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NATURAL LIFE
On the slopes that connect the peak of Marão to the river Douro, marked by valleys "powerfully dug", where some water lines such as those of Ovil, Valadares, Zêzere, and Teixeira, draw one of the greenest municipalities of the region...
LAND OF FLAVOURS
The gastronomy of Baião is so special that even some people say that Eça de Queiroz fell in love with both the landscape of this land and the flavors of their traditional cuisine when he wrote The City and the Sierras, referring to the magnificent rice ...
ANCIENT LAND
The oldest occupation of this territory is concentrated in the central plateaus of the Aboboreira and Castelo mountains and goes back to the recent prehistory that extends over a long chronological period of four thousand years (V to I millennium BC) ...
LAND OF CULTURE
The municipality of Baião presents remarkable heritage values, surprising panoramas, customs and traditions that enrich and particularize
this part of the country.
MAGIC LANDS
In this land of mountains and rivers - which rips to the skies -, territory of water, life, sculpted in shale and granite covered with the green of the forest, we walk through shadows and fogs, unraveling the mysteries that hide in the imagination of his people.
LAND OF ADVENTURE
There is a place, which incites us to embark on an adventure, with sites that inspire us, where the breeze becomes an ally, emotions come true and reality is transformed into sensations. There is a place where we can be ourselves and dared…
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Before starting the journey through the Serra, we suggest a visit to the simple village of the Castle, whose name still evokes the memory of the medieval fortification that has disappeared. At the top of the hill, next to the Chapel of Mrs. ...
Although better known as Visconde de Vila Moura, his full name was Bento de Oliveira Cardoso and Castro Guedes de Carvalho Lobo, having been born in the House of Eira, place of Vila Moura, parish of Grilo, municipality of Baião, where ...
The monument is located in the center of a large hill, on a granite outcrop, standing out in the landscape. Dolmen closed but with a small "window" type opening to the east. It was decided to keep the lytic cuirass that covered the ...
The river ahead came down, lazy and as if in the heavy May weather, embracing, without a whisper, a broad stone islet that gleamed. In addition the saw grew in sweet humps, with a deep fold where ...
Modest temple, of longitudinal plant, with a lower chancel and narrower than the body composed by a single nave. The construction of this church should date from the late 13th century, incorporating various brands of mason, and ...
Mandatory on feast days, weddings, baptisms and birthdays is the roast evening with oven rice. Many people, however, do not dispense with the green or bazulaque that was offered to the guests of the bride and groom before they went on foot to the ...
The occupation of the region continues throughout the medieval period, standing out the hill of the Castle of Matos. Strong brand in the landscape and the identity of Baião because it was the place chosen by the lord of this territory for the construction of ...
Famous for the original folding technique and its decoration, the Gestaçô walking sticks are also well known to university students, since they are the hands of the craftsmen of this parish, which annually leave more than 20 thousand ...
Casa do Lavrador is a rural and ethnographic museum that integrates the Cultural and Recreational Association of Santa Cruz do Douro. Built in honor of Mr. Augusto Gomes dos Santos, Honorary President of the Portuguese Folklore Federation, ...
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Official Tourism Website in Baião
Project developed by the municipality with the objective of promoting tourism in the Municipality of Baião, providing information on the hotel, patrimonial, landscape, gastronomic and cultural offer.
