Trás-os-Montes Guided Tour

Discover one of the charming regions in the northeast of Portugal on this tour of Trás-os-Montes from Chaves, visiting beautiful villages such as Montalegre and Boticas.

Description

When booking, you can choose between two different options. Both include pickup at your hotel in Chaves at 9 am, an English-speaking guide, and return transfer. Below you can see the particularities of each option:

Tour of Chaves, Boticas, and Montalegre

We'll pick you up from your hotel in Chaves to start this tour of the Trás-os-Montes region. We'll go to Alto Tâmega to visit some of its beautiful villages.

The first stop will be Montalegre, a town crowned by a 13th-century castle. We'll see this building on the hill and then visit the Montalegre Ecomuseum to learn more about its history and heritage.

The next stop will be Boticas, a picturesque village. Here we'll visit its Rural Museum to see old agricultural tools and ethnographic objects. You will have one hour of free time in Boticas for lunch and to taste Portuguese gastronomy.

After this break, we'll visit Chaves, where its medieval fortress stands. We'll pass by the Roman bridge of Trajano and the thermal baths before dropping you off at your hotels. The tour will end at 5 pm.

Tour of Chaves, Valpaços, and Vila Pouca de Aguiar

This option will first take you to Chaves, as in the previous tour. From here, we'll go to Vila Pouca de Aguiar to visit the Parque de Pedras Salgadas, a forest of great natural beauty.

We'll continue to Valpaços, where we'll visit the Wine Museum and learn about the wine tradition of the area. We'll finish the tour at 5 pm at your hotel.