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Vila Real

Chaves

Discover the 39 parishes that make up the municipality of Chaves, Vila Real district.

39 Parishes
37,590 Inhabitants
564m Avg. Altitude
Suggested route

The Route of Chaves

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

Santa Maria Maior 1

Santa Maria Maior

11,408 inh.

Vale de Anta 2

Vale de Anta

1,625 inh.

União das freguesias de Santa Cruz/Trindade e Sanjurge 3

União das freguesias de Santa Cruz/Trindade e Sanjurge

3,381 inh.

Bustelo 4

Bustelo

449 inh.

Outeiro Seco 5

Outeiro Seco

849 inh.

Vila Verde da Raia 6

Vila Verde da Raia

815 inh.

Santo Estêvão 7

Santo Estêvão

543 inh.

Faiões 8

Faiões

831 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Chaves

39 parishes
Águas Frias
Chaves

Águas Frias

Granite keeps, May-flowered altars and 750-m chestnut silence in Trás-os-Montes

607 751m
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Anelhe
Chaves

Anelhe

Granite hamlets, pilgrim trails and oak-smoked alheira at 488 m in Trás-os-Montes

444 488m
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Bustelo
Chaves

Bustelo

In Trás-os-Montes’ quietest parish, Barroso DOP ham ages while stone walls outlive earthquakes

449 413m
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Cimo de Vila da Castanheira
Chaves

Cimo de Vila da Castanheira

Granite hounds, damp chapel slabs and alder-smoked sausages on a mist-crowned ridge

338 851m
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Curalha
Chaves

Curalha

Winter fog, oak-smoke and two-year cured porco bísaro perfume Trás-os-Montes' loneliest village.

416 420m
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Ervededo
Chaves

Ervededo

Walk scorched chestnut lanes above the Tâmega where three hamlets share one fierce heart.

595 514m
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Faiões
Chaves

Faiões

No festivals, no fuss—just oak-smoked chouriço, stone terraces and pilgrims on the Way

831 376m
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Lama de Arcos
Chaves

Lama de Arcos

Stone cottages straddle an old Spanish border erased by smoke, smuggling and the Rosmaninho stream.

291 397m
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Mairos
Chaves

Mairos

Walk the lifted rail line, unlock a gilded 1753 chapel and taste alheira sizzled at 721 m.

271 722m
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Moreiras
Chaves

Moreiras

Chapel bells ring across terraced vineyards in this 787-metre-high parish between Chaves and Vila Po

216 787m
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Nogueira da Montanha
Chaves

Nogueira da Montanha

823 m above the Tâmega, stone chapels, Roman springs & chestnut smoke scent the air.

461 823m
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Oura
Chaves

Oura

In Oura, Barroso IGP ham cures in oak smoke while 515 villagers trade Padrela chestnuts and Maronesa

515 354m
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Outeiro Seco
Chaves

Outeiro Seco

A hilltop hamlet above Chaves where candle-glow still gilds 18th-century saints and every stone reme

849 365m
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Paradela
Chaves

Paradela

Hike cliff-top trails, buy DOP chestnuts straight from the grove, then feast on chanfana in this sto

216 651m
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Planalto de Monforte (União das freguesias de Oucidres e Bobadela)
Chaves

Planalto de Monforte (União das freguesias de Oucidres e Bobadela)

Oucidres & Bobadela rise 808 m above the Tâmega, where Maronesa cattle graze gorse and smoke-cured s

260 809m
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Redondelo
Chaves

Redondelo

In Chaves-bordering Redondelo, pilgrims, hens and oak-smoke drift through cloud.

455 479m
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Sanfins
Chaves

Sanfins

Tiny granite Sanfins, Chaves, cures Barroso ham in drifting oak smoke where two pilgrim trails brush

200 689m
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Santa Leocádia
Chaves

Santa Leocádia

254 souls, 45 gilded coffers and a hump-backed bridge above the Tedo

254 804m
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Santa Maria Maior
Chaves

Santa Maria Maior

Roman bridge, 73-degree fountain and granite lanes breathe history

11K 381m
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Santo António de Monforte
Chaves

Santo António de Monforte

Roman altars, Santiago trails and alheira crackle over a 650 m Alto Tâmega scatter-hamlet

397 652m
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Santo Estêvão
Chaves

Santo Estêvão

Dawn wood-smoke curls above granite lanes where Bisara pigs root and elders salt hams in hoar-froste

543 364m
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São Pedro de Agostém
Chaves

São Pedro de Agostém

Oak-smoked IGP charcuterie, honeyed Barroso slopes and pilgrim-quiet lanes above Chaves.

1K 536m
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São Vicente
Chaves

São Vicente

A granite village where chestnut-fed beef cures, pilgrims pass, and bells echo over 708 m of solitud

185 708m
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Tronco
Chaves

Tronco

Follow pinewood scent to granite cottages where alheira cure over embers and Rosa’s 18th-century wat

202 814m
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União das freguesias da Madalena e Samaiões
Chaves

União das freguesias da Madalena e Samaiões

Chaves’ rural twin parishes where pilgrims share bica, pigs cure in kitchen rafters and mist lifts o

2K 376m
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União das freguesias das Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro e Cela
Chaves

União das freguesias das Eiras, São Julião de Montenegro e Cela

Walk São Julião’s camino paths, taste Cela’s chestnut smoke, dance Eiras’ August fires

850 776m
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União das freguesias de Calvão e Soutelinho da Raia
Chaves

União das freguesias de Calvão e Soutelinho da Raia

Stone hamlets above Chaves keep Templar echoes, alheira curing in oak rafters and Santiago stones

431 918m
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União das freguesias de Loivos e Póvoa de Agrações
Chaves

União das freguesias de Loivos e Póvoa de Agrações

Mist rolls off Viso ridge, chestnut smoke drifts from slate roofs, and two bells call across shale b

586 503m
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União das freguesias de Santa Cruz/Trindade e Sanjurge
Chaves

União das freguesias de Santa Cruz/Trindade e Sanjurge

Chouriço curing over alder, alheira sizzling in olive oil, pilgrims stamping by the veiga

3K 405m
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União das freguesias de Soutelo e Seara Velha
Chaves

União das freguesias de Soutelo e Seara Velha

Wander schist lanes where Maronesa cattle graze and chouriço cures above 13th-century bridges.

461 503m
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União das freguesias de Travancas e Roriz
Chaves

União das freguesias de Travancas e Roriz

900 m above Chaves, granite soil sweetens IGP potatoes and winter lingers in rye-silver fields

454 786m
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Vale de Anta
Chaves

Vale de Anta

Granite hush, vanished anta stones and alheira smoke in a 444 m-high Transmontana hamlet.

2K 445m
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Vidago (União das freguesias de Vidago, Arcossó, Selhariz e Vilarinho das Paranheiras)
Chaves

Vidago (União das freguesias de Vidago, Arcossó, Selhariz e Vilarinho das Paranheiras)

Palace lawns, chestnut chapels and carbonated springs in Trás-os-Montes

2K 406m
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Vila Verde da Raia
Chaves

Vila Verde da Raia

Granite houses hide whisky lofts, river-beaches host fifty towels—stories of a border village.

815 373m
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Vilar de Nantes
Chaves

Vilar de Nantes

Walk stone mule tracks where three Santiago routes merge above Chaves

2K 441m
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Vilarelho da Raia
Chaves

Vilarelho da Raia

Stone chapels, smoke-cured hams and altitude reds cling to a 392 m Trás-os-Montes ridge

464 392m
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Vilas Boas
Chaves

Vilas Boas

Climb from the Tâmega to the hilltop chapel where 164 souls guard Roman roots

164 592m
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Vilela do Tâmega
Chaves

Vilela do Tâmega

Chestnut terraces, 1909 flood-proof bridge and partridge alheiras echo in Chaves’ mountain parish

353 541m
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Vilela Seca
Chaves

Vilela Seca

Granite hamlet above Chaves, its oak-shadowed dam mirroring sky while swallows stitch the ruined nav

238 408m
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