{"id":61488,"date":"2026-10-30T11:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=61488"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:35:18","slug":"melgaco","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/fr\/attractions-to-visit\/melgaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Melga\u00e7o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tout en haut de la carte, l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le Minho descend des montagnes frontali\u00e8res, Melga\u00e7o est la commune la plus septentrionale du Portugal : une ville fronti\u00e8re aux ruelles de granit et au donjon du XIIe si\u00e8cle, avec des sources thermales, des p\u00e2turages d\u2019altitude et les vignobles d\u2019Alvarinho de l\u2019appellation Mon\u00e7\u00e3o et Melga\u00e7o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Le donjon du foral de 1183<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le ch\u00e2teau fut construit sous Afonso Henriques au XIIe si\u00e8cle comme tour de guet de la fronti\u00e8re de l\u2019Alto Minho ; un foral de 1183 fit de la ville l\u2019une des premi\u00e8res communes du royaume. Le grand donjon \u2014 le Castel\u00e3o des habitants \u2014 domine toujours les toits et abrite un petit mus\u00e9e de la c\u00e9ramique locale. La ligne de remparts qui le reliait au rocher raconte toutes les guerres frontali\u00e8res qui ont suivi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources thermales, vignes et parc national<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En contrebas de la ville, le parc thermal de Peso exploite des eaux thermales reconnues au XIXe si\u00e8cle ; l\u2019eau min\u00e9rale de Melga\u00e7o, riche en fer, est toujours embouteill\u00e9e \u00e0 la source. Les coteaux produisent le c\u00e9page Alvarinho de l\u2019appellation d\u00e9limit\u00e9e de Mon\u00e7\u00e3o et Melga\u00e7o \u2014 chaque printemps, la ville c\u00e9l\u00e8bre sa f\u00eate du vin et des viandes fum\u00e9es \u2014, et la porte orientale de la commune, \u00e0 Lamas de Mouro, ouvre sur le parc national de Peneda-Ger\u00eas, entre sommets de granit et terres de loups. La ville fortifi\u00e9e de <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/fr\/a-visiter\/regions-portugal\/porto-nord\/valenca\/\">Valen\u00e7a<\/a> surveille le fleuve en aval, et le <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/fr\/a-visiter\/parque-nacional-da-peneda-geres\/\">Parque Nacional da Peneda-Ger\u00eas<\/a> se prolonge vers l\u2019est.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c0 voir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Le donjon du ch\u00e2teau et son mus\u00e9e<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Le parc thermal de Peso<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Les vignobles d\u2019Alvarinho et la f\u00eate du printemps<\/li>\n\n\n<li>L\u2019entr\u00e9e de Lamas de Mouro dans le parc national<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Les rapides du Minho<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Informations pratiques<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Melga\u00e7o se trouve dans le district de Viana do Castelo, dans l\u2019Alto Minho, \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re du Minho, au nord de Mon\u00e7\u00e3o. Les routes de montagne sont sinueuses : pr\u00e9voyez suffisamment de temps, prenez des v\u00eatements adapt\u00e9s au plateau et consultez les sites officiels avant de partir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cr\u00e9dit photo : Torre do Castelo de Melga\u00e7o, par Joseolgon \u2014 CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portugal&#8217;s northernmost town: a twelfth-century keep on the Minho frontier, the thermal park of Peso, Alvarinho wine country and a gate of the Peneda-Ger\u00eas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61489,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[1073],"attraction-categ":[1056],"localidade":[1633],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[1352],"class_list":["post-61488","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-city","attraction-categ-city","localidade-melgaco","regioes_turisticas_term-north"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Melga\u00e7o \u2014 Porto and North | Real Dreams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Melga\u00e7o, Alto Minho: the tower of the 1183 charter, the Termas do Peso, the Alvarinho wine festivals and the Lamas de Mouro gate of the national park.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/fr\/a-visiter\/melgaco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Melga\u00e7o\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Melga\u00e7o, Alto Minho: the tower of the 1183 charter, the Termas do Peso, the Alvarinho wine festivals and the Lamas de Mouro gate of the national park.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/fr\/a-visiter\/melgaco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Dreams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/melgaco.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/\",\"name\":\"Melga\u00e7o \u2014 Porto and North | Real Dreams\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/melgaco.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-30T11:35:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"Melga\u00e7o, Alto Minho: the tower of the 1183 charter, the Termas do Peso, the Alvarinho wine festivals and the Lamas de Mouro gate of the national park.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/melgaco\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/melgaco.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/melgaco.webp\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1067,\"caption\":\"The keep of the castle of Melga\u00e7o. 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