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After hiking, be sure to stretch your feet into the warm threads!

Known as the lungs of Vizela, the Parque das Termas is an open invitation to practice outdoor sports. Its main attraction? An impressive concentration of monumental trees, unique in the country, which transform this space into a green haven like no other in Portugal.

work by the sculptor Lima de Carvalho inaugurated in July 1984, in bronze with a marble base, a tribute to the triumph of the people of Maia

Thoroughly impressive complex run by the Benedictine monks from 1041 to 1834, when all the religious orders in Portugal were dissolved. From the original Romanesque church only the front portal survives, the rest was reconstructed and expanded many times during the Gothic, Baroque and Neoclassical periods. Perhaps the most surprising element is the incomplete cloister accessible by stepping through the door to the right of the church. https://www.rotadoromanico.com/en/Monuments/monastery-of-saint-mary-of-pombeiro/

In an economically very developed area but with a strong agricultural tradition, Lousada also has a monumental heritage that deserves to be visited.

The bridge in Campelos traces its origins to the Roman times when it was already an important crossing on the Ave river on the road south from Bracara Augusta, as Braga was then known. It was first mentioned in written sources in 1059. These days it's also quite busy with traffic and sadly obscured with some rather unattractive pipes.

The imposing Gothic Revival structure overlooking the Vizela river and the Thermal Park on its opposite bank was commissioned in 1905 by a local politician, businessman and physician, dr Armindo Ribeiro de Faria to serve as the new town hall. But those plans fell through and instead it housed a private club, then a school and later even a wine warehouse. Abandoned and crumbling, in 2008 the Castle was bought by the local council or Câmara Municipal. Unfortunately its fortunes didn't exactly reverse because of the lack of funds. Worse still, in 2020 it was badly damaged by a fire. However there seems to be some hope on the horizon with a new plan of restoration adopted by the Câmara in March 2021.

Beautiful country house with some interesting details. A private property, it seems abandoned and sadly is visibly falling into disrepair. The road outside is cobblestones but it's a relatively short stretch between good asphalt.