A place in the heart of the forest in the Coroa Mountain where you can feel the calm of Nature and appreciate a landscape of agricultural characteristics and natural beauty. A agricultural house for groups of ten or more people.
Average price: over 110 euros (350 euros/night for groups of 10 or more people, in case of a hole weekend the price lowers)
Special offers: Breakfast basket
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Description: At the highest point of mount Serra da Nogueira is a place known to be one of Europe’s largest extents of Quercus pirenaica. There we find the sanctuary called Senhora da Serra, mentioned in the 16th century as one of the largest religious pilgrimage of the region that between the 30th of August and the 8th of September attracts thousands of people. Some stay over night. This religious aspect also is linked to gastronomic and ludic aspects. Towards the soul side near the fountain named Fonte dos milagres (fountain of miracles) is the a certain rock called Fraga da Senhora wich shows a print similar to a horse shoe mark.
In the heart of the Montesinho Natural Park, 8 km from the city of Bragança and 9 km from the border with Spain you will find a country house reconstructed and faithful of the regional traditional construction.
The house is totally equipped and has capacity for 6 to 8 people.
Average price: 25 to 45 euros
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Description: this miradouro has a magnificent view to the landscape. A small observatory gives the support necessary to hold information to the visitors – Biospot or Biodiversity point. This miradouro is built on a outcrop of bedrock so that the arqueological findings that exist nearby are not damaged. For those who enjoy Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) this is a excellent area to observe various types of species of butterflies that come here to reproduce – hill-topping.
You can find this rural tourism in a diversified landscape, between valleys and rivers a house of agricultural centered in the village of Rabal near the Natural Park of Montesinho, 10 km from the city of Bragança and 4 km from the municipal airport.
A rich cultural and historic heritage invites you to discover the most typical things in the region.
Average price: 45 to 60 euros
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Description: A place that offers a splendid view of the Rio Douro.
International Douro Natural Park includes the territories of towns such as Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, Freixo de Espada á Cinta, Miranda do Douro and Mogadouro, totalizing na área of 85.150 hectares, and encloses the border of Rio Douro. The territory of Miranda of the Douro has the privilege to belong to this park, conferring even more value to it, for it is the habitat chosen by many animal species, also offering ideal conditions for proliferation of certain vegetal species. The landscape of Miranda do Douro’s territory is characterized by declivous walls of rock where Rio Douro assumes a structure of fluvial cannon thanks to its geomorphology. It acquires therefore geologic and climatic characteristics conditioning the vegetal and animal population. Avifauna acquires a significant importance on a national and International level and when associated to human activities and the local cultural heritage, all these conditions justify the denomination of this area as NaturalPark of the International Douro.
Description: Place for fauna and flora observation with information panels for the visitors
Difficulty: Midium
The area of the mountain ranges of Montesinho and Coroa was chosen as NaturalPark for congregating conditions where the pleasant integration of man with the environment is visible. The MontesinhoNaturalPark was created in 1979, being one of the biggest protected areas of Portugal. With a surface of 75 000 hectares, it includes about 9 000 inhabitants distributed by 92 villages. It is constituted by a succession of mountains and valleys deeply incased, with altitudes varying between 438m and the 1481 m where the villages, nestled in sheltered and discrete points, pass easily unobserved to the eyes of the occasional visitor.
Description: Located near the Castro of Ciguenha i tis a bedrock that “falls” over the river Douro