Parques de Portugal

PR6 Entre a estepe e o montado

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With Campo Branco (White Field) right next door, this is a land of Great Bustards (Otis tarda) and Common Cranes (Grus grus), with frequent sightings of large flocks while feeding. The route winds through steppe lands and montado of Holm Oak. In between, there are traces of a long abandoned ancient mining.

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  • With Campo Branco (White Field) right next door, this is a land of Great Bustards (Otis tarda) and Common Cranes (Grus grus), with frequent sightings of large flocks while feeding. The route winds through steppe lands and montado of Holm Oak. In between, there are traces of a long abandoned ancient mining.

  • Alentejo

  • Mértola

  • Vale do Guadiana Nature Park

  • PTCON0036 Guadiana

    PTZPE0046 Castro Verde

    PTZPE0047 Vale do Guadiana (Guadiana Valley)

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

  • Access to Mértola, from:

    - Beja - IP2, IC27;

    - Vila Real de Santo António - IC27;

    - Castro Verde - EN123, IC27; 

    - Lisboa – IP8

    Access to Beja, from:

    - Spain -  N260; 

    - Lisbon - IP8.

     

    From Mértola take N265direction Beja, turn to Azinhal village (on the left). The trail is marked starting from the National road.

     

    GPS: 37.761156, -7.815497

  • Yes

  • Azinhal
  • Azinhal

  • 11 km.

  • All year, but you should avoid Summer.

  • 2:30 h

  • 50 meters.

  • Easy

  • Ring road

  • Famílias

  • Yes.

  • Coffee shop and public wc in Corte Pequena and Azinhal. Meals and accommodation in Mértola.

Points of Interest

Take binoculars and a birds guide. Leaflet (in Portuguese) [PDF 933 KB]

Access

Access to Mértola, from:

- Beja - IP2, IC27;

- Vila Real de Santo António - IC27;

- Castro Verde - EN123, IC27; 

- Lisboa – IP8

Access to Beja, from:

- Spain -  N260; 

- Lisbon - IP8.

 

From Mértola take N265direction Beja, turn to Azinhal village (on the left). The trail is marked starting from the National road.

 

GPS: 37.761156, -7.815497

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