Vila Real

Alijó

Discover the 14 parishes that make up the municipality of Alijó, Vila Real district.

14 Parishes

10,486 Inhabitants

488m Avg. Altitude

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The Route of Alijó

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

Alijó

2,584 inh.

São Mamede de Ribatua

586 inh.

União das freguesias de Castedo e Cotas

536 inh.

União das freguesias de Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas

449 inh.

Pinhão

622 inh.

Favaios

937 inh.

Sanfins do Douro

1,256 inh.

Vilar de Maçada

816 inh.

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

Parishes
of Alijó

14 parishes

Alijó

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

3K 537m

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Alijó

Favaios

Rise at dawn to wood-oven crust, baroque gold and fortified nectar in Alijó’s wine village

937 524m

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Alijó

Pegarinhos

544 m above the river, Alijó’s tiny schist village clings to steep walled vineyards and silent cotta

394 544m

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Alijó

Pinhão

1937 panels frame the platform; above, schist walls climb 400 m to quintas pouring vintage Port

622 141m

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Alijó

Sanfins do Douro

Wake where tractors cough at dawn, sleep in a stone mill lulled by water

1K 543m

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Alijó

Santa Eugénia

Stone alleys, three feast days, 1943 vines—Alijó parish breathes slow life into schist and sky

278 385m

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Alijó

São Mamede de Ribatua

River-gazing cemetery lane, no cafés, just cork-dark wine at Easter

586 357m

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Alijó

União das freguesias de Carlão e Amieiro

Walk schist-walled vineyards where Port grapes cling to 499 m slopes in Alijó’s quietest corner.

627 499m

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Alijó

União das freguesias de Castedo e Cotas

Where São João rockets fade, chestnut-scented Douro villages share one memory

536 430m

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Alijó

União das freguesias de Pópulo e Ribalonga

Six granite hamlets breathe mist, memory and rosemary-scented lamb in Alijó’s high ridge

409 690m

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Alijó

União das freguesias de Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas

Three fused hamlets share terraced Douro vines, saints’ days and unlocked doors

449 480m

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Alijó

Vila Chã

Sunlight strikes flinty vineyards and granite doorsteps in Alijó’s highest hamlet

445 650m

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Alijó

Vila Verde

Walk Iron-Age walls, sip €3 tinto, sleep in stone silence—no cafés, no cards, no crowds

547 609m

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Alijó

Vilar de Maçada

Dawn honey-light warms stone terraces where cork ghosts ride the Corgo breeze

816 441m

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Alijó

Alijó

São Mamede de Ribatua

União das freguesias de Castedo e Cotas

União das freguesias de Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas

Pinhão

Favaios

Sanfins do Douro

Vilar de Maçada

Alijó

Favaios

Pegarinhos

Pinhão

Sanfins do Douro

Santa Eugénia

São Mamede de Ribatua

União das freguesias de Carlão e Amieiro

União das freguesias de Castedo e Cotas

União das freguesias de Pópulo e Ribalonga

União das freguesias de Vale de Mendiz, Casal de Loivos e Vilarinho de Cotas

Vila Chã

Vila Verde

Vilar de Maçada

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