Day Hikes in the Parque Natural de Montesinho

Throughout the Park one senses an intense rural atmosphere, expressed in the villages where the traditional slate or granite houses merge with the landscape itself. Sometimes one can hardly sense the presence of these houses, given the almost perfect harmony between man and nature.

The Park’s landscape is characterised by gentle rolling hills and rounded rocky outcrops, complemented by valleys where rivers flow between poplars, alders, willows and large woodlands of black oak, chestnut trees and holm-oaks.

The different settings denote variations in soil characteristics and climate -- lush and green in the western part, still influenced by maritime breezes, and more rugged and open to continental influences in the eastern section. The mountain ranges of Coroa (1273 m) and Montesinho (1486 m) constitute the highest points in the Park, and benefit from a light, invigorating breeze above all during the summer.

The geological diversity of this space includes a predominance of slate and areas of chalk in the mountain plateaus and granite in the higher zones of the Serra de Montesinho. These factors, together with climatic variations, originate a highly varied plant life, and an ideal habitat for animals such as the wolf, wild boar, roe deer and around 240 other animal species.

The Park Administration created various hiking trails (abbreviated PNM). Additionally there are hiking trails of the Bragança District (BGC).

 

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Dayhikes Parque National de Montesinho

NUMBER WIP	Name	Length	Time	Link
PNM PR1, PR2	Rio Maçãs	11/3 km	3h / 2h	Detail
PNM PR3	Porto Furado	7.7 km	3h	Detail
PNM PR4	Ornal	7.9 km	3h	Detail
PNM PR5, PR6	Ribeira de Ladrões	11.4 km 5.6 km	4h 2h	Detail
PNM PR7	Calçada	7.7 km	3h	Detail
PNM PR8	Malara	12 km	4h	Detail
PNM PR9	Termas do Tuela	8,1 km	3h	Detail
PNM PR11	Tresmonte	9 km	3h	Detail
BGC PR3	Rio de Onor	11 km	3h	Detail
BGC PR7	Guadramil	8.5 km	2.5h	Detail
BGC PR11	Montesinho	10 km	2.5h	Detail
VNH PR1	Fragas do Pinheiro	11 km	3h	Detail