Passadiços do Sistelo

Subindo o vale do Vez, para além de Arcos de Valdevez, os passadiços do Sistelo seguem o rio até ao coração de Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês 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.

Os socalcos do 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.

As brandas lá em cima

Trilhos mais duros sobem da aldeia até às brandas, as aldeias sazonais onde os pastores passavam o verão com os rebanhos — memória viva da economia de montanha, entretecida na mesma paisagem que os passadiços enquadram a partir de baixo.

O que ver

• Os passadiços do rio ao longo do Vez
• Os socalcos em terraços das encostas do vale
• A aldeia de granito do Sistelo
• As aldeias das brandas nos trilhos mais duros
• A Ecovia do Vez até Arcos de Valdevez

Informações práticas

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.

Imagem: Passadiços de Sistelo de Alexdacruz10 — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.