Viseu

Castro Daire

Discover the 16 parishes that make up the municipality of Castro Daire, Viseu district.

16 Parishes

13,736 Inhabitants

722m Avg. Altitude

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The Route of Castro Daire

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

Castro Daire

4,557 inh.

São Joaninho

348 inh.

Cujó

245 inh.

Monteiras

404 inh.

União das freguesias de Mezio e Moura Morta

532 inh.

Gosende

368 inh.

União das freguesias de Picão e Ermida

415 inh.

Pinheiro

669 inh.

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

Parishes
of Castro Daire

16 parishes

Castro Daire

Almofala

Castro Daire’s loftiest hamlet clings to Serra da Gralheira cloud

222 897m

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Castro Daire

Cabril

Walk empty rye lanes, sleep in a threshing-floor cottage, eat IGP kid under mulberry shade

335 413m

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Castro Daire

Hear quarry bells, cross Távora’s 1842 arches, taste IGP goat caramelised in wood-fired ovens.

5K 686m

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Castro Daire

Cujó

At 854 m, Castro Daire’s tiny Cujó trades frost-cured rye, resinous kid and silence for crowds

245 854m

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Gosende

Chestnut-smoke drifts above Castro Daire’s ridge-top hamlet where 368 souls guard baroque altars and

368 994m

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Mões

Linen still clacks in Castro Daire’s mountain parish where mills sleep beside glacial pools and kid

2K 690m

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Castro Daire

Moledo

Camino’s granite tracks, kid goat slow-roast, key-under-flowerpot nights

1K 498m

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Monteiras

At 880 m in Castro Daire, shepherd trails, resin-scented wind and warm bread ovens keep Monteiras al

404 880m

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Pepim

In Castro Daire’s granite parish, smoke-cured chouriço scents empty lanes

245 572m

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Pinheiro

Pinheiro, Castro Daire: 669 souls, one 1740s granite church, roast-kid tavern, pilgrim spring

669 834m

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São Joaninho

In Castro Daire’s highest parish, men still bend walnut into sacred João staffs

348 715m

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Castro Daire

União das freguesias de Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos

Soak in 28 °C mineral water, then watch flax become lace in Castro Daire’s tri-parish watershed.

1K 529m

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Castro Daire

União das freguesias de Mezio e Moura Morta

Stone hamlets, pine-scented air and goat reared on needles above Castro Daire

532 886m

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Castro Daire

União das freguesias de Parada de Ester e Ester

Castro Daire’s loftiest parish pair, where goat is roasted on request and Wi-Fi still whistles dial-

744 588m

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Castro Daire

União das freguesias de Picão e Ermida

At 901 m, Castro Daire’s quiet parish swaps cruise crowds for slow-milk cheese and smoke-cured ham.

415 902m

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Castro Daire

União das freguesias de Reriz e Gafanhão

Castro Daire’s merged villages trade tractors for footpaths, kid for Michelin-free Sundays

724 606m

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Castro Daire

Castro Daire

São Joaninho

Cujó

Monteiras

União das freguesias de Mezio e Moura Morta

Gosende

União das freguesias de Picão e Ermida

Pinheiro

Almofala

Cabril

Castro Daire

Cujó

Gosende

Mões

Moledo

Monteiras

Pepim

Pinheiro

São Joaninho

União das freguesias de Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos

União das freguesias de Mezio e Moura Morta

União das freguesias de Parada de Ester e Ester

União das freguesias de Picão e Ermida

União das freguesias de Reriz e Gafanhão

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