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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 ...
PR1 FLORESTAS NATURAIS TRAIL (NATURAL FORESTS)
May 10, 2017Adventure Land, SERRA DA ABOBOREIRA TRAILS
The Mother Church of St. John of Ovil marks the beginning of this journey. As a curiosity, you can see part of a Romanesque frieze on the north facade of the church, testimony of a first temple erected here ....
Harvested in the Serra do Montemuro (Resende, Cinfães and Castro Daire), it is in the place of S. João do Castelo, in Frende (county of Baião), that are made the baskets of gesta worst. Different sizes and shapes also allow different ...
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...
During the Roman occupation of this territory the populations already inhabited preferentially in the slopes and in the valleys of the main waterways, with natural highlight for those of Ovil and Douro. There are traces of trails ...
This route connects the Equestrian Center of Baião with the highest zone of the Serra da Aboboreira, where are the main examples of the archaeological heritage of this mountain range. The route also connects with the villages of ...
The Ovil River is an important tourist attraction, due to its clean waters, clean beaches and rich fish. In that country air, it is an ecologically privileged river where ...
A source of inspiration for the novel "The City and the Mountains", Casa de Tormes, now home to the Eça de Queiroz Foundation, has a strong museological component, preserving the writer's estate and keeping alive the scene that Eça met and ...
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 ....
Large dolmen, made up of nine stanchions, with an access corridor that distinguishes itself from the funeral chamber in plan and elevation, and which originally was composed of three stalks on each side. In its interior are still ...
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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