Do visit the architectural and cultural heritage, the arts, the traditions and the trades of the inhabitants.

Beautiful 18TH century House, which is in a poor state of conservation. It's not visitable.

A space where one can visit several permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Rustic Mannerist Chapel, alpendrada, with longitudinal plan of a single nave and sacristy. Great place of worship to pay attention on closing of the triumphal arch a capital carved in acanthus leaves.

Tis statue, by the sculptor Luís Queimadelas, pictures a mother with two children, while holding one of them close to her breast, and intends to pay tribute to every mother.

A marble statue of August 24, 1864, that pays homage to Manuel da Silva Passos (or Passos Manuel), an important figure of the Portuguese liberal epoch. It is classed as a National Monument.

A set of granite pyramids, placed at the centre of a large lawn, showing the evolution of the Maia community. This monument is by the architects Luis Filipe Pais de Figueiredo and Zulmiro de Carvalho.

The first Franciscan convent founded in Portugal in 1222 by order of Dona Sancha, daughter of Dom Sancho I. Although deeply damaged by the 1755 earthquake, some elements from earlier periods remain. In the 16th-century cloister, the highly ornate Manueline portal that gives access to the Chapter House remains.

Among the 20 to 50 entries, try the sauteed mushrooms, sausages, tuna with black-eyed peas and the Endive, but don't get distracted, because then comes the main course, like the delicious deep-fried shrimp and ribs with the hunk of cow. Shot with one of the desserts or combine your favorite and get to realize, in the fullness, the reason for the choice of the name of the restaurant.

This mountain is widely varied bith in flora and in fauna. The boar, the deer and the wolf stand out. As for the vegetation, a special note to the pyrenean oak, that covers an area of 6500 hectares. It is the largest pyrenean oak wood in the entire world. A the top of the mountain, you may also visit the sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Serra (Our Lady of the Mountain), a tribute to Saint Teresinha.