Montesinho Natural Park
A protected area in northeastern Portugal across the municipalities of Vinhais and Braganca. Parts of the southern slopes of the Serra da Coroa lie within it, among oak woods, meadows and small stone villages.
- Where
- Braganca, Bragança, Portugal
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 41.8914, -6.8435
Get the Montesinho Natural Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Montesinho Natural Park. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bragança volume with your photos and a note.
Near Montesinho Natural Park
Braganca Castle 12 km
A well preserved medieval castle in the historic centre of the city of Braganca, in the far northeast of Portugal. Its keep and walls enclose the old citadel and give views over the surrounding hills.
Pinhao Train Station 97 km
A station on the Douro Line in northern Portugal, serving the parish of Pinhao in the wine country. It is known as a tourist attraction because of the blue and white azulejo tiles on its walls.
Mateus Palace 98 km
An 18th century Baroque manor house near Vila Real, attributed to Nicolau Nasoni. Its image appears on the label of Mateus Rosé wine, and it has formal gardens and a chapel. Tours cover the house, the chapel and a large formal garden with a cypress tunnel.
Côa Valley Rock Art 98 km
Open air engravings of horses, aurochs and ibex cut into schist rock beside the Côa river, dating mostly from the Upper Palaeolithic. The site was saved from a dam project in the 1990s and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Alto Douro Wine Region 98 km
The terraced valley of the Douro river where port wine has been grown for centuries. Stone walled vineyards climb the steep schist slopes, and the landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Zamora Cathedral 100 km
A Catholic cathedral standing above the right bank of the Duero in Zamora. It is still surrounded by the old city walls and gates. Its Romanesque dome, covered in scale-like stone tiles, is its best known feature.
Castelo Rodrigo Castle 113 km
A medieval castle in the civil parish of Castelo Rodrigo, in the district of Guarda near the Spanish border. It stands on a high point above the walled village and the plains toward Spain.
Peneda-Geres National Park 117 km
Portugal's only national park, created in May 1971 in the far north along the Spanish border. It covers 695.9 square kilometres of granite mountains, woods, rivers and villages, and is the oldest protected area in the country.
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Questions
Where is Montesinho Natural Park?
Montesinho Natural Park is in Braganca, Bragança, Portugal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Braganca Castle (12 km), Pinhao Train Station (97 km), Mateus Palace (98 km).
How do I get the Montesinho Natural Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Montesinho Natural Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bragança volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Montesinho Natural Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bragança volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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