Description: Place for fauna and flora observation with information panels for the visitors
Difficulty: Midium
Description: A place that offers a splendid view of the Rio Douro.
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.
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.
Description: Located south of the city of Bragança, known as Cabeço de S. Bartolomeu, was built a sanctuary with the same name in honour of S. Bento. This is a place with a magnificent view over the city, especially the cidadela (village with in the castle walls). Some recent pre-historic pottery fragments were found near the temple which indicates that a fortified settlement must have existed there once.