{"id":59367,"date":"2026-10-14T15:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&p=59367"},"modified":"2026-10-14T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:45:42","slug":"fraga-da-pena","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/pt\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/center-of-portugal\/fraga-da-pena\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraga da Pena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Above the schist village of Benfeita, in the green heart of the Serra do A\u00e7or, a stream called the Barroca de Degra\u00ednhos finds a ledge of rock and throws itself down in a stair of waterfalls, the tallest some nineteen metres high. Fraga da Pena is one of the most beautiful small places in central Portugal \u2014 a cool, mossy amphitheatre reached by a short trail from the Mata da Margara\u00e7a, one of the oldest protected woods in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A waterfall kingdom in the Serra do A\u00e7or<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The forest around the waterfall, the Mata da Margara\u00e7a, is a relic of the original vegetation of these mountains \u2014 oaks, chestnuts and strawberry trees \u2014 protected since the 1970s as a biogenetic reserve, with paths among trees that were already old when the villages around were founded. The waterfall itself sits in the Protected Landscape of the Serra do A\u00e7or, whose schist hamlets became famous as the Aldeias do Xisto: Benfeita, with its colourful mural and its community bakeries, makes the natural start of the walk. Other mountain paths lead from the falls towards Pi\u00f3d\u00e3o itself, the most photographed of the schist villages (see the Pi\u00f3d\u00e3o page<\/a>), while the whole landscape is mapped by the Serra do A\u00e7or protected landscape<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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