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Viana do Castelo

Carreço

Paçô Castle 🏰 – Fornelos Salt Pans loop from Carreço

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Portugal

Viana do Castelo

Carreço

Paçô Castle 🏰 – Fornelos Salt Pans loop from Carreço

Easy

4.6

(7)

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Paçô Castle 🏰 – Fornelos Salt Pans loop from Carreço

01:13

4.59km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 2, 2026

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Litoral Norte

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Parking

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326 m

Paçô Castle 🏰

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Old fort from the medieval coastal defence system.

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2.11 km

Montedor's windmills arose as a result of the local grain abundance. In this museum center, you can visit the only windmill with trapezoidal wooden sails in Portugal: the Marinheiro Windmill. querciahouses.com/montedor-mills-and-lighthouse

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2.62 km

Red Frame View of the Atlantic Ocean

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Here you have a beautiful red frame through which you can admire the ocean.

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2.63 km

Fornelos Salt Pans

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The Fornelos salt pans, dating back to the Iron Age, are located above the high-tide mark, preventing them from being flooded when the tide reached its maximum level. This suggests …

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2.71 km

Rock Engravings on Fornelos Beach

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Nestled in a small cove, Fornelos Beach is worth a visit in itself, but here we also find an interesting series of petroglyphs carved into the reddish rocks. These engravings, …

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2.73 km

Montedor Cliff

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It is very easy to climb onto the large rocks and listen to the powerful roar of the waves crashing into the Montedor Cliff.

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3.08 km

Montedor Fog Signal Tower

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Next to the Montedor lighthouse stands this striking concrete structure from the 1930s. Built together with the Farol de Montedor, it worked as a unit: the lighthouse beamed its light, …

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3.14 km

View of Litoral Norte Conservation Area

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This structure, known as the Ronca, is located in Carreço (Viana do Castelo), between the Montedor Lighthouse and the Atlantic Ocean. It emitted an audible signal day and night and …

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4.59 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.88 km

1.77 km

446 m

346 m

128 m

Surfaces

2.15 km

1.46 km

778 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 5 July

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Paçô Castle 🏰 – Fornelos Salt Pans loop from Carreço

Paçô Castle 🏰

Montedor Windmills

Red Frame View of the Atlantic Ocean

Fornelos Salt Pans

Rock Engravings on Fornelos Beach

Montedor Cliff

Montedor Fog Signal Tower

View of Litoral Norte Conservation Area

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