Tourist attractions Seia

From Gouveia, the route crosses the massif following the upper Zêzere Valley. Up on the high rocky plateaus, note the granite boulders formed by erosion like the Cabeça do Velho (“Old Man’s Head”). The Mondego rises at an altitude of 1 360m. From t..

This itinerary takes the highest road built in Portugal ( often traffic is banned until the end of April because of snow ). It leads to villages such as Covilhã or Seia, and to the winter sport resort of Penhas da Saude. Torre, the highest point in P..

At 1 993m, Torre is the highest point in Portugal, and stands in a barren landscape with little grass. There is a vast panoramic view over the crop of reliefs of the Serras da Estrela and da Lousa from the centre, marked by a plinth bearing a cross..

It is Romanesque in origin and was rebuilt in the Baroque era. The interior contains the funerary chapel of the Ferreiros (13C) where the tombs of the Domingos, Joanes and his wife are found. An equestrian statue of a medieval knight from the 14C, ..

The Serra da Estrela is the highest massif in the country (the highest point at Torre: 1,993m). Above its cultivated and wooded slopes the peaks are dry and riddled with large boulders... Tourism is now developing in this previously isolated region. ..