Parques de Portugal

Trilho de Pitões das Júnias

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A small scenic and cultural route in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, with the Monastery of Santa Maria das Júnias as main point of interest. It is possible to known many other aspects of the relationship of populations to the environment, over time. The type of settlement - Pitões das Júnias -, the land use for agriculture or pasture, the water and granite use, can be seen throughout the trail. Having as background, the Gerês’s relief, the Mourela plateau and the extensive valley of the Beredo stream, the trail has beautiful landscapes.

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  • A small scenic and cultural route in the Peneda-Gerês National Park, with the Monastery of Santa Maria das Júnias as main point of interest. It is possible to known many other aspects of the relationship of populations to the environment, over time. The type of settlement - Pitões das Júnias -, the land use for agriculture or pasture, the water and granite use, can be seen throughout the trail. Having as background, the Gerês’s relief, the Mourela plateau and the extensive valley of the Beredo stream, the trail has beautiful landscapes.

  • North

  • Montalegre

  • Peneda-Gerês National Park

  • PTCON0001 Peneda/ Gerês

    PTZPE0002 Serra do Gerês (Gerês Mountain)

  • Gerês - Xurés Transboundary Biosphere Reserve

  • Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, I.P. (ICNF,I.P)

  • Access to Montalegre from:

    - Vila Real - A24 and N103;

    - Braga - N103.

    Access to Pitões das Júnias from:

    - Montalegre - N308;

    - Braga, passing by Venda Nova - N103, N103-6, N308-4 and EM513.

     

    GPS: 41.838353, -7.946553

  • No

  • Next to the cemetery of Pitões das Júnias
  • Next to the cemetery of Pitões das Júnias

  • 4 km

  • Spring

    Summer

    Autumn

  • 1:30 h

  • 158 m (969 m - 1127 m)

  • Medium

  • Ring road

  • Todos os grupos

  • Marked and signalled according to Portuguese and International standards.

  • Picnic area.

Points of Interest
Access

Access to Montalegre from:

- Vila Real - A24 and N103;

- Braga - N103.

Access to Pitões das Júnias from:

- Montalegre - N308;

- Braga, passing by Venda Nova - N103, N103-6, N308-4 and EM513.

 

GPS: 41.838353, -7.946553

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