Passadiços do Sistelo

Das Tal des Vez hinauf, jenseits von Arcos de Valdevez, folgen die Bohlenwege von Sistelo dem Fluss ins Herz des Peneda-Gerês-Nationalpark country: a granite village of terraced fields so steep and sculpted that it is nicknamed the Portuguese Tibet — one of the most striking farming landscapes of the whole northern mountain country, and a stage of the national park’s southern edge.

Die Socalcos von Sistelo

Sistelo’s terraces — the socalcos — climb the valley walls in stone steps built by generations of mountain farmers, and the village with its landscape was declared a National Monument in 2017. The boardwalks run along the river below the terraces, an easy walk that frames the whole ensemble, and the longer Ecovia do Vez links the village to Arcos de Valdevez along more than thirty kilometres of river.

Die Brandas oberhalb von

Schwerere Wege steigen vom Dorf zu den Brandas hinauf, den saisonalen Weilern, wo Hirten einst den Sommer mit ihren Herden verbrachten — eine lebendige Erinnerung an die Wirtschaft der Berge, gewoben durch dieselbe Landschaft, die die Stege von unten rahmen.

Sehenswertes

• Die Fluss-Bohlenwege entlang des Vez
• Die terrassierten Socalcos der Talhänge
• Das Granitdorf Sistelo
• Die Brandas-Weiler an den schwereren Wegen
• Die Ecovia do Vez Richtung Arcos de Valdevez

Praktische Informationen

The walkways start near the village of Sistelo, about half an hour from Arcos de Valdevez by mountain road, inside the national park’s landscape. Mountain weather is changeable — carry water and layers, and wear shoes with grip for the stone paths.

Bildnachweis: Passadiços de Sistelo von Alexdacruz10 — CC BY-SA 4.0, über Wikimedia Commons.