MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN www.portoenorte.pt general coordination City Council of Vila Pouca de Aguiar 4 Preface Isabel Ferreira de Castro Roman Mine Complex of Tresminas 6 Map 50 Palaeozoic Park of Valongo City Council of Vila Real/Fernando 52 Lousa Museum technical coordination Real Geology Museum - University of Arouca Directorate-General of Energy and Trás-os-Montes and Alto - 8 Arouca Geopark Vila Pouca de Aguiar Geology - DGEG UTAD 54 Roman Mine Complex of Tresminas Development Company - EDM Boticas Paula reis – TPNP translation 12 Archaeological Park of Terva Valley Vila Real BabeliUM - PAVT 58 Fernando Real Geology Museum, technical team Centro de Línguas da Universidade do University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Pedro Botelho Minho Gondomar Douro (UTAD) Sandra Martins 16 S. Pedro da Cova Mining Museum – design Malta House 62 Tourist Information texts and photographs Cristina Lamego Arouca Geopark Association - AGA, Macedo de Cavaleiros (Avelino Vieira)/City Council of printing 20 Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark Arouca Lidergraf City Council of Valongo Archaeological Park of Terva Valley legal deposit 24 Marco de Canaveses Stone Museum - PAVT 442573/18 City Council of Gondomar / Malta House – S. Pedro da Cova Mining edition 28 Museum of Portuguese Mineral Museum tpnp©2018 Deposits City Council of Macedo de Cavaleiros Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark/City Montalegre Council of Marco de Canaveses 32 Barroso Ecomuseum – Interpretation Marco de Canaveses Stone Museum Centre of the Mines of Borralha City Council of Matosinhos/Museum of Portuguese Mineral Deposits City Council of Paredes/Castromil 36 Castromil Mines Mines Foz do Douro Geological Tour Museum of the Higher Institute of 40 Foz do Douro Geological Tour Engineering of Porto - ISEP 42 Museum of the Faculty of Engineering Museum of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto - FEUP of the University of Porto - FEUP 44 Museum of the Higher Institute of City Council of Torre de Moncorvo Engineering of Porto - ISEP Region of Moncorvo and Iron Museum City Council of Valongo/Palaeozoic Torre de Moncorvo Park of Valongo/ Lousa Museum 46 Region of Moncorvo and Iron Museum

2 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 3 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Set within the scope The primary objectives of the project promoted by the Directorate-General for of an institutional Energy and Geology, EDM – Empresa de framework, the “Guide Desenvolvimento Mineiro SA and a vast and of the Portuguese diversified group of partners and stakeholders which have come together for Geological and Mines this purpose, are to raise scientific Sites” promotes awareness towards the mining and geological activity and to make better use of different initiatives its potential role in the local development, and locations that are namely in terms of tourist demand. significant in terms of The project is built around a unique (material and intangible) heritage, which is size and characteristics, extremely important so as to understand the provided they are history of mankind and their relationship with nature. Thus, the project is aimed at related to geology and safeguarding such heritage, its “marks” and mining and that the the profitability and revival of the territories, Preface visitor’s interpretation while promoting and attracting a growing This guide represents a new and relevant number of tourists seeking different step that was taken in order to promote the is duly supported. experiences associated with this theme potential of the different mining and (mines, miners, etc.). geological relevant Sites, which in this case Set within the scope of an institutional can be found in the northern region. The framework, the “Guide of the Portuguese drafting of this guide was only possible given Geological and Mines Sites” promotes the teamwork between the Guide different initiatives and locations that are management teams, the people responsible significant in terms of size and for the different sites and the Regional characteristics, provided they are related to Tourism Board of Porto and Northern geology and mining and that the visitor’s Portugal that have supported the project interpretation is duly supported. The from the beginning. initiatives and locations associated with the Come and “Travel” through the “Guide of the guide are characterized as recreational, Portuguese Geological and Mines Sites” at cultural, educational and scientific in nature, www.roteirodeminas.pt, and discover these as for example: abandoned or working wonderful places. mines; museums; curiosities, natural landscapes, scientific centres, etc.

4 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 5 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL

Arouca geopark AROUCA

The famous “Rocks Delivering Stones” are part of a geological heritage that includes a total of 41 geological heritage sites

opening hours Since 2009, the Arouca Geopark stands out from Monday to Friday: 9h00-12h30/14h00-17h30 for its internationally relevant geological Saturday and Sunday: 9h30-13h00/14h00-17h30 heritage, which is the reason why UNESCO Geosites: variable according to the sites, whether classified it as a Global Geopark. The region’s they are located in an open-air space or there’s an valuable and unique heritage includes 41 interpretation centre available (upon request) geological heritage sites (geosites). The famous “Rocks Delivering Stones”, whose contact secrets can be uncovered at Casa das Pedras address: Loja Interativa de Turismo do Arouca Geopark Parideiras – Interpretation Centre are R. Abel Botelho, nº4 - Arouca noteworthy, as well as the gigantic trilobites tel.: +351 256 940 258/256 940 254 of Canelas. This can be discovered at the e-mail: [email protected] Geological Interpretation Centre of Canelas www.aroucageopark.pt / www.roteirodeminas.pt (CIGC), the old mining complexes of Regoufe GPS: N 40.929283 O -8.248117 and the Frades river, whose histories date back to the First and Second World Wars, or the Paiva Walkways, where the geodiversity and biodiversity of the Paiva river transforms the 8-km-long trail into an unforgettable view.

8 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 9 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Arouca Located about an hour drive from the large urban centres of Porto and Aveiro, Arouca grew around its Monastery. D. Mafalda, daughter of King Sancho I, came to live here and as a result the region became well known. In addition to the important historical and cultural heritage of the region, its natural heritage is also highly valuable. At Freita and Montemuro Mountains in particular, as well as in the Paiva river, you can feel Nature’s beating heart and be dazzled by the beauty of the region’s landscapes, which rest upon shale and granite that tell us the 550-million-year-old history of planet Earth. Last but not least, they are the very reason why the territory was classified as a UNESCO Global Geopark.

10 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 11 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL TERVA VALLEY ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK OF boticas

Crossing the great trench, visitors are faced with the most extraordinary ancient scenery of the Upper Valley of the Terva river

Stretching across a territory with nearly 60 The information, presented in a didactic, km2 on the north side of the municipality of appealing and sensory way, enables the Boticas, which comprises five villages visitors to discover the territory’s multiple (Ardãos, Bobadela, Nogueira, Sapelos and heritage assets while enjoying the landscape Sapiãos), the Terva Valley Archaeological and the heritage in loco, through routes that Park (PAVT) is characterized by a continuous include thematic tours. From this point, you geographical feature, with a set of historical, can start your visit to the different sites, of archaeological, ethnographic, environmental which we should like to highlight the Roman and heritage assets. These are considered Gold Mines: Limarinho Mine (point 2), Poço relevant heritage elements of the several das Freitas Mine (point 3) and Brejo Mine landscapes that shape the long human (point 4). Located east of the Calvão Stream, occupation of the territory. The the operation front of Limarinho corresponds Interpretation Centre (point 1 of the guide), to an open-pit gold mine, exploited located in Bobadela, is an open door to the extensively from the mid-1st century and the Terva Valley Archaeological Park - visitors 4th century onwards. Crossing the great are welcomed here and given all the relevant trench, which provides access to the information, allowing them to visit/explore exploitation’s core from the stream shore, the territory autonomously. you can admire in detail the most

12 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 13 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL extraordinary ancient scenery of the Upper opening hours Land of historical, cultural and natural Valley of the Terva river today. The Poço das from Tuesday to Saturday: 10h00-12h30/14h00- legacies, the beauty of Boticas is beyond Freitas Mine is located south of Limarinho 17h30 compare. Centuries-old mills, hill forts, and is characterized by a lagoon with a small dolmen ruins, Roman milestones and sacred “islet” at the centre. The Poço das Freitas is contact constructions are part of its vast heritage. also the result of the mining activity during address: CI PAVT / Terva Valley Archaeological Park The Guerreiro Calaico-Lusitano (warrior the Roman period. The Brejo Mine is another Interpretation Centre figure), a landmark of Portuguese one of the large mining fronts dating back Bobadela archaeology, can be found here. The “Chegas from the Roman period in the Upper Valley of tel.: +351 276 410 200 de Bois of Barroso” (bullfights) are a legacy the Terva river, covering an area of e-mail: [email protected] of the communitarianism still alive today. approximately 12 ha, in the vicinity of www.cm-boticas.pt / www.roteirodeminas.pt The Barrosã Meat and Barroso’s Honey are Bobadela village. After the mining activity GPS: N 41.73086 O -7.61837 products of excellent quality, as well as the was abandoned, a lagoon was formed, cozido Barrosão (typical dish made with teeming with life. As a consequence, today, it boiled food), the smoked ham and the “Wine is possible to observe the rich variety of of the Dead”. Combined with the people’s species that live here in a bird watching authenticity, this is definitely the most observatory specifically built for this attractive calling card for the region. purpose. Boticas

14 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 15 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL S. PEDRO DA COVA MINING MUSEUM – CASA DA MALTA gondomar The museum owns the corporate archive of the Coal Mining Company of S. Pedro da Cova: maps, plans, books and the workers’ registration logs

Established in 1989 in one of the old Casas the evolutionary period of the Earth; and da Malta, the current Mining Museum is the Industrial section, where artefacts aimed at developing, revitalizing and used during the extraction, treatment and promoting the mining and geological heritage dispatching of coal, as well as personal of S. Pedro da Cova. After the Coal Mining objects that prove the existence of such Company was closed, the people designed a mining identity, are gathered. The Museum series of actions that made it possible to also owns the corporate archive of the collect the objects and the industrial mining Coal Mining Company of S. Pedro da Cova: documentation. After acquiring one of the old maps, plans, books and the workers’ Casas da Malta, and with the collection of registration logs. these objects and documents, the Parish Guided tours to the Museum and S. Pedro Council of S. Pedro da Cova managed to open da Cova’s mining heritage are only the Mining Museum, which is devoted to available if booked in advance, mainly to industrial, mining and geological issues. The ensure the better planning of the tour and Mining Museums permanent exhibition is activities. Groups are accepted from 2 to divided into two sections: the geological 30 people. The tours are free and last section, with mineral coal samples and approximately 1h15. vegetable and animal fossils that represent

16 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 17 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL opening hours Gondomar from Tuesday to Saturday: 10h00-12h30/14h00-17h30 Located in the heart of coastal Douro, demanding visitors. Embraced by the Douro closed on Sundays, Mondays and holidays Gondomar is a Municipality with strong and river and its outstanding landscape, distinctive traditional marks. The different Gondomar waits for you and invites you to contact tourist attractions, based on its rich history enjoy the traditional knowledge and flavours address: Rua de Vila Verde, nº253 and culture, range from the goldsmith’s art of incomparable quality offered by people São Pedro da Cova - Gondomar - an ancient form of art characterized by its with a golden heart. tel.: +351 935 663 998 endless attention to detail - to its culinary e-mail: [email protected] secrets, born of a priceless gastronomic www.facebook.com/museumineirospc heritage. Tourism rests upon the pillars of www.fanzeres-saopedrodacova.pt/index.php/mm/ authenticity and the quality of the products. museu-mineiro In Gondomar, the tourist offer is based on www.roteirodeminas.pt the excellent natural resources provided by GPS: N 41.16281 O -8.50966 the unique river and mountain landscapes, but also by the rich heritage, in which the cuisine, as a form of culture “at the table”, is considered a high-quality product, offering absolutely unique experiences to the most

18 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 19 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL TERRAS DE CAVALEIROS GEOPARK, UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK Macedo de cavaleiros

This geological heritage provides evidence of the existence of two old continents and an ocean

opening hours The territory of the Terras de Cavaleiros 9h00-16h00 Geopark corresponds to the area of the Visiting hours vary according to the tour booking. municipality of Macedo de Cavaleiros. In this 700 km2 area, the high geological value is contact combined with the remarkable natural and Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark Association historical heritage, its cultural identity, the local address: Rua Eng. Moura Pegado, r/c - Centro Cultural products, a rich cuisine and the hospitality of its Macedo de Cavaleiros people. The Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark is tel.: +351 278 428 101/917 859 608 recognized by the European and Global Geopark e-mail: [email protected] Network and was classified as a UNESCO Global www.geoparkterrasdecavaleiros.com; Geopark. The territory of Terras de Cavaleiros www.roteirodeminas.pt Geopark comprises a remarkable geological GPS: 41°32’16.15”N 6°58’08.29”W heritage that proves the existence of two old continents and an ocean, thus enabling the observation of the complete sequence of a continental and oceanic crust. 42 geosites with a high scientific value have been identified in the Terras de Cavaleiros Geopark, allowing visitors to travel to the interior of the Earth.

20 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 21 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Macedo de Cavaleiros Established in 1853, Macedo de Cavaleiros is the youngest municipality of the district of Bragança. With an area of approximately 700km2, the municipality comprises 67 villages, which are part of 30 Parishes and Uniões de (parish clusters). Located right in the “heart” of the northeastern region of Trás-os-Montes, Macedo de Cavaleiros is bordered by 7 of the other 11 district’s municipalities.

22 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 23 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL MUSEU DA PEDRA (MARCO DE CANAVESES STONE MUSEUM) Marco de canaveses

The stone that shapes the life of this village and the municipality of Marco de Canaveses stands out as a monument to its culture

opening hours The Marco de Canaveses Stone Museum The stone that shapes the life of this village from Monday to Friday: 9h00-12h30/14h00-17h30 (Museu da Pedra) has more to it than meets and the municipality stands out as a the eye. The exhibition on permanent display monument to its culture – so that everyone contact corresponds to the first phase of a project can feel that the stone belongs to them address: Av. de S. João, nº900 that is aimed at expanding the Museum’s while feeling comfortable around it and its Alpendorada e Matos horizons. In the future, the museum complex culture. tel.: +351 255 616 150 will include different nuclei, larger, more e-mail: [email protected] dynamic and innovative. www.roteirodeminas.pt From the centre of the Stone Museum, GPS: N 41.089375 O -8.246014 located in Alpendorada and Matos, the museum will reach across other areas of Marco de Canaveses, so as to show that relationship with the stone is an ancient matrix of the municipality. The stone that so many poets write about is here, living in a perpetual dialogue: through the primordial relationship with mankind; as an instrument for the Arts; and as the basis of local wealth.

24 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 25 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Marco de Canaveses Marco de Canaveses can be distinctively relaxing walks and find prehistoric remains. identified by the rivers that border the area: We recommend our seven Short Routes (PR the Douro river and the Tâmega river. The – Pequenas Rotas) that include a close Carrapatelo and Torrão reservoirs offer good contact with nature and the opportunity to conditions for water sports. explore the architectural heritage. The Tâmega River Park, the pier, the Bitetos river beach and the City Leisure Park of Alpendorada are charming places where you can relax and exercise. Here, you can visit the Roman city of Tongóbriga, take a Roman route and be dazzled by the modern architecture while visiting the Church of Santa Maria, which was designed by Portuguese architect Siza Vieira. Nature lovers will enjoy seeing Aboboreira and Montedeiras mountains and the Arados Hill Fort, where you can take

26 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 27 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL MUSEU DOS JAZIGOS MINERAIS PORTUGUESES (MUSEUM OF PORTUGUESE MINERAL DEPOSITS) matosinhos

The museum includes a collection of mineral paragenesis deposits that were (or are) exploited in mines

opening hours The Museum of Portuguese Mineral Deposits Thursday: 14h30-17h30 (visits in any other day (Museu dos Jazigos Minerais Portugueses) is must to be booked in advance) located within the facilities of the National Laboratory on Energy and Geology (LNEG) in contact S. Mamede de Infesta. Here you can find an address: Rua da Amieira important collection of mineral paragenesis S. Mamede de Infesta deposits that were (or are) exploited in tel.: +351 220 400 000 mines. At the Museum, you can find different e-mail: [email protected] types of mineral deposits, and the ones we http://www.lneg.pt/iedt/unidades/26/paginas/76 will now mention are significant given its www.roteirodeminas.pt recent or current economic importance: GPS: N 41.18575 O -8.625239 copper and zinc, from the Pyrite Belt of Alentejo (Lousal, Aljustrel, Neves Corvo), iron (Moncorvo), tin and tungsten (Panasqueira, Borralha, Arga Mountain), gold and silver (Jales, Penedono), uranium (Urgeiriça), lithium (Guarda, Mangualde, Barroso), among others.

28 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 29 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Matosinhos Located on the right bank of the Douro river, Matosinhos is one of the largest cities of the district of Porto. In the municipality of Matosinhos, the history of mankind has left behind the marks of a millennial civilizational journey, whose memory, rich in traditions, cultures and civilizations, still endures in a valuable heritage where the past is combined with renovation and modernity. The tourist side of Matosinhos is inevitably based on its cuisine, contemporary architecture and a large, impressive coastline.

30 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 31 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL BARROSO ECOMUSEUM INTERPRETATION – CENTRE OF THE MINES OF BORRALHA MONTALEGRE These mines, a landmark of the Mining and Industrial Heritage, are a precious geological/lithologic treasure

opening hours The need to safeguard a vast mining and These mines, the landmark of the Mining and 10h00-13h00/14h00-18h00 industrial heritage in its most varied forms Industrial Heritage, are considered a the mine’s visiting hours vary according to the tour has led the municipality of Montalegre and precious geological/lithologic treasure. The booking. the Barroso Ecomuseum to design a project mineralization of the Mines of Borralha capable of upholding the responsibility of occurs in veins that can be catalogued into contact designing a local development strategy. As a two main types: I) veins of quartz with address: Centro Interpretativo das Minas da Borralha result, the Barroso Ecomuseum – wolframite mineralization, scheelite and Rua Central,10 - Salto Interpretation Centre of the Mines of sulphide; and II) aplitopegmatite veins Montalegre Borralha was created in 2015. The purpose mineralized with cassiterite. The two hiking tel.: +253 276 009 141/276 510 202 (ext.503) of the Ecomuseum is to support the visit to trails, already signposted, allow you to e-mail: [email protected] the several infrastructures created during explore the entire mine. www.ecomuseu.org / www.roteirodeminas.pt the time when tungsten extraction mines GPS: N 41.654853 O -7.978744 were active (1902-1986). Group D (the reception area), the Foundry, the House of Compressors and the Archive, which have recently been converted into museums, do stand out. The collection of documents and the geological estate are also kept here.

32 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 33 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Montalegre Based on an incredible rich heritage and a this point forward, you can start exploring unique collective imaginary, we should like the best of what the “wonderful kingdom” to invite you to embark on a journey has to offer you. through the treasury of the barrosã essence. Montalegre is a tourist destination due to the variety and rarity of its landscapes and biodiversity. Stretching across a border with more than 70 km that is shared with southern Galicia and covering over 800 km2, this “piece of land” boasts unique and distinctive elements. In order to safeguard these elements, a project was designed with the purpose of upholding the responsibility of designing a development and community involvement strategy: the Barroso Ecomuseum. From

34 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 35 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL CASTROMIL GOLD MINES Paredes

This project has a strong teaching component addressed to everyone

opening hours The Castromil Gold Mines have a deposit of from Monday to Friday: 9h00-12h30/14h00-17h30 gold whose archaeological evidence proves (advance booking is required) that the Romans actually engaged in auriferous extraction activities approximately contact 2000 years ago. Here you can see the open address: Lugar de Castromil – Sobreira ore extractions and numerous subterranean Paredes works. In Castromil, there are also clear tel.: +351 255 788 973 relevant geological occurrences, such as e-mail: [email protected] structural, mineralogical, lithologic, www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/allima/Castromil palaeontological elements, etc. This heritage www.roteirodeminas.pt has been the subject of a scientific research GPS: N 41.15476 O -8.38913 project developed by the municipality of Paredes in partnership with the University of Porto. Therefore, this project has a strong teaching component addressed to everyone, and which has now been significantly improved by the Interpretation Centre of Castromil and Banjas Gold Mines.

36 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 37 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Paredes Paredes is part of the Metropolitan Area of Porto and connects it to the North Region’s inland territory. Stretching across 156 km2, it benefits from extraordinary location and accessibility conditions. Linked by four highways and just a few minutes drive from the main international exits, Paredes is a municipality with a strong historical and cultural heritage. In order to discover the wonders of this territory, visitors are invited to admire the beauty and tranquillity of its mountains and valleys. Enjoy its modern infrastructures, its culinary delights or the different outdoor activities on offer. You can also take the time to admire Paredes’ rich archaeological and architectural heritage. Ready to get to know Paredes?

38 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 39 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL FOZ DO DOURO GEOLOGICAL TOUR Porto

The seashore rocks of the city of Porto are among the oldest coastal rocks found in Portugal

opening hours The seashore rocks of the city of Porto are advance booking is required among the oldest coastal rocks in Portugal and are considered a geological heritage with contact highly scientific and teaching relevance – the address: Rua S. Dinis, nº249 - Porto Foz do Douro Metamorphic Complex, duly tel.: +351 228 349 490 classified as a Municipal Natural Heritage e-mail: [email protected] site. In April 2005, a thematic tour known as www.cm-porto.pt/pgfd; http://pgfd.wordpress.com Foz do Douro Geological Tour (Passeio www.roteirodeminas.pt Geológico da Foz do Douro) was created to GPS: N 41.152671 O -8.678539 promote such heritage, and included nine information signs for the general public.

40 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 41 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL FEUP MUSEUM Porto

The Museum is part of the museological group of the Department of Mining Engineering

Porto opening hours Based on a polynucleate museum model, the Overlooking the Douro River, Porto is one of advance booking is required Museum of the Faculty of Engineering of the the oldest tourist destinations in Europe. University of Porto (FEUP Museum) is part of In 1996, the city was classified as a World contact the museological group of the Department of Heritage Site given its historical wealth. address: Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n - Porto Mining Engineering, among others. The While maintaining its hospitable and tel.: +351 225 081 442 Museum includes material and intangible conservative character, the city is also a e-mail: [email protected] examples that are representative of the contemporary and creative hub, as it can be http://inarte.fe.up.pt/inweb history of mining research and teaching at seen by its streets, architecture, www.roteirodeminas.pt FEUP. monuments, museums, leisure spaces, GPS: N 41.17890 O -8.59978 This Department was able to preserve a outdoor cafés and commercial areas, group of scientific instruments and ranging from the most traditional ones to pedagogical models, as well as support the most modern and exclusive spots. The instruments for carrying out experimental city’s events actually highlight the annual activities and different research products cultural and sports calendar, culminating developed by the faculty. with St. John’s Festival (São João), a City Festival like no other.

42 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 43 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL ISEP MUSEUM Porto

This museum showcases scientific instruments and a bibliographic collection that includes reference works on the field

opening hours The ISEP Museum showcases scientific from Monday to Friday: 9h30-12h30/14h00-17h00 instruments, teaching models and other objects that have become part of the contact Institute and the auxiliary teaching units address: Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, nº431 throughout the years, thus creating a Porto collection that comprises almost all of the tel.: +351 228 340 508 engineering domains that are taught in this e-mail: [email protected] institution: from physics to electrical www.isep.ipp.pt/museu/ engineering, from mathematics to www.roteirodeminas.pt mechanical engineering, from chemical GPS: N 41.17038 O -8.56934 engineering to civil engineering, as well as mineralogy and design. The Museum has a substantial bibliographic collection that includes reference works, such as the encyclopaedia by Diderot and Alembert, a precious physics book by Musschenbroeck or an architecture book by Leon Battista Alberti.

44 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 45 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL MONCORVO REGIONAL AND IRON MUSEUM torre de moncorvo

The region of Moncorvo has one of the largest mineral deposits of iron in Europe, magnetite and haematite

opening hours The region of Moncorvo has one of the largest summer: 10h00-12h30/14h00-18h00 mineral deposits of iron in Europe (magnetite winter: 9h30-12h30/14h00-17h30 and haematite, which are abundant in the It is closed on Mondays, 1 January, 19 March, region). This mineral richness has been Easter Sunday, 1 May and 25 December exploited since the Roman period, with some possible interruption periods, until the end of contact the 18th century, in line with the metallurgical address: Largo Dr. Balbino Rego, nº9 activity and forge works. The large-scale Torre de Moncorvo extraction, planned since the 19th century, tel.: +351 279 252 724 would only become a reality with the e-mail: [email protected]; Ferrominas, between 1951 and the 80s of the www.mfrm-cdoc.blogspot.com 20th century. The Moncorvo Regional and Iron www.roteirodeminas.pt Museum was created in order to preserve this GPS: N 41.17336 O -7.05335 long history, thus being able to contextualize it in other dimensions of the local reality (archaeology, ethnography, built heritage). Nowadays, the Museum is located in the Historical Centre of Torre de Moncorvo, next to the Main Church (National Monument).

46 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 47 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Torre de Moncorvo Located in the sub-region of the Alto Douro, covered almond of Moncorvo. In Portugal’s Torre de Moncorvo is embraced by the tourist itinerary, Torre de Moncorvo combines Demarcated Region of “Port Wine” and by the tradition with a warm welcoming. Do take a area classified by UNESCO as a World bit of us with you, share it and come back for Heritage site. In order to visit this village, our new experiences. advice is that you prepare an itinerary and explore all the natural and built heritage of the municipality. We also recommend that you visit the Historical Centre and the Mediaeval Centre on foot, where you can find churches, chapels, manor houses and fountains. The legacy of the past blends with the excellent service that visitors can experience both when tasting the delicious cuisine in the local restaurants or in the several “handicraft workshops”, which sell regional products and make the famous

48 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 49 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL PALAEOZOIC PARK valongo

The geological formations, which are more than 400 million years old, and the Palaeozoic’s fossiliferous deposits are noteworthy

opening hours The Palaeozoic Park of Valongo is located in Visits to the Environmental Interpretation Centre and Santa Justa and Pias Mountains, a Natura guided tours must be booked in advance 2000 Network Site. The project, which was developed in partnership with the University contact of Porto, has a diversified geological, address: Câmara Municipal de Valongo archaeological, cultural and biological Avenida 5 de Outubro, nº160 - Valongo heritage. Its geodiversity is of significant tel.: +351 222 426 490/911 042 398 relevance, with geological formations that e-mail: [email protected] are more than 400 million years old and www.cm-valongo.pt / www.roteirodeminas.pt fossiliferous deposits from the Palaeozoic facebook.com/municipio.valongo period. The several caves, evidence of the GPS: N 41.18511 O-8.49721 auriferous exploitation carried out by the Romans in the 1st and 2nd centuries, are noteworthy. The Environmental Interpretation Centre (Centro de Interpretação Ambiental), located in Rua Santa Helena, is the reception area of this journey through time. The signposted hiking trails allow the visitors to explore the Park.

50 | MINAS E GEOLOGIA NORTE DE PORTUGAL 51 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL LOUSA MUSEUM valongo

A collection and a series of documents concerning slate, from the moment of its extraction to the different types of transformation it goes through, is being exhibited at the museum

Valongo opening hours The museum comprises 3 houses that were When talking about Tourism and Nature, advance booking is required built using a traditional technique, which was Santa Justa and Pias mountains do stand out also used to build the exterior wall. The first as the most important strategic and contact house resembles the house of a miner, with distinctive product of Valongo. The address: Travessa de São Domingos Campo the kitchen, the sleeping areas and the biodiversity and geodiversity, the landscape Valongo workshop, where the women and children and heritage assets, together with the tel.: +351 911 034 687/911 034 971 used to make small pieces of slate during the historical and cultural remains from these e-mail: [email protected] evening to supplement the very small wages mountains justified several visits and www.cm-valongo.pt / www.roteirodeminas.pt earned at the mine. In the other 2 houses, studies, and accounted for its recognition by facebook.com/municipio.valongo you can find a collection and a series of national and international researchers in GPS: N 41.18135 O -8.47688 documents concerning slate, from the different fiels of knowledge. In 1997, moment of its extraction to the different Valongo became part of the Natura 2000 types of transformation it goes through. The Network and became known as the “Valongo group of machines used during the creation Site”; in 1998, the Palaeozoic Park of Valongo of school slates, used for generations by was created. students from all around the world, is noteworthy.

52 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 53 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL ROMAN MINE COMPLEX OF TRESMINAS vila pouca de aguiar

A visit to the interior of the mine galleries is a unique opportunity to get in touch with nature and the local history

opening hours “The most important Roman mines in from Monday to Sunday: 10h00-18h00 Portugal were unquestionably the Three advance booking is required Mines (Vila Pouca de Aguiar)” (Jorge Alarcão 1988: 123). From the Archaeological Park of contact Tresminas viewpoints, visitors can enjoy a Interpretation Centre of Tresminas panoramic view of the Roman gold address: Largo do Cruzeiro, nº1 exploitation cuts. A visit to the interior of the 5450-296 Tresminas mine galleries, only made with a guide, is a tel.: +351 259 458 091 unique opportunity to get in touch with e-mail: [email protected] nature and the local history. At the www.tresminas.com / www.cm-vpaguiar.pt Interpretation Centre of Tresminas and Vila www.roteirodeminas.pt Pouca de Aguiar Municipal Museum, the GPS: N 41.495883 O -7.648603 materials on display from the researches that have been conducted actually show the importance of mining in the northwest of the Peninsula.

54 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 55 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Vila Pouca de Aguiar The municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar is located north of the district of Vila Real, between Alvão and Padrela mountains. Set in a region characterized by the soil’s fertility and a typical climate of the Cold Land (Terra Fria) of Trás-os-Montes, the municipality reveals a strong farming activity, where cereals, potatoes and vegetables are grown. In the valleys, the pasture feeds an important part of the cattle, whereas basketry is the greatest example of the local handicraft. Community life is quite active in this municipality, with multiple associations and groups, namely the three hunting and fishing associations.

56 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 57 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL FERNANDO REAL GEOLOGY MUSEUM – UTAD vila real

A lively space where we can find answers for multiple questions concerning the Earth Sciences

opening hours The Fernando Real Geology Museum was from Monday to Friday: 9h30-12h00/14h00-17h00 established in 1986, just like the University of guided tours must be booked in advance: [email protected] Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD). The Museum comprises a large collection, much of contact which is due to the generosity of its address: Quinta de Prados benefactors. Among the thousands of mineral Vila Real pieces, rocks and fossils from all over the tel.: +351 259 350 207 world, the samples from the main Portuguese e-mail: [email protected] mines do stand out. The temporary exhibitions www.museugeologia.utad.pt renew the public’s interest to visit the Museum. www.roteirodeminas.pt The main purpose of the museum is to create a facebook: Museu de Geologia da Utad lively space where visitors and the students GPS: N 41.28608 O -7.73925 from UTAD can find answers for multiple questions concerning the Earth Sciences. The Museum also aims to promote the scientific, technical and cultural works of the University and offer the possibility of interacting with other partners in different fields.

58 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 59 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL Vila Real The city of Vila Real is located at an altitude of approximately 450 meters, on the banks of the Corgo river, tributary of the Douro river. The city is located on a valley surrounded by high mountains, in which Marão and Alvão mountains do stand out. The municipality of Vila Real keeps its strong rural characteristics without disregarding the urban features of its headquarters. Nowadays, Vila Real is living up to the momentum generated by the increasing development in industry, trade and services, especially in the areas of health, teaching and tourism, thus being presented as a highly attractive place for external investment.

60 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 61 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL AROUCA pedras parideiras (typical sweets) Archaeological Park (PAVT), stewed in the Pot, santa cruz-style WHAT TO SEE WHAT TO DO and pumpkin cornbread. We Boticas Park - Nature and roasted barrosã veal, sopa de unto Adão Soares “Rei dos Congros” Onshore: pedestrianism (15 hiking recommend the region’s liqueurs Biodiversity, Cubo Mill, Calaico- (typical soup), Barroso kid goat, Museum, Lugar do Desenho - Júlio trails – Short and Long Routes), and the vinhos verdes. Lusitano Warrior, Alturas do Barrosã steak, stuffed/fried trout Resende Foundation, Júlio Resende mountain biking, slide, climbing Barroso Viewpoint, Seirrãos with smoked ham. House-studio, Casa Branca de On water: rafting, canoeing, FESTIVALS Viewpoint, Carvalhelhos Hill Fort, Desserts: honey French toast, Gramido Filigree workshops, Crasto canyoning, kayaking Harvest Fair Outeiro do Lesenho Hill Fort, Sta. sonhos com mel (typical sweet), Hill, Gondomar Main Church, Pórtico last week of September, Arouca Maria Madalena Parish Church, aletria (typical dessert), wine of Crasto Hill, Municipal Auditorium, TOURIST INFORMATION TOURIST WHAT TO SEE Historical Reenactment Boticas Parish Church, Sapiãos fritters, sugar fritters. Municipal Library, Gondomar “Golden Geosites Route, especially the July, Arouca Romanesque Church, S. Pedro Heart” Multipurpose Facility, Geological Interpretation Centre Chestnut Festival Parish Church, Beça Romanesque FESTIVALS Castanheiros Municipal Park, of Canelas (CIGC) and the Pedras last weekend of October, Arouca Church, Covas do Barroso S. Sebastião Festival Gondomar’s Goldsmith Monument, S. Parideiras House, the Regoufe and Rainha Santa Mafalda Festival Romanesque Church, Shrine of 20 January, Vila Grande (Dornelas) Miguel House, Rio Tinto Main Church, Rio de Frades old mining 2 May, Arouca Senhor do Monte, Anthropomorphic Senhor do Monte Festival Quinta das Freiras homestead, Tiled complexes, the Paiva river and its Senhora da Lage Festival Tombs, Shrine of the Divine Saviour last Sunday of July, Pinho panels of Rio Tinto Railway Station, Walkways, Senhora da Mó Hill 3 May, Merujal – Freita Mountain of the World (Divino Salvador do Divino Salvador do Mundo (Divine Rio Tinto Bell Foundry, Lixa Marina, where you can enjoy one of the Mundo), Pedrinha Bridge above the Saviour of the World) Foz do Sousa Main Church, Tapada do best panoramic views over the INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Beça river, Covas do Barroso Cross, 2nd Sunday of August, S. Salvador Outeiro, Companhia Industrial de Arouca valley, Frecha da Mizarela address: R. Abel Botelho, nº4 Community Oven, Medeiros House de Viveiro Fundição, Campidouro campsite, waterfall, Aguieiras waterfall and tel.: +351 256 940 258 Walkways, Pillory of Dornelas. Nossa Senhora da Livração Solar da Bandeirinha (Manor House). Côto do Boi. Don’t miss the chance e-mail: [email protected] 3rd weekend of August, Boticas to visit the Sacred Art Museum and www.cm-arouca.pt WHAT TO EAT São Bartolomeu WHAT TO EAT the Municipal Museum located in Regional specialities: rye bread, 24 August, Beça Turnip soup, twist bread, lamprey the historical centre of Arouca. BOTICAS Easter cake, smoked ham, chouriço rice, Bordalesa-style lamprey, fried WHAT TO DO (a type of smoked sausage), INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP shad, shad on a spit, fish roe with WHAT TO EAT Pedestrianism, mountain biking, chouriça de farinha (also known as address: Rua Gomes Monteiro, nº3 rice, fish roe panada, walnuts, “Heart Arouquesa roasted veal, arouquesa four-by-fours, orienteering, farinhotas, it’s a type of smoked tel.: +351 276 410 200 of Gondomar” cake. steak, alvarenga steak, gralheira- climbing, paragliding sausage), spicy pork sausage, thick e-mail: [email protected] style roasted kid goat, convent pork sausage, rye meatloaf. www.cm-boticas.pt FESTIVALS sweets: sweet chestnuts, almond WHAT TO SEE Regional dishes: Barrosão soup, Pilgrimage of Nossa Senhora do Rosário cigars, almond twist, sweet black Nadir Afonso Arts Centre, cozido à Barrosã (typical dish made GONDOMAR 1st Sunday of October, Gondomar pudding, manjar de língua and European Centre for the with boiled food), roasting, pot WHAT TO DO (S. Cosme) barrigas de freira (typical sweets), Documentation and Interpretation roast pork, wine and garlic ribs, Water sports and outdoor sports, S. Brás Festival and bola de S. Bernardo (a of Castro Sculptures (CEDIEC), ribs with rice and chouriça (a type horse riding, camping, beach 3 February, Baguim do Monte traditional ball-shaped cake); Barroso Ecomuseum - Boticas of smoked sausage), grilled (Lomba River Beach), rural S. Bento das Pêras regional sweets: Arouca sponge Rural Museum, Wine of the Dead barrosã veal, Lavrador-style tourism, industrial tourism. 11 July, Rio Tinto cake, melindres, cavacas and Warehouse, Terva Valley barrosã boiled veal, barrosã veal Sta. Barbara

62 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 63 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 1st Sunday of July, Fânzeres Silk Twisting Mill) – Chacim, “Two Rivers, two Monasteries” e-mail: loja.turismo@cm-marco- WHAT TO EAT S. Jorge churches, pillories. (Dois Rios, dois Mosteiros) Short canaveses.pt Matosinhos is the largest European last weekend of April, Foz do Sousa Route 2: hiking trail between the www.marcodecanaveses.pt cluster of restaurants by square WHAT TO EAT Monastery of Vila Boa do Bispo and feet, presenting a unique and INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Game dishes, casulas secas com the Monastery of Alpendorada, MATOSINHOS unrivalled gastronomic offer. From address: Travessa da Convenção de butelo (typical dish), steak and between the Tâmega river and the WHAT TO DO the traditional grilled sardine to Gramido, nº41 smoked meat with greens, kid goat, Douro river; Itineraries: the most sophisticated tel.: +351 224 664 310 wild boar, chestnut pudding, greens Marco de Canaveses Wine Route Matosinhos – Leça da Palmeira international cuisine, and without e-mail: [email protected] pie, rosquilhas (typical sweet), rice (advanced booking: turismo@ Perafita - Memória Beach forgetting its seafood, you will find www.cm-gondomar.pt pudding, honey. cm-marco-canaveses.pt). Santa Cruz do Bispo - São Mamede approximately 600 restaurants in de Infesta Matosinhos. The city maintains its MACEDO DE CAVALEIROS FESTIVALS WHAT TO SEE tradition, serving great quality WHAT TO DO Hunting and Tourism Fair Carmen Miranda Museum, Santa WHAT TO SEE seafood and, above all, fresh fish Pedestrianism and mountain 29 January and 1 February Maria do Marco Church, Roman Quinta de Santiago Museum, that arrives every day from climbing, geological and cultural S. Pedro Trade and Corporate Fair City of Tongóbriga, Casa de Gerardo Rueda Modern Art Centre Matosinhos and Angeiras’ fish routes, package tours/tourist from 27 June to 5 July Produtos Tradicionais de Bitetos. (CAM), Matosinhos; Bom Jesus de markets. programmes, horse riding, hunting Chocalheiro Shrovetide Matosinhos Church; Piscina das and fishing, orienteering and from 15 February to 17 February WHAT TO EAT Marés (Marés swimming pool); FESTIVALS climbing, hang-gliding and Emigrant Festival Roasted lamb with rice cooked in Casa de Chá da Boa Nova (Boa Sr. de Matosinhos Festival (Our paragliding, water sports. from 4 August to 7 August the oven, lamprey, sweets and Nova Tea House); Casa do Mar and Lord of Matosinhos) International Traditional Music freixo’s slices, S. Martinho de Roman Wash Tubs; Abel Salazar 51 days after Easter, Matosinhos WHAT TO SEE Festival Soalhães pie, biscoito alto (typical House-Museum; Lavra Primary Mártir S. Sebastião Festival Azibo Reservoir Protected from 28 August to 30 August biscuit), pão podre (a type of bread). School eb2,3 Museum; Padre 2nd weekend of July, Matosinhos landscape, Casa do Careto - Ramos Parish Museum of Lavra; Sea Festival (annually) Podence, Macedo de Cavaleiros TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE FESTIVALS Firefighter Museum; Quinta de from June to October, Matosinhos Cultural Centre (temporary address: Largo Manuel Pinto de Endoenças Santiago Museum; Gonçalves Zarco and Leça da Palmeira dining area exhibitions), Sacred Art Museum Azevedo - Casa Falcão Holy Thursday, Torrão School History Museum; Santo António do Telheiro Festival - Macedo de Cavaleiros, Museu do tel.: +351 278 426 193 Marco Festivals Misericórdia de Matosinhos 1st week of September, S. Mamede Mel e da Apicultura (Honey and e-mail: turismo@cm- 3rd weekend of July, city centre Museum; Museu do Linho e do Milho de Infesta (Lugar do Telheiro) Beekeeping Museum) - Macedo de macedodecavaleiros.pt N. Sra. da Natividade do Castelinho (Linen and Corn Museum); Sala- Cavaleiros and Bornes, Balsamão www.cm-macedodecavaleiros.pt Festival Museu Guilherme Ferreira Thedim; INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Religious Museum – Convent of 8 September, Avessadas Image of Our Lord of Matosinhos MATOSINHOS Balsamão/Chacim, Salselas Rural MARCO DE CANAVESES (Sr. de Matosinhos); “She Changes” address: Av. General Norton de Museum – Salselas, “Solar dos WHAT TO DO INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP – Anemone; Senhor do Padrão; Matos Cortiços” (Manor House), Olive Oil Visit the monuments included in address: Alameda Dr. Miranda da Town Hall; Matosinhos Market; tel.: +351 229 392 412 Museological Group - Cortiços, the Romanesque Route (advanced Rocha Quinta da Conceição homestead; e-mail: [email protected] Real Filatório de Chacim (Royal booking: www.rotadoromanico.com); tel.: +351 255 538 800 Matosinhos Waterfront. www.cm-matosinhos.pt

64 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 65 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE WHAT TO EAT landscape observation at Castro do Festival of the City of Lordelo in go for a swim in the Atlantic LEÇA DA PALMEIRA Cornbread, traditional smoked Muro de Vandoma/ honour of the Patron Saint Divino Ocean, in a blue flag beach; relax in address: Rua Hintze Ribeiro meat (smoked ham; thick pork Viewpoint, maintenance trails and Salvador de Lordelo the city’s green spaces, observing tel.: +351 229 392 413 sausage; bread and garlic sausage; break period at the City Park. last weekend of July, Lordelo the fauna and flora; watch a e-mail: [email protected] sangueira, chouriça and farinheira Festival of the City of Rebordosa in soccer game at Estádio do Dragão www.cm-matosinhos.pt - different types of smoked WHAT TO SEE honour of the Patron Saint of S. and relax at a Spa. sausages), Barroso steak, cozido à Church of the Monastery of São Miguel MONTALEGRE Barrosã (typical dish made with Pedro de Cete, Chapel and cross of 1st Sunday of July, Rebordosa WHAT TO SEE WHAT TO DO boiled food), Barrosã veal, roasted/ Nossa Senhora do Vale, Aguiar de N. Sra. dos Chãos Festival S. Bento Railway Station, Pedestrianism: Farrista Trail, stewed Barroso kid goat, chicken Sousa Castle Tower, São Cristóvão 7 September and 8 September, Fernandina Wall, Santa Clara Borralha - Short Route; Miner Trail, blood rice (also known as pica no de Louredo Church, Pillory and Bitarães Church, Luis I Bridge, City Borralha - Short Route, D. Nuno chão), lamb, caldo verde (typical Gallows, São Tomé de Bitarães Council’s House, Cathedral, Ribeira Trail, Salto - Shortl Route, outdoor soup) Church, Cimo de Vila Aqueduct, INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Square; “Casa do Infante” sports, beach (Venda Nova River Alcoforados Tower, Quintã or address: Largo da Estação, nº227 (Alfândega Velha), Church- Beach), mountain biking, four-by- FESTIVALS Nossa Senhora da Piedade Chapel, tel.: +351 255 788 952 monument of São Francisco (St. fours Sta. Bárbara Paredes Public Art Open Circuit. e-mail: [email protected] Francis of Assisi), Stock Exchange 4 December, Borralha www.cm-paredes.pt Palace, Santa Casa da Misericórdia WHAT TO SEE Friends of Borralha Annual Meeting WHAT TO EAT Church, Clérigos Church and Barroso Ecomuseum – 1st weekend of July, Borralha Make sure you have plenty of time PORTO Tower, Bolhão Market, Majestic Interpretation Centre of the Mines Barrosão Week, Salto to discover the rich flavours of the WHAT TO DO Café, Lello Bookshop, Soares dos of Borralha: Foundry; Lavarias (ore Folk Dance Groups Meeting, Venda local cuisine. Recipes and flavours Discover the Historical Centre on Reis National Museum, Crystal processing residues), Refining, Nova that go back generations are foot while following the Palace Gardens, Miguel Bombarda Stockwerk; Barroso Ecomuseum served every day in places that Neoclassic, Mediaeval, Tiled or Block: Exhibition centres and Art - Padre Fontes Space INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP still hold on to the hospitality of Baroque route; cruise down the Galleries, Foundation, (headquarters); Barroso address: Ecomuseu de Barroso – the people of Paredes: roasted kid Douro; discover the city by tram; “Casa da Musica” (House of Music), Ecomuseum – The Herd and the Espaço Padre Fontes goat with rice cooked in a firewood enjoy the cycle paths; go on a Press National Museum, Mountain; Barroso Ecomuseum – Terreiro do Açougue, nº11 oven, Paredes-style pork Segway tour; take a helicopter ride; Transportation and Communication Casa do Capitão, tel.: +351 276 510 203 tenderloin, sopa seca (typical explore the city in a panoramic bus; Museum, São Francisco Xavier Boarding house, Borralha Church, e-mail: [email protected] soup), doce cavaco (typical sweet) sightseeing tours; mini-train tours; Fort, SeaLife Porto, City Park, Torrão da Veiga Leisure Park, Salto www.cm-montalegre.pt and vinhos verdes. buy products in typical, traditional, Water Pavilion. Main Church, Megalithic Dolmen, gourmet and alternative stores, in “Mesa do Galo” Mini-hydroelectric PAREDES FESTIVALS national and international fashion WHAT TO EAT Plant, Venda Nova River Beach, WHAT TO DO Festivals of the City of Paredes in designers stores, or in the several Tripas à Moda do Porto (Porto’s Mizarela Bridge, Montalegre Nossa Senhora do Salto nature honour of the Patron Saint Divino fairs and markets; go out at night traditional stew), Gomes de Sá- Castle, Peneda-Gerês National reserve, “Alvre Trail” hiking trail, Salvador in downtown Porto; watch the style codfish, caldo verde (typical Park “Pilgrimage Trail” hiking trail, 3rd weekend of July, Castelões de sunset from an outdoor café; taste soup), cornbread, roasted kid goat, “Sobrosa Roads” hiking trail, Cepeda the Port Wine; try the local cuisine; francesinha (typical dish).

66 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 67 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL FESTIVALS GPS: N 41.140467 O -8.612793 de Moncorvo Church; N. Sra. da brown, peeled and bitter; almond Museum (Slate Museum) and the S. João (St. John’s Festival) tel.: +351 223 393 472 Teixeira-Sequeiros Chapel, cake; cavacas (typical sweet); Baking Museological Group; let the entire month of June (the festival e-mail: [email protected] Açoreira; Santiago Maior Church, súplicas (typical sweet); Tia yourself be dazzled by the Bugiada highlight is on 23 and 24 June), Porto www.visitporto.travel Adeganha Main Church – Patuleia-style biscuits; estradinhas Festival; visit the traditional biscuit N. Sra. da Saúde Festival Adeganha; Nossa Senhora da Guia (typical sweet), pão moreno (a factories and the slate extraction late July until 15 August, Paranhos iPoint Campanhã (ticket office) Chapel – Cabeça Boa; Santo Cristo type of bread) and sponge cake. companies. Senhora do Porto Festival address: Campanhã Railway Station Chapel – Carviçais; N. Sra. da 3rd Sunday of September, Bonfim GPS: N 41.148793 O -8.585853 Oliveira Church – Cardanha; FESTIVALS WHAT TO SEE S. Bartolomeu Festival tel.: +351 223 393 472 Castedo Main Church; Felgar Main Blossoming Almond Tree Festivals S. Lázaro leisure area, which late August, Foz do Douro e-mail: [email protected] Church; Larinho Main Church; Mós From 15 February to 15 March, comprises a chapel, a bridge and a www.visitporto.travel Church; Santa Maria Church; Santo Torre de Moncorvo leisure park; Museum Room and TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE Apolinário Church, Santo N. Sra. da Assunção Festival Alfena Cultural Centre; Ferreira City centre PORTO WELCOME CENTRE Apolinário Chapel – Urros. 15 August, Torre de Moncorvo Bridge; Shrines; Toll House and address: Rua Clube dos Fenianos, address: Praça Almeida Garrett, Viewpoints: S. Martinho Festival Municipal Park; Aqueduct and nº 25 nº27 Facho Cliff and S. Bento Viewpoint, 11 November, Maçores Arcos Bridge, Valongo Main Church GPS: N 41.150175 O -8.611200 4000-069 Porto Santa Leocádia – Reboredo and Sr. dos Passos Chapel; Campo tel.: +351 223 393 472 tel.: +351 258 820 270 Mountain; S. Gregório-Estevais da INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Main Church, Passal Square, e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Vilariça, Adeganha; Nossa Senhora address: Rua dos Sapateiros, nº15 Sobrado Main Church and Parish www.visitporto.travel www.portoenorte.pt do Castelo – Adeganha, Senhora da tel.: +351 279 252 289 House; Santa Rita Church and Glória and Alto da Barca or e-mail: [email protected] Formiga Convent, N. Sra. das Sé (House of the City Council) TORRE DE MONCORVO Fevereira Viewpoint – Peredo dos www.torredemoncorvo.pt Necessidades Chapel, surrounding address: Terreiro da Sé WHAT TO DO Castelhanos; Senhora do Castelo rural centre and Açude Bridge and GPS: N 41.142741 O -8.612164 Leisure and Sports: Foz do Sabor – Urros. VALONGO Aqueduct; Padrão Cross tel.: +351 223 393 472 River Beach - canoeing, watercraft WHAT TO DO Museum Spaces: e-mail: [email protected] and paddle boat; mini-cruise on the WHAT TO EAT Regadio da Ponte Ferreira hiking Lousa (Slate) and Municipal www.visitporto.travel Douro river, Sabor Greenway; “Iron Terrincho lamb, meatloaf, black- trails, Yellow and Red Trail and the Museum; Baking Museological Route - across the Reboredo trails eyed pea stew, bread and garlic Ecological Corridor; participate in a Group, Ermesinde Cultural Forum iPoint Aliados (Kiosk) on mountain bikes”; Municipal Pools sausages with greens, sweet and guided tour at the Palaeozoic Park; and Dr. Fernando Melo Urban Park; address: Rua Sampaio Bruno c/ blood black pudding, salpicão de buy Valongo’s traditional Vila Beatriz/Interpretation and Praça da Liberdade WHAT TO SEE ossos com arroz (typical dish), handicrafts at the interactive Environmental Monitoring Centre; GPS: N 41.146830 O -8.610920 “Oficina Vinária” (wine workshop), tabafeiras (typical dish) and tourist shop; go caving or climb the rural centres of Costa and Ferreira; tel.: +351 223 393 472 Sacred Art Museum, Wax smoked ham, stewed kid goat or cliffs of Santa Justa and Pias Tomb Square; Old Axis; Leisure e-mail: [email protected] Press, Torre de Moncorvo Castle, lamb, Trás-os-Montes-style bean Mountains; see the exhibitions at Park of Santa Justa and S. Sabino www.visitporto.travel Filipino Fountain. stew, partridge with rice, migas de Ermesinde’s cultural forum or at Chapels. Churches and Chapels: peixe (bread stew with fish), the Municipal Museum; learn more iPoint Ribeira (May-Oct.) N. Sra. da Assunção Church (Main Terrincho cheese. about the traditional industries of address: Ribeira Square Church of Moncorvo); Misericórdia Covered almond: pointy and white, Valongo during a visit to the Lousa

68 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL 69 | MINES AND GEOLOGY NORTHERN PORTUGAL WHAT TO EAT fauna observatories: Aquatic FESTIVALS Municipal Library, Municipal S. Pedro or Pucarinhos Fair Arroz pica no chão (typical dish), Mammals Interpretation Trail, Municipality of Vila Pouca de Archive, Vila Real Municipal From 27 June to 29 June, Vila Real cozido à Lavrador (typical dish Birds of Prey Interpretation Trail, Aguiar and Granite Fair Theatre, Palace of the Count of N. Sra. da Pena Festival made with boiled food), bread/ Riverine Ecosystems June, Vila Pouca de Aguiar Amarante’s Cloisters, Exhibition 2nd weekend of September, Mouçós twist bread, biscuits, bread Interpretation Trail, “Veronica Roman Gold Festival (biennial room of Vila Real Municipal Santa Luzia Festival pudding, sopas secas (typical soup) micrantha” Interpretation Trail, - even-numbered years), Vila Theatre, Vila Real Cultural Centre, 13 September, S. Dinis and doces brancos de sobrado “Matos de Altitude” Interpretation Pouca de Aguiar and Tresminas S. Miguel da Pena Necropolis, (typical sweet). Trail, Wolf Interpretation Trail. Municipality and Village of Vila Shrine of Panóias, Quintela Tower, INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Interior Portuguese Way of St. Pouca de Aguiar Festivals House of the Marquises of Vila Real, address: Avenida Carvalho Araújo, FESTIVALS James August, Vila Pouca de Aguiar Mercy Chapel, S. Pedro Church. nº 94 Senhor dos Passos Honey and Handicrafts Fair, tel.: +351 259 308 170 4th Sunday of Lent WHAT TO SEE August, Pedras Salgadas WHAT TO EAT e-mail: [email protected] N. Sra. da Encarnação Festival Aguiar Castle, Falperra Dam, Onions Traditional Fair Roasted veal with rice cooked in www.cm-vilareal.pt last Sunday of May Pedras Salgadas Thermal Park, September, Vila Pouca de Aguiar the oven, roasted kid goat with rice Sta. Rita Festival Municipal Museum. Vila Pouca de Aguiar Gastronomic cooked in the oven, tripas aos 2nd Sunday of June Fair molhos (typical dish), Maronesa Bugiada Festival WHAT TO EAT November, Vila Pouca de Aguiar meat, joelho da porca (typical 24 of June Roasted kid goat with rice cooked dish), codfish dishes, cozido à N. Sra. do Amparo Festival in the oven; enchidos (typical INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP Portuguesa (typical Portuguese last Sunday of July Portuguese smoked sausages): address: Av. Lopes de Oliveira dish made with boiled food), milhos thick pork sausage, moura, bread tel.: +351 259 439 000 (typical dish), meatloaf, enchidos INTERACTIVE TOURIST SHOP and garlic sausage and spicy pork e-mail: [email protected] (typical Portuguese smoked address: Rua S. Mamede, s/n sausage; cozido à Transmontana www.cm-vpaguiar.pt sausages) and covilhetes (typical tel.: +351 222 426 490 (typical dish of Trás-os-Montes sweet). e-mail: [email protected] made with boiled food); Maronesa VILA REAL Toucinho-do-céu pastry, Santa www.cm-valongo.pt veal with Alvão’s potatoes and WHAT TO DO Clara convent pastries; santórios facebook: facebook.com/municipio. greens; chicken blood rice; wild Pedestrian trails: Three Villages (blessed bread given on All Saints’ valongo mushrooms; roasted chestnuts. Trail (Três Aldeias), Constantim Day); typical sweets: cristas de Chestnut pudding, chestnut cakes Trail, Wolf Trail, Carvalhal Trail, galo, tigelinhas de laranja, pitos de VILA POUCA DE AGUIAR and pies, French toast with honey, Miner Trail. Santa Luzia, cavacórios, bexigas, WHAT TO DO golden custard, jams (pumpkin, ganchas. AGUIARNATURE - Natural Spaces raspberry, mulberry, tomato, WHAT TO SEE We also recommend the wines Interpretation Network: cherry and chila jams), Miscarada Vila Velha Museum, Museum of from the Douro region. Six interpreted hiking trails, with a (stewed wild mushrooms), Aguiar Archaeology and Numismatics, small circular route. During the Sweet (with chestnuts) and Aguiar Sound and Image Museum, Mateus FESTIVALS visit, you have at your disposal Pastry (with mushrooms). House Museological Group, S. Brás Festival leaflets, information signs and Infantry Regiment Museum, 2 February and 3 February, S. Dinis

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