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Hiking from “Rendufe” to “Santa Maria de Émeres” (Valpaços)
This hike connects the villages of 'Rendufe' and 'Santa Maria de Emeres' in Valpaços county. I start walking on the sidewalk of Rua Formosa, in Rendufe, and down it to find the asphalt outside the village. The surrounding landscape consists mainly of vast expanses of olive groves, chestnut groves, vineyards…
Toast with olive oil for breakfast
For breakfast at Quinta Rota d'Oliveira, on Rendufe village, where I hike the hiking trail "Discover Rendufe" I savor among other delicacies, a delicious toast with oil that filled me measurements. A homemade bread with locally produced olive oil, is the proof that sometimes the simplest things are the ones that…
Hiking Trail “Discover Rendufe” (Valpaços)
It was almost at sunset when I reached the place of Rendufe in Valpaços county. In my return to "Trás-os-Montes" region, I found at Formosa Street of this small village, more specifically in the door No. 13, the Quinta Rota d'Oliveira, who would welcome me during these days. It was after…
Hiking Trail of Pereira de Selão Mines (Chaves)
The hiking trail of Pereira de Selão Mines is a circular route that I did from the Quinta do Olival, in Vilas Boas, Chaves municipality. With just over 7 km on pavement, asphalt, rural roads and forest tracks, leads us to discover the Pereira de Selão Mines and the villages…
Hiking River of “Loivos” Valley (Chaves)
This circular footpath, with just over 9 kms, begins at Vilas Boas, a typical village "transmontana" of Chaves council. I go down the narrow streets paved in rough stone, where the houses aged holds many stories of hard lives, most of them dedicated to work from dawn to dusk in…
Hiking Trail of Santa Bárbara (Chaves)
A little more than 5 kms from Vidago, in Chaves municipality, is quiet and pretty village of Vilas Boas. It was already late in the afternoon that scoured the pavement of National Road 549 (EN549) that after Valverde led me to Quinta do Olival, just outside the village. The set built…
A swimming pool with “Trás-os-Montes” in the background
After hiking the Quinta D'Alagoa trails, in Valpaços municipality, I can't imagine a better way to end the afternoon, to pass it resting by the swimmingpool of Agricultural house, with "Trás-os-Montes" in the background.