The best walks and hikes around Vilarinho Das Cambas

Nearby Tourist Attractions Ave Riverbank Promenade: A riverside walkway, ideal for relaxing strolls. Monte Padrão Hillfort: Ancient ruins for those interested in history and archaeology.

Highlights and Architecture Main Church: Built between 1659 and 1679, the monastery church is an imposing example of local religious architecture. Cloisters: The monastery has serene cloisters, one of which still displays a Gothic sculpture of the Virgin and Child in one of the corners. Cloister Fountain: In the center of the cloister stands a slender granite fountain with a polylobed basin, dating from 1649. Style: Over the centuries, the monastery has been rebuilt, combining Baroque and Neoclassical elements.

Opening Hours and Visits The monastery is open for visits, but guided tours of the cloisters and other areas (besides the church) generally require prior booking by telephone with the Santo Tirso City Hall office. General Hours (Church): Daily (Monday to Sunday): 08:00–12:00 and 15:00–19:00. Accessibility: The entrance and parking are wheelchair accessible.

The Monastery of São Bento, also known as the Monastery of Santo Tirso, is located on the left bank of the Ave River, in the city of Santo Tirso, Portugal. Founded in 978, it belonged to the Benedictine Order and was one of the most powerful monasteries in Portugal. Currently, it is classified as a National Monument.

In Arcos, the highlight is its charming Romanesque bridge: the Ponte de São Miguel de Arcos, or simply Ponte de Arcos. It's estimated that this medieval bridge's origins date back to the 12th century. After years of supporting road traffic, it was freed from that burden in 2018 and is now pedestrian-only. A peaceful crossing with centuries of history beneath your feet.

Santo Tirso is situated in the heart of the famous Vinho Verde wine region. Every summer, an international guitar festival takes place here.

In the parish of Santa Eulália de Arnoso, municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, at the foot of the hill commonly known as Santa Baia. near the Ponte do Olhoiro bridge, which crosses a rocky stream, there is a cave that the people, since ancient times, have named - Buraco do Scout. The Hole of the Looker is a subterranean path that is approximately a quarter of a league up to the Palhares hill, where there used to be a Moorish castle, and by the way, stones and bricks from the castle can still be found there. "But Jesus! It was a long time ago: I heard him tell my mother (may God speak in his soul) that her father already told him Now, as I was saying, there lived in this parish, in the times of the pagans and the Moors, a farmer who had a herd of oxen that he sent to graze there at the foot of the Hole of the Lookout. One of the cows came from the hill, always fuller than the others, but what he admired was that the cow had a calf, and when she went to court she never brought milk. The farmer suspected that they were taking him out that way, and, after that, he went to look out and saw that the cow had entered the Hole in the Hole, and when she was already far away, he ran after her and even grabbed her tail. . The cow went and went, going under the subterranean, and when it got there to the foot of the hill Palhares, began to graze in a meadow of rich grass. Meanwhile, the Moors and many Moors appeared, who said nothing to the farmer, who was blessed by what he saw... One of the Moors went to milk the cow, but the farmer never untied himself from the tail, if he wasn't enchanted there. The cow, after grazing until it was satisfied, left and the farmer followed her, still tied up, and when he got home he told his wife everything, but he was so haggard that after three days he died. That's how it became known that there are Moorish and enchanted Moorish people in the Hole of the Lookout; much wealth and even golden bells, which the little man (God rest his soul) saw inside. Even today, no young man, even if he is a bully, dares to spend the night near the Hole of the Lookout because bad things and sorcery stop there. Source: Abílio de Magalhães Brandão

Protohistoric settlement with Roman and Medieval occupation. It has an elongated shape Northeast-Southwest, with a central enclosure delimited by a wall and, in connection with the spur, a defensive reinforcement consisting of two ditches and a slope. Towards the Northwest and Southeast, there are some platforms. Archaeological excavations carried out between 1983 and 1987 reveal a continuous occupation between the 19th and 19th centuries. 5 . IV BC. and the sec. I of our Era. The walls and the various excavated domestic structures, as well as the abundant ceramic and metal loot attributable to the end of the 17th century. I BC / beginning of the century. I AD are revealing of the great dynamism that Castro das Ermidas achieved in the final phase of Castro culture. (Other names: Palhares, Ermidas, Monte de Palhares, Hermitages)