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Towns worth discovering along the Camino de Santiago, chosen by our team. Open one to see its history and sights, and where to stay.
16 towns on the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal
View on the mapGuilhofrei is a green stage town in the municipality of Vieira do Minho, reached after a day over the heights from Cabeceiras de Basto. The village gives its name to the reservoir on the Ave, the Barragem de Guilhofrei, also known as Ermal. There is no pilgrim bed; you need to find a room in advance.
Caminho Leon de RosmithalMós is the stop in the middle of the longest stage of the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal, 15.6 kilometres after Freixo de Espada à Cinta. A village granted a charter in 1162, with remains of an oval schist castle, and a pillory and church in front of the castle gate. Nowhere to sleep, ideal for a break.
Caminho Leon de RosmithalMurça is the small town of the Porca: in the middle of town stands a granite wild boar from pre-Roman times, the town's landmark, which also lends its name to local wines. Add a Manueline pillory, the Misericórdia chapel of 1692 and a stamp at the Turismo. An afternoon is enough for all of it.
Caminho Leon de RosmithalParada de Aguiar is the village below the roof of the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal: 5.0 kilometres after the highest point at 1,057 metres, the only pilgrim hostel so far between the Douro and Braga awaits you here, donation-based, in an old school. The Camino Portugués Interior crosses here too. Little to look at, everything for resting.
Portugues InteriorCaminho Leon de RosmithalPóvoa de Lanhoso is the last evening on the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal: a small town in the Minho, 16.2 kilometres before Braga, with the castle of Lanhoso standing above it on its granite hill. One of the best-known family scenes in Portugal's history is set here, and the whole route is coordinated from this town.
Caminho Leon de RosmithalTorre de Moncorvo is the town of iron and almonds on the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal: 51.0 kilometres beyond the Douro, with a Renaissance church that looks far too big for a place of 2,600 people and a museum about the iron ore of the Serra do Reboredo. After the longest stage of the route, a good place to rest.
Caminho Leon de RosmithalVila Flor is the town King Dinis named in 1286 for its beautiful setting: a place of olives above the Vilariça valley, 75.7 kilometres beyond the start on the Douro on the Caminho Leon de Rosmithal. One gate of the medieval ring wall survives, along with an idiosyncratic museum. A quiet place for the evening after the climb out of the valley.
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