Whether you go for quiet visits or follow more challenging routes, Boticas offers all kinds of experiences in the midst of a unique rural environment, which still remains pure and detached from the routine hustle and bustle of large urban centres.
The 10 places you can't miss are a selection of Terra Callaeci.
Boticas Parque
Boticas Parque is one of the most visited places in the municipality and ideal for family programmes. It combines biodiversity and nature with knowledge and leisure, presenting itself as an important centre for promoting the conservation and preservation of the environment, in close coordination with the community. Learn more here.
Quinta do Cruzeiro House Museum
The Quinta do Cruzeiro house, also known as Casa dos Silvas, was once part of a larger agrarian unit made up of several scattered couples who provided for the owners and their servants. As you explore the different spaces, you can discover various aspects of social life in the house, as well as the agricultural activities carried out on the estate and in the village of Covas do Barroso. Learn more here.
Fonte dos Amores
Located between Caldas Santas springs and the hillfort of Carvalhelhos, Fonte dos Amores is a hidden treasure that deserves to be discovered. Surrounded by lush nature and lulled by the relaxing sound of water, it offers the ideal setting for those seeking tranquillity, beauty and moments of contemplation. Learn more here.
Chapel of Santa Marta de Coimbró
The Chapel of Santa Marta is a testimony to the harmonious relationship between man and nature in the Barroso region. It is here that believers come to ask for abundant harvests and protection for their animals, just as in ancient times. Learn more here.
Hillfort of Outeiro Lesenho
The Hillfort of Outeiro Lesenho is one of the best-known Iron Age fortified settlements in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, not only because of its size and monumentality, but above all because it is associated with the largest group of statues of Galician-Roman warriors. Learn more here.
Nadir Afonso Arts Centre
Opened in 2013, the Nadir Afonso Arts Centre is the result of a partnership between Boticas Town Council and the Nadir Afonso Foundation. The partnership between the two organisations allows Boticas residents in particular, and all visitors to Boticas, to enjoy part of the painter's family collection, and part of the Foundation's collection, free of charge. Learn more here.
Church of Santa Maria de Covas do Barroso
The Church of Santa Maria de Covas is the most notable example of Romanesque-Gothic religious architecture in the Barroso region, dating back to the 14th century. With an austere exterior, with powerful granite faces that frame a beautifully decorated crevice at the head, the church of Santa Maria de Covas houses a stunning decoration of mural paintings and the tomb with a recumbent statue of Afonso Anes de Barroso, dating from 1459. Learn more here.
Terva Valley Archaeological Park
With about 60 km2 e 47 sítios arqueológicos identificados, o PAVT justifica por si, várias visitas a Boticas. Se não tiver tempo para mais, deixamos-lhe duas sugestões. As Ancient Rock Carvings of Souto Escuro, which impress with their monumental scale and artistry, and the Mines of Limarinhowhere the cuts and lagoon, resulting from Roman mining, constitute the most remarkable landscape expression of ancient mining in the Terva Valley.
The Interpretation Centre, located in the village of Bobadela, is the entrance to the TVAP - the exhibition contents are a bridge to the enjoyment of the landscape and heritage in loco, proposed through visitation routes. Learn more here.
Teto do Mundo (Roof of the World)
The Teto do Mundo viewpoint is located at the top of the Côto dos Corvos hillfort, overlooking the left bank of the Rabagão river. From here you can enjoy breathtaking views, from the Larouco and Gerês mountains to the north and north-west, to the Cabreira and Marão mountains to the south. Learn more here.
The viewpoint is part of the The GIAHS Observatory Network - Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, implemented in the Barroso region in the municipalities of Boticas and Montalegre.
Fontes: Boticas Parque / Casa Museu Quinta do Cruzeiro / UAUM 2016, Boticas o Espírito dos Lugares, Boticas; UAUM 2014, Rotas do PAVT, CMB, Boticas.
Tiago Rodrigues
Born in Lisbon, he left the capital for a village in Barroso, where he has developed projects with various local institutions. He is a graphic designer and art editor at UMinho Editora. In 2017, he founded Terra Callaeci, a project dedicated to the promotion of the cultural landscape of Trás-os-Montes, as a construction of the people who inhabited (and inhabit) it.
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