Vila Real

Boticas

Discover the 10 parishes that make up the municipality of Boticas, Vila Real district.

10 Parishes

5,000 Inhabitants

712m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Boticas

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

Boticas e Granja

Boticas e Granja

1,540 inh.

Pinho

Pinho

328 inh.

Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega

Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega

257 inh.

Beça

Beça

778 inh.

Vilar e Viveiro

Vilar e Viveiro

383 inh.

Alturas do Barroso e Cerdedo

Alturas do Barroso e Cerdedo

389 inh.

Dornelas

Dornelas

274 inh.

Covas do Barroso

Covas do Barroso

191 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Boticas

10 parishes

Alturas do Barroso e Cerdedo

Alturas do Barroso e Cerdedo

At 1,168 m, Boticas’ highest hamlet wakes to curing fires, ice-cold wells and trout-thrashed rivers

Ardãos e Bobadela

Ardãos e Bobadela

Espresso is free if the barman knows your nickname, and the goat stew arrives in Coca-Cola bottles.

Beça

Beça

Winter loaves from mortar-free ovens, River Beça whispering below, Maronesa beef seared over alder s

Boticas e Granja

Boticas e Granja

From Paleolithic boulders to azulejo chapels, two Barroso villages duel with bells, bows and driftin

Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega

Codessoso, Curros e Fiães do Tâmega

Above the scarred Roman bridge, three hamlets trade tractors for clacking mills, Latin maize blessin

Covas do Barroso

Covas do Barroso

In Boticas’ high granite bowl, ovens exhale oak-smoke over Maronesa pastures and a 1409 squire’s lio

Dornelas

Dornelas

Stone hamlet at 636 m, scented with wood-smoke, Maronesa beef and IGP potatoes.

Pinho

Pinho

In Boticas’ granite heights, ham cures, school desks empty and Maronesa cattle low

Sapiãos

Sapiãos

In Boticas’ highest parish, oak smoke drifts over frost-rimmed meadows and century-old feast-day tab

Vilar e Viveiro

Vilar e Viveiro

Granite cottages, Maronesa beef and a bell that rings when it pleases in Boticas

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