijó

Manueline pillory, baroque church and garlic market perfume this 536 m high Douro town

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Sabrosa

Sabrosa

At 528 m, Sabrosa’s medieval lanes still echo with 1756 harvest rites and Marquês de Pombal’s bounda

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All Municipalities
of Vila Real

14 municipalities to explore

Alijó

Alijó

14 parishes

Boticas

Boticas

10 parishes

Chaves

Chaves

39 parishes

Mesão Frio

Mesão Frio

5 parishes

Mondim de Basto

Mondim de Basto

6 parishes

Montalegre

Montalegre

25 parishes

Murça

Murça

7 parishes

Peso da Régua

Peso da Régua

9 parishes

Ribeira de Pena

Ribeira de Pena

5 parishes

Sabrosa

Sabrosa

12 parishes

Santa Marta de Penaguião

Santa Marta de Penaguião

9 parishes

Valpaços

Valpaços

25 parishes

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

Vila Pouca de Aguiar

14 parishes

Vila Real

Vila Real

20 parishes

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