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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.
MAGICAL LAND /LAND OF MAGIC
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.
ADVENTUROUS LAND/ LAND OF ADVENTURE
There is a land inviting us to be adventurous, filled with sites to inspire us, where we and the breeze become one, emotions run wild and reality is sensational. There is a land where we can be ourselves and be bold...
Get to know Baião culture, heritage, nature ...
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. ...
Large monument, built on a natural elevation, standing out strongly in the landscape. It is an open dolmen, without corridor, with an elongated polygonal shape, and composed of seven supports. Unfortunately,...
Joaquim Soeiro Pereira Gomes was born on April 14, 1909 in the parish of Gestaçô, in Baião. He was the son of the rural proprietors Alexandre Pereira Gomes and Celestina Soeiro Pereira Gomes, being one of the six children of the couple ....
Mata da Reixela is considered by experts as the most important area of native forest in the region and one of the most important of all the Douro Litoral. This forest reflects the dynamic nature of the vegetation and how it evolved ...
The orange and orange blossom symbolize the welcome, dedication and sense of service, unexpectedly evoking the journey of the Portuguese throughout the world. Even today, along the Mediterranean basin, orange is mistaken for ...
Camilo Castelo Branco was born in Lisbon on March 13, 1825 and died in São Miguel de Seide on June 1, 1890. Son of Manuel Joaquim Botelho Castelo Branco, was an orphan mother at two years old and father at ten; was then living ...
Of course, the establishment of the arouquesa calf, an autochthonous breed, is a specialty not to be forgotten by connoisseurs. Who better than the international expert of the FAO, MH French, who already in 1967 affirmed: "The race Arouquesa ...
MACC BAIÃO – Monastery of Ancede Cultural Center
May 9, 2017Religious heritage, Land of Culture, Millennial Land
century XII – Century. XIX Although the date of its foundation is unknown, it is known that in 1120 this Monastery already belonged to the Diocese of Porto, being linked to the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine. In 1141, D. Afonso Henriques sold the Charter...
The Serra do Castelo is integrally included in the municipality of Baião, in the transition from the altitude to the headwaters of the tributaries of the Douro River ....
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.
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The Municipality of Baião provides all entities linked to Tourism, duly registered and legal, with a space on visitbaiao.pt, as a way of promoting the services existing in the Municipality.
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