Viseu

Penalva do Castelo

Discover the 11 parishes that make up the municipality of Penalva do Castelo, Viseu district.

11 Parishes

7,333 Inhabitants

495m Avg. Altitude

Suggested route

The Route of Penalva do Castelo

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

Ínsua

Ínsua

2,046 inh.

Lusinde

Lusinde

190 inh.

Pindo

Pindo

1,716 inh.

Germil

Germil

436 inh.

Trancozelos

Trancozelos

247 inh.

Real

Real

244 inh.

Castelo de Penalva

Castelo de Penalva

812 inh.

Esmolfe

Esmolfe

382 inh.

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

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Parishes
of Penalva do Castelo

11 parishes

Castelo de Penalva

Penalva do Castelo

Castelo de Penalva

At 505 m the castle stones prod the clouds while Dão wine and stolen bacon scent a village of 812.

Esmolfe

Penalva do Castelo

Esmolfe

Penalva do Castelo's hilltop hamlet keeps 13th-century echoes & €1.20 Dão wine

Germil

Penalva do Castelo

Germil

Follow the diesel cough to Albertina’s warm goat cheese in this 436-soul hamlet above Penalva do Cas

Ínsua

Penalva do Castelo

Ínsua

17th-century threshing stones, Dão gold bridge, fig-scented lanes—quiet life at 377 m

Lusinde

Penalva do Castelo

Lusinde

Stone lanes, foot-trodden lagars and lamb stew at a blue-painted door in Penalva do Castelo’s mounta

Pindo

Penalva do Castelo

Pindo

In Penalva do Castelo’s highest hamlet, oak smoke, thistle-rennet cheese and Jaen grapes share the s

Real

Penalva do Castelo

Real

Hear cheese cellars sigh, vines clamber over chestnut smoke in Penalva do Castelo’s mountain parish

Sezures

Penalva do Castelo

Sezures

Granite village in Penalva do Castelo where Dão vines climb hand-built terraces below a shuttered qu

Trancozelos

Penalva do Castelo

Trancozelos

Where abbey ruins, runny Serra cheese and Dão-cooked lamb outshine any festival

União das freguesias de Antas e Matela

Penalva do Castelo

União das freguesias de Antas e Matela

Walk schist lanes between ridge-top Antas and valley-hug Matela, tasting bright Dão wines.

União das freguesias de Vila Cova do Covelo/Mareco

Penalva do Castelo

União das freguesias de Vila Cova do Covelo/Mareco

Walk the PR6 mills trail, taste Serra cheese and count 251 granite-silent souls

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