Viana do Castelo, Portugal · Europe
Viana do Castelo sits on the route: 10 minutes from Darque, 57km from Peneda-Geres National Park.
Viana do Castelo is in Portugal, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Darque, about 6 km away.
Viana do Castelo, officially the City of Viana do Castelo, is a city, municipality and seat of the district of Viana do Castelo in Northern Portugal. The population in 2021 was 85,778, in an area of 319.02 square kilometres (123.17 mi2). The urbanized area of the municipality, comprising the city, has a population ofRead more
approximately 36,148 inhabitants, although the extended densely populated region reaches surrounding municipalities like Caminha and Ponte de Lima with a population above 150,000 inhabitants. It is located at the mouth of the Lima river, on the Portuguese Way path, an alternative path of the Camino de Santiago.
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Within an hour or so of Viana do Castelo: Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte (41 km), Espigueiros do Soajo (51 km), Castelo de Guimarães (53 km), Peneda-Geres National Park (57 km).
The nearest famous roads are Circuito da Boavista, Estrada Nacional 222 (Peso da Régua–Pinhão) and EN222 Régua–Pinhão Road.
Viana do Castelo is in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, about 6 km from Darque.
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7 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.
41 km · about 45 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
castle
A 10th-century castle associated with the founding of Portugal, beside the Paço dos Duques in UNESCO-listed Guimarães.
53 km · about 60 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
beach
A glittering white crescent of Caribbean-like sand linking two of the Cies Islands, often crowned Europe's most beautiful beach.
59 km · about 70 min drive
beach
An Atlantic archipelago off Vigo with pristine white-sand beaches and crystal waters, often called the Caribbean of Galicia.
60 km · about 70 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.
60 km · about 70 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
April to October
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