Braga, Portugal · Europe
Palmeira is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Lago, 29km from Peneda-Geres National Park.
Palmeira is in Braga, Portugal, with about 5,700 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Lago, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Palmeira: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte (6 km), Castelo de Guimarães (19 km), Peneda-Geres National Park (29 km), Espigueiros do Soajo (34 km).
The nearest famous roads are Circuito da Boavista, Estrada Nacional 222 (Peso da Régua–Pinhão) and EN222 Régua–Pinhão Road.
Palmeira is in Braga, Portugal, about 4 km from Lago.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Braga's UNESCO pilgrimage church crowning a 116-metre baroque zigzag stairway devoted to the five senses: climb it or ride the 1882 water-balance funicular, the oldest of its kind still running in the world.
6 km · about 10 min drive
castle
A 10th-century castle associated with the founding of Portugal, beside the Paço dos Duques in UNESCO-listed Guimarães.
19 km · about 20 min drive
national park
Portugal's only national park, a wild landscape of granite peaks, oak forests, waterfalls, and ancient Roman roads in the north.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Two dozen granite espigueiros, slit-walled corn granaries raised on staddle stones, some dating to the 18th century: clustered on a bare rock threshing floor above the village of Soajo in the Peneda-Gerês hills.
34 km · about 40 min drive
waterfall
A multi-tier waterfall dropping through a granite gorge in the Alvão Natural Park, with roadside viewpoint access.
51 km · about 60 min drive
famous road
A genuine city street circuit in Porto that ran Formula One in 1958 and 1960 and was revived for historic racing. Off-race weekends you simply drive or walk the seafront and boulevard sections as ordinary city streets.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A breathtakingly ornate neo-Gothic bookshop in Porto with a famous crimson staircase, often called the world's most beautiful bookstore.
52 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
A striking double-deck iron bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, spanning the Douro gorge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
52 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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