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Parque Florestal da Serra da Boa Viagem
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Rua do Parque Florestal
3080, Figueira Da Foz
The Woods of the Boa Viagem Hill are the larges forest reservation by the town of Figueira da Foz. With an area of 400 hectares, it is a lovely natural and landscape example, with seeveral leisure areas for its visitors. There is a picnic area with much shade and a playground.
Queda de Água da Fraga da Pena
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Fraga da Pena
3305, Benfeita
Located within the Serra do Açor Protected Landscape Area, near the village of Benfeita, Fraga da Pena is a kind of miniature replica of Poço do Inferno in the Serra da Estrela mountain range. As the waters of the Barroca das Degrainhas stream flow towards the Ribeira da Mata stream, they encounter a drop of more than 20 meters, forming a waterfall and, below, a small lagoon. The rock formation is entirely covered in moss and surrounded by vegetation. The temperature there, even in summer, is extraordinarily low.
Parque de Merendas do Parque da Senhora da Estrela
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Parque da Senhora da Estrela
3405, Oliveira Do Hospital
Space lawn and trees with a few tables and benches for picnics.
Rio Mondego
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Quinta das Cortinhas
6370, Fornos de Algodres
The Mondego River is the largest Portuguese river, rising in the Serra da Estrela, at a place called Mondeguinho, at an altitude of approximately 1,425 meters, and flowing 258 kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean near Figueira da Foz. Its tributaries are the Dão River on the right bank, and the Alva, Ceira, and Arunca Rivers on the left.
Percurso Pedestre da Serra da Lousã
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EN 236
3200, Lousã
From the bridge on the Arouce river to the abandoned village of Talasnal, there is a whole variety of flora and fauna that the Quercus organization has been aiming to preserve. The Lousã mountain is the western continuation of the Central Iberian ridge. An area of large chestnut trees and several preying birds, as well as boars, weasels, genets and badgers.
Percurso Pedestre pela Serra da Cabreira
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Campos
4850, Campos
Pedestrian path through the middle of the nature.
Zona Florestal da Serra da Lousã
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Serra da Lousã
3330, Góis
The Lousã mountain range, whose highest point is Trevim (at 1204 meters), is one of the highest points in central Portugal and occupies around a third of the municipality's area. The forest that covers this mountain range, made up mainly of maritime pine, also has several indigenous species, including oak and chestnut and exotic species such as cherry and walnut.
Paisagem Florestal da Serra Padrela
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Serra Padrela
5450, Bornes de Aguiar
Forested area of the mountains located south of Chaves, between Valpaços and Vila Pouca de Aguiar, belonging to the Ancient Massif of Trás-os-Montes and ten kilometers long.
Reserva Natural da Serra da Malcata
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Meimão
6320-192, Meimão
A protected area located between the Douro and Tagus rivers, southwest of Sabugal. It measures 25 kilometers long and 2.5 kilometers wide, reaching its highest point at 1,000 meters above sea level. It is full of ravines and streams, with the Côa River, the Meimoa Stream, and the Bazágueda Stream originating here. Among the flora, holm oaks and cork oaks, oaks and strawberry trees, leafy hogweed, gorse, sargassum, hazel, wild oak or wild cherry, ancient chestnut trees, and cork oaks stand out. A haven for abundant and diverse wildlife, here you can spot goshawks, montane eagles, hares and partridges, tits, …