{"id":58968,"date":"2026-10-13T17:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=58968"},"modified":"2026-10-13T17:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T17:55:47","slug":"vale-do-coa","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/es\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/porto-and-north\/vale-do-coa\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale do C\u00f4a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El valle del C\u00f4a, en el nordeste de Portugal, conserva una de las mayores colecciones de arte rupestre paleol\u00edtico del mundo: miles de grabados de caballos, uros, ciervos y cabras tallados en la pizarra de las riberas hace decenas de miles de a\u00f1os. Declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO, el valle se visita a trav\u00e9s de su museo y de visitas guiadas a los yacimientos rupestres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los grabados<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los grabados del C\u00f4a se realizaron a lo largo de miles de a\u00f1os, desde el Paleol\u00edtico superior hasta \u00e9pocas posteriores, en las paredes verticales de pizarra junto al r\u00edo y sus afluentes. El mundo los conoci\u00f3 en la d\u00e9cada de 1990, cuando la construcci\u00f3n de una presa amenaz\u00f3 los yacimientos. La campa\u00f1a que los salv\u00f3 dio lugar a la creaci\u00f3n del Parque Arqueol\u00f3gico del Valle del C\u00f4a, declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO en 1998, y del museo que hoy organiza las visitas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Qu\u00e9 ver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Los grabados de los yacimientos rupestres, en visitas guiadas con guardas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El Museu do C\u00f4a, con sus colecciones y su interpretaci\u00f3n del valle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Los paisajes del C\u00f4a y del Douro, entre bancales y gargantas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El centro hist\u00f3rico de Vila Nova de Foz C\u00f4a, puerta de entrada al parque.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visita<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El arte rupestre solo se puede visitar con una visita guiada y acompa\u00f1ado por los gu\u00edas del parque; cada d\u00eda se admite un n\u00famero reducido de visitantes. Las visitas salen del museo y de los yacimientos, y conviene reservarlas con antelaci\u00f3n. Las condiciones, los horarios y las reservas se rigen por la informaci\u00f3n oficial de la Funda\u00e7\u00e3o C\u00f4a Parque, que gestiona el parque y el museo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">En los alrededores<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/es\/para-visitar\/valle-duero-region-vinicola\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Valle del Duero<\/a>, con sus vi\u00f1edos y quintas, y el <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/es\/para-visitar\/regiones-portugal\/oporto-norte\/parque-natural-do-douro-internacional\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Parque Natural do Douro Internacional<\/a> completan una ruta por este rinc\u00f3n del nordeste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Informaci\u00f3n: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arte-coa.pt\/\" rel=\"noopener\">arte-coa.pt<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cr\u00e9dito de imagen: Grabados rupestres del C\u00f4a, en Penascosa, de Lusitana, CC BY-SA 3.0, v\u00eda Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El arte rupestre del valle del C\u00f4a, un paisaje de grabados paleol\u00edticos declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58963,"parent":12233,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[1072],"attraction-categ":[1057],"localidade":[1577],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[1352],"class_list":["post-58968","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-region-of-portugal","attraction-categ-historical-sites-landmarks","localidade-vila-nova-de-foz-coa","regioes_turisticas_term-north"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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