Parque Natural do Douro Internacional

O Parque Natural do Douro Internacional é um parque natural que abrange a área em que o rio Douro constitui a fronteira entre Portugal e Espanha, bem como o rio Águeda, afluente do Douro. Inclui áreas dos municípios de Mogadouro, Miranda do Douro, Freixo de Espada à Cinta e Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo. A característica mais destacada desta àrea verde é a grandiosidade paisagística de seus escarpados vales. Um espetacular palco natural artisticamente lavrado pelos cursos de água que percorrem suas fecundas terras. Morfologicamente está caracterizada por paisagens graníticas, com grandes desniveles, pelos que escorre encaixotado o Douro e seus afluentes.

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Douro Internacional, Miranda do Douro Dam, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
The Miranda Dam creates a small reservoir along a length of 14 km, with a maximum capacity at the maximum normal level of exploration, with a quota of 528.05 m, of 28,100,000 m³, of which only about 6,400,000 m³ are turbines in normal operation. B...
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Douro Internacional, Penhas de Torres, Viewpoint, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
The Penhas de Torres Viewpoint, located near the village of Paradela, is a very attractive place, located in the northeast corner of the territory, in the most eastern point of Portugal, with the privilege of being here where the first rays of sun...
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Douro Internacional, Freixiosa viewpoint, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
The Freixiosa viewpoint is located in the heart of the Douro Internacional Natural Park, with gigantic granite batholiths, perched on the Douro, whose waters raised by the Picote Dam flow here serene and wide…
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Douro Internacional, Sao Joao das Arribas viewpoint 2, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
The São João das Arribas viewpoint is located in the heart of the Douro Internacional Natural Park, in the “cliffs” of the international Douro, next to the Aldeia Nova fort, which is a fortified settlement from the Iron Age. This Castro must also ...
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Douro Internacional, Sao Joao das Arribas viewpoint, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
The São João das Arribas viewpoint is located in the heart of the Douro Internacional Natural Park, in the “cliffs” of the international Douro, next to the Aldeia Nova fort, which is a fortified settlement from the Iron Age. This Castro must also ...
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Douro Internacional, Picote Barragem, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
Picote Dam, in the Douro International Park, began to be built in 1950, more specifically the village where the staff would stay, a work of modernist architecture designed by renowned architects of the time
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Douro Internacional, Carrascalinho viewpoint, Freixo-de-Espada-a-Cinta
The Carrascalinho viewpoint is located in the municipality of Freixo de Espada à Cinta, in an area where the International Douro is narrowing and the cliffs are scary. In this area we can enjoy the most extensive cotton stain in the entire Iberian...
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Douro Internacional, Pedra do 2, Miranda do Douro, Portugal
Tradition says that whoever, in Miranda do Douro, manages to identify the number 2 on the border cliff, in the cliffs of the Douro, already in Spanish territory, will have no difficulty in finding a pair, will soon marry and in the region. It is c...
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Douro Internacional, Alpajares, Freixo de Espada a Cinta
Calçada de Alpajares. It is about 800 meters long with at least 28 curves or lancets. Built of quartzite and quartzite pebbles spiked on the ground and well adjusted to each other, it is divided into levels of different sizes separated by small st...
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Douro Internacional, Assumadouro viewpoint, Freixo de Espada a Cinta
Located where nature presents itself in its wildest state, Assumadouro lurks towards the Douro, which twitches and follows its course trampled by the boats that dock at the Barca d´Alva pier. In an authentic cinematic scenario, three elements are ...
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Douro Internacional, Congida, Freixo de Espada A Cinta
Congida is a river beach located on the outskirts of Freixo de Espada à Cinta, very popular with Portuguese and Spanish people during the warmer months. Surrounded by the Douro International and escorted by an agricultural landscape, where orange ...
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Douro Internacional, Bemposta dam, Barragem, Mogadouro, Portugal
Bemposta dam is a concrete arch dam on the Douro, where the river forms the national border line between Spain and Portugal. It is located in the municipality Mogadouro, in Bragança District, Portugal.
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Douro Internacional, Penedo Durao viewpoint, Freixo de Espada a Cinta
This quartzitic rock, commonly called Penedo Durão, which is one of the most emblematic places in the entire landscape of the Natural Park. Overlooking a precipice of hundreds of meters, you can see the extensive plain of the province of Salamanca...
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Douro Internacional, Colado viewpoint, Mazouco, Freixo de Espada a Cinta
Located at the entrance to the village of Mazouco, the view extends over the valley where the town is inserted and the curves of the Douro. After contemplating the landscape, it is suggested a descent to the village, where several rustic dwellings...
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Douro Internacional, Quinta de S.Tiago, Freixo de Espada a Cinta