MONDIM DE BASTO MUNICIPALITY UPHILL RIDES Mondim a PR1 - Sr.A Da Graça P11 P11 Green - Easy SE1 Sobreira - Sr
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BIKE ROADS - EPIC WALKING TRAILS MBT TRAILS MONDIM DE BASTO MUNICIPALITY UPHILL RIDES Mondim a PR1 - Sr.a da Graça P11 P11 Green - Easy SE1 Sobreira - Sr. da Graça The vast richness of this municipality lies in the diversity of heritage that Mondim de Basto has to oer. From Senhora da Graça to the Alvão Natural Park with the amazing Fisgas de Ermelo, following PR2 “Levada” de Piscaredo P12 P12 Blue - Moderate SE2 Ponte d’Olo - Alto da Barra dream-like rivers, stunning landscapes, clear “levadas” (watercourses) and hidden corners. PR3 Fisgas de Ermelo P13 P13 Red - Hard SE3 Pte. dos Presuntos - Nature at its finest! There’s always something more to explore in Mondim de Basto, a natural Alto da Barra area where you’ll experience a fascinating and fulfilling experience. PR4 Bilhó - Sr.a da Graça P14 P14 Black - Very Hard SE4 Ponte de Infesta - Barreiro A place to be challenged, to explore or simply to relax. From adventure to soul-searching, Mondim will satisfy all of your needs. PR6 Atei - Sr.a da Graça SE5 Ermelo - Barreiro Upon your departure, you’ll take with you a sense of discovery, but also a feeling of belonging. BIKE ROADS - CIRCUITS Accept this challenge! Ermelo - Sr.a da Graça PR7 C1 3 Peaks PANORAMIC TOUR C2 2 Peaks Panoramic Tour R io mega d Tâ e io O R u o r d o ure o L io R Porto A7 A7 Vila Pouca ROMANESQUE CHURCH de Aguiar 1 OF ATEI N M1193 Built in the Early Middle Ages, the primitive Bormela nave still includes the Romanesque portals, R CAPTION the modillionsio Poio supporting the cornices and Information the window in the main façade. Vineyards The remodeling done in the 16th and 19th Viewpoint N312 centuries added the Cantanhede Counts’ Atei P12 chapel, the sanctuary and the sacristy. Monument 1 In the 20th century, the choir screen and two neoclassical retables were removed, retur- Religious Building ning the original purity to the interior space. Bridge Parada Carvalhais Village of Portugal de Atei Sobreira de Atei Waterfall Suidros N312 Picnic Park Campo Cilindro do Seixo P11 PR6 P13 Carvalhos P14 0 2 km a Sobreira g e de Mondim â m T 2 Travassos io R Village Travassos SE1 Amarante Pedravedra Porto N312 M1145 Covelo Vilarinho C2 PR1 3 P13 M1191-1 P14 Viewpoint Sr. a da Piedade Campos Cainha PR4 Bilhó MONDIM DE BASTO Council House Vilar Cabrão River de Ferreiros Waterfalls Bobal ril ab o C C Ri a il Ri o PR2 b r Cabril Medieval Vila Chã Vilar de Bridge M1203 P13 Viando Maronesa Pioledo Anta ER304 PR7 Cow R Assureira io Cavernelhe C Covas a b a P14 r g Viewpoint ão Ri e o Olo SE4 N312-1 m â T Paradança Fojo io R Barreiro C1 Varzigueto 4 Viewpoint C2 Cabra Bravia Barreiro Carrazedo Ponte PR3 D’ Olo Alvão Natural Fervenç R e a Park ib .a d C1 SE5 Fervença P14 Ermelo lo ER304 Vila Real O Village io R Ermelo MB 2019A Ermelo Medieval Bridge ER304 Tejão SE2 C1 Wild Goat Lomba Viewpoint SE3 Gorda - Pardelhas Paço Campanhó Pardelhas Mondim de Basto Municipality Mondim de Basto Viewpoint C2 Paço Viewpoint Campanhó Alto Velão Torrão Viewpoint Viewpoint Vila Real Dorna de ER304 Campanhó Porto Velho Creek THE HILLFORT 3 AT CRASTOEIRO 4 FISGAS DE ERMELO Fortified settlement with permanent This iconic place within the protected area of the occupation from the 4th century BC Alvão Natural Park includes one of the largest Por uma questão de informação, a orientação dos edifícios não é exacta. a orientação de informação, uma questão Por until the 1st century AD, representing waterfalls in Europe, with a drop or around 400 SENHORA DA GRAÇA an important evolution both in terms meters, flowing over quartz rocks which are 2 SANCTUARY of space organization and adopted approximately 480 million years old. The fracture Rebuilt in the second half of the 18th century architectural solutions. The impressive of these hard rocks allowed the Olo river to flow over the ruins of an older chapel, probably set of granite spurts with abstract-themed through the cracks (“fisgas”), providing the from the 16th century, the sanctuary chapel imagery reveals the idolization of the area popular name by which it is known. This place has a centered design and is highlighted by in Recent Pre-Historic times and its has a high scientific, educational, and patrimonial the powerful granite architecture with preservation as a special place throughout value and represents an important touristic domed ceiling and barrel vaults. the Iron Age. Under study since 1984. attraction within the category of Nature Tourism. On the western side, a staircase leads to a zigzagging slab floor that connects three little chapels built in the 19th and 20th centuries, dedicate to the Annunciation, the Visitation and the Nativity. PANORAMIC TOUR 10 viewpoints, 1 circuit. Several places for enjoying nature. Come and discover them! The viewpoints are privileged places for observing the landscape, one of the most important assets within Mondim de Basto. TOURISM MONDIM DE BASTO SPONSORSHIP GASTRONOMY Praça do Município, nº1. 4880-236 Mondim de Basto TOWN OF MONDIM DE BASTO +351 255 389 300 Those who endeavor to discover every little corner of our council seat is pleasantly surprised by garden areas, municipio.mondimdebasto.pt patches of grass and boxwood, and lovely bushes and flower arrangements at every corner. Private homes will open their gates to share the colorful touches of the traditional camellias of the Basto region. [email protected] Sweets/Honey Green Wine Maronesa Meat Smokehouses Rua do Tâmega Honey from Mondim de The green wines from From the green marshes of The smokehouse production Basto has a noticeably Mondim de Basto, both the mountainous parishes, of Mondim de Basto is HOW TO GET TO MONDIM DE BASTO Amarante Tâmega darker tone and is white and red, originate comes the “maronesa” based on traditional recipes CHAPEL OF OUR LORD WORLD WAR I MEMORIAL Bridge Vila Real 1 2 Porto particularly rich in in the slopes of the cow meat. A rustic and that are handed down AG-53 th Pontevedra specific mineral salt and Tâmega valley, like a historical meat that is also through generations and Built in the last quarter of the 15 The World War Memorial was Santiago de century, it maintains its size, evidence commissioned and oered to the E-1 Compostela Ourense has medium and regular “divine blessing” that delicate, soft and juicy produced from raw material crystallization levels. provides a soul to the on the plate, leaving you that is raised in unique and of the primitive portal, and remnants Municipality by the charitable José gastronomy’s body. wanting for more. relevant natural conditions. of fresco paintings on the façade of de Carvalho Camões, in 1930, and was Vigo the main chapel, representing Saint authored by the Porto architect and AG-31 Francis and Saint Christopher and lieutenant João Marcelino de Queirós, dated from 1588. whose signature is engraved Tui Valença on the pillar’s base. A3 A3 Chaeves MONDIM a g DE BASTO e VidPortoago m A28 â T Braga MONDIM A25 o d A11 A1 DE BASTO A7 a A17 u A3 R Guimarães Murça A23 A7 A8 A11 Vila Real 3 COUNCIL HOUSE A13 A6 Avenida Lisboa Alijó Ernesto Carv A4 alho The building cluster includes the houses of Eirô de Cima and de Baixo and are Rua do Retiro Pinhão Avenida Reta de Pena Bra Porto nc ennobled by the coat of arms at the gate and the Saint Quiteria Chapel, A2 ra o c th Avenida Padre Martinho a transported from the Praça do Município, at the beginning of the 20 century. S Faro ia The last lord of the house of Eirô was the Commander Alfredo da Graça de Matos V a Pinto Coelho, a charitable and illustrious personality of this municipality. d R ua de . B R aden Pow el R . Praça dos Co me ENG Combatentes nda Rua de Diekirch dor Soldier Alfr edo Memorial Alv ares de C 1 arvalho A Municipal v. Ru P Pool a Culture Municipal a 25 d Rua José d’Alpoim Municipal r d House Library e e Museum M A a b r r t i Rua de Saint-Avertin l i Rua S. Vicente de Paulo n h L 6 o g . d o Rua do Alto da S. J Urban a 4 MAIN CHURCH 5 CHURCH HOUSE ra da Piedade R rd ua 5 Park im do Pr 9 From the primitive medieval temple The manor was built in the last quarter ofe d ssor 2 e only the North side gate remains, in of the 18th century by João Manuel de Rua ra A Senhora da S. da b Piedade r broken arch form with three archivolts. Carvalho Peres, as stated in the coat of da Piedade il Deeply remodeled in the 18th and 19th arms that crowns the main gate and the Avenida Doutor Augusto Brito Tourism centuries, it includes a side chapel chapel, invoking Saint John of Nepomuk, 4 Shop R invoking the Sacred Heart of Jesus, blessed in 1792. The building cluster is . 3 Ad an unusual main chapel that is higher ennobled by a formal garden of rian o Pin than the nave, and a tall bell tower boxwood and Japanese camellias that to Coe lho R flanking the main façade. frame the main façade. N . d Av. da Igreja o Ata lho CAPTION de MB 2019A Cima aulo Information Fire Station P de te cen Sports Atei Viewpoint GNR - National Guard Vi S.