Why this ride
Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Montesinho Natural Park.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Montesinho and Tras-os-Montes
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 99 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 36
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check wildfire closures, heat and local road works. Specific flag: weather; remote services.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Bragança
Bragança is far from everywhere, and its people will tell you that is how they like it. The city sits in the northeast corner of Portugal, in the region called Trás-os-Montes, Beyond the Mountains, with Spain only a few kilometres away. The old walled citadel on its hill is the star: a medieval castle with a tall keep and, inside the walls, the Domus Municipalis, a five-sided Romanesque building that has no real parallel elsewhere in the country. Its original purpose is still debated, though it seems to have been a council chamber and cistern.
Read the complete Bragança write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Bragança sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Vinhais.
2. Vinhais
Vinhais is a hill town in the green, forested uplands of Trás-os-Montes, and it has the air of a place that eats very well. The town is known above all for its smoked meats. Every winter it holds a fair devoted to the fumeiro, the traditional smoked sausages, hams and other cured products of the region, and the pigs that supply them are a local breed, the Bísaro, which is raised in the hills and fed on chestnuts and acorns. If you arrive hungry, the cooking here is a pleasure, and you will find it hearty and generous.
Read the complete Vinhais write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vinhais comes up 31 km in. Next is Chaves.
3. Chaves
Chaves has been a border town for two thousand years, and it still has the look of one. It lies in the broad Tâmega valley in northern Portugal, a few kilometres from Spain, with a Roman bridge over the river, Trajan's Bridge, built in the first century and still carrying foot traffic. The Romans came for the hot springs, which they called Aquae Flaviae, after the emperor Flavius Vespasian, and the water that rises in the town at over seventy degrees is still used in the spa today.
Read the complete Chaves write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
99 km in you reach Chaves.
Recorded source links
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