On this morning of inaugural clarity, high up among the ruins of the castle, our eyes flickering with amazement, we sensed the slow breathing of history in the murmur of the wind. And we feel it palpitate as we run our hands over the stones that make up what remains of the...

It's best to jump right into the text, because of the first impact when you arrive at the starting point of this route. And what happens, on a magnificent summer's day like this one, is a rush of pure wonder: the mountains cut out in the clear sky, the veils of shadows...

The Peneda trail is one of the most exciting walking routes in our region. It starts and finishes near the sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Peneda and is just under 9 kilometres long, requiring sturdy legs This morning the sky is thinly overcast, with millimetres...

Lamas de Mouro - Peneda is the third stage of the Great Peneda Gêres Route (GR50). It's around 8 kilometres of pure sensory dazzle and complete psychic soothing. Superb therapy for those with intellectually demanding and permanently connected working lives....

We got back on the trail, passed a small branda, a fresh forest, herds of cattle, risky horses and entered the return route. Out there, one foot after the other on the uneven stones, we watched the wide Minho Valley, the distant Galician lands, the peculiarly shaped rocky massifs and the steep slopes of the Vez, gaining fury and vertigo there.

The route starts from Branda da Aveleira, an idyllic mountain village, and crosses the still incipient River Vez to Branda do Furado. It then climbs up to the Alto Vez Glacier viewing point and continues along a track that bravely resists the advance...

One foot after the other, slowly, in no hurry to get anywhere. Just the ancestral pleasure of going, of moving forward.

An immersive itinerary lasting around 3 hours, along old paths, at a slow pace, discovering the ruins and details of rural history. From maize as a central element in the diet of yesteryear. The tenacity of the people who moulded the magnificent ...

Over the Veigas bridge, which is more like a stanza from a sublime poem, in the warm early afternoon sun, with the colourful vegetation and the magnetism of the granite landscape as backdrops... what more could you ask for?