Viseu

Lamego

Discover the 18 parishes that make up the municipality of Lamego, Viseu district.

18 Parishes

24,312 Inhabitants

566m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Lamego

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

Lamego (Almacave e Sé)

Lamego (Almacave e Sé)

12,071 inh.

Ferreiros de Avões

Ferreiros de Avões

426 inh.

Avões

Avões

502 inh.

Samodães

Samodães

172 inh.

Cambres

Cambres

1,592 inh.

Sande

Sande

811 inh.

União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem

União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem

891 inh.

Figueira

Figueira

279 inh.

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

02

Parishes
of Lamego

18 parishes

Avões

Avões

In Lamego’s sky-high parish, vineyard shadows stretch longer than the Douro below

Britiande

Britiande

Stone benches, 1950s vines and a 1724 granary still feed the village of Britiande above Lamego

Cambres

Cambres

Terraced vines, schist soil and stone cottages frame this Douro parish of Lamego

Ferreirim

Ferreirim

Breathe the hush of slate-roofed Ferreirim above Lamego, where baroque bells echo through terraced v

Ferreiros de Avões

Ferreiros de Avões

Sheepdogs bark above Lamego as pilgrims sip pot coffee beside 16th-century stone in Ferreiros de Avõ

Figueira

Figueira

Where Varosa glints, schist walls echo concertina cuts and tooth-chipped lagar tales

Lalim

Lalim

17th-century chapel, chestnut balconies and 30 % vineyard grades above Lamego

Lamego (Almacave e Sé)

Lamego (Almacave e Sé)

Granite stairway, gilded cathedral, coffee-scented alleys—Lamego wakes upward

Lazarim

Lazarim

At 910 m, Lamego’s highest village breathes pine-sharp air, wolf legends and stone-cold silence.

Penajóia

Penajóia

Terraced schist vineyards, Manueline church and vanished school cling to a 470 m ridge in Lamego’s h

Penude

Penude

Wake in a schist hamlet where cowbells echo off 800-metre ridges and September pilgrim songs ride th

Samodães

Samodães

Roman milestones, cobalt azulejos and barefoot lagar treading beneath the chapel ridge

Sande

Sande

Bronze bells, straw arches and schist terraces shape life in Sande, Lamego.

União das freguesias de Bigorne, Magueija e Pretarouca

União das freguesias de Bigorne, Magueija e Pretarouca

Shoulder-width terraces, feral vines, silent Camino paths—life at 921 m in northern Portugal.

União das freguesias de Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões

União das freguesias de Cepões, Meijinhos e Melcões

Stone terraces, Romanesque chapels and chorizo smoke crown this Lamego tri-village above the Douro.

União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem

União das freguesias de Parada do Bispo e Valdigem

Varosa echoes, Manueline crosses and 1750 granite arches bind Lamego’s twin-vine parish

Várzea de Abrunhais

Várzea de Abrunhais

Terraced vines, woodsmoke, barefoot harvest—Lamego’s hill village breathes slow time

Vila Nova de Souto d'El-Rei

Vila Nova de Souto d'El-Rei

Children trade drum-beat on walls for bolo-rei; olives pressed since 922 scent the air

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