Gerês Terras de Bouro Tour 1 Portugal

Located in the North region, in the green Minho, Terras de Bouro is a territory of great natural beauty, right in the heart of the Peneda-Gerês National Park. Rich in archaeological legacies, such as those of Roman, Suebi, Visigothic occupation, in fact, it is thought that the term “Bouro“ will come from “Búrios“, a Suebi people with strong religious traditions that lived in this region. One of the main archaeological landmarks in the region is the important Via Romana that connected Braga to Astorga, one of the most important in the Iberian territory, still used in the Middle Ages as one of the roads of Santiago, with more than 30 Roman milestones. Terras de Bouro has a rich architectural heritage, marked by local materials and the rurality of this mountainous landscape, which has been maintained over the centuries, where there are still drylands, granaries, threshing floors, water mills or small shrines and shrines. Throughout the region are small and charming rural villages, especially Campo do Gerês: and Bufre: , which seem magically stopped in time. Located by the Homem River: , a large part of the municipality of Terras do Bouro is located in the Peneda-Gerês National Park. Nearby the reservoirs of the Caniçada and Vilarinho das Furnas dams are places of great beauty, the latter having submerged the village that gave it its name, and whose estate is now on display at the Ethnographic Museum located in Terras de Bouro. The Sanctuaries of São Bento da Porta Aberta: and Senhora da Abadia: , are centers of great pilgrimages and pilgrimages, as well as Bom Jesus das Mós: Chapters: 0:00 Fecha de Barjas 2:44 Ermida 3:44 Bom Jesus das Mós 5:25 Ponte de Quintão 6:01 Brufe 09:10 São Bento da Porta Aberta 13:43 Caldelas 17:23 Campo do Gerês 21:04 Rio Homem