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CHARACTERISTICS

LOCATION
Address: R. S. Dinis, 249
City: Porto
Postal Code: 4250 - 434
Telephone: 228349490
Email: pgfd@cm-porto.pt
Website: http://www.cm-porto.pt/patrimonios
FUNCTIONING
Public venue, with no timetable or entrance fee.
ORGANISATION OF THE VISIT
The visit to this Point does not require prior booking and can be done individually.

Specific Conditions:
Guided tours are available with advance reservations. See item "Interpretation Centre" . Outcroppings can be visited independently. It is recommended that the following sites be visited to determine the best time for the visit due to the tides: http://www.cm-porto.pt/pgfd or http://pgfd.worldpress.com.

Method:
On foot

Difficulty Level:
Average

Group Visits:
No
Guided Tours:
No
Observations:
-
EXISTING EQUIPMENT
Geological curiosity
GEOLOGICAL / MINING INTEREST
History Patrimony:
-

Activity Program:
-

Study and Research Unit:
-

Audiovisual and Multimedia Resources:
-

Volunteering Programs:
-
EXTERNAL SUPPORT
Where to Stay
http://www.portoturismo.pt

Where to Eat
http://www.portoturismo.pt

Cultural Facilities
http://www.portoturismo.pt

Security Forces
http://hgsa.pt

Security Forces
http://psp.pt

TRANSPORT
Type of Transport:
T. Rodovirio
Agency Name:
STCP
Telephone Number:
808200166

Parking for private vehicles:
Yes

SITES OF TOURISTIC INTEREST
ASSOCIATED ROUTES
SUGGESTIONS OF THE ROUTE- OTHER NEARBY PLACES TO VISIT
Castromil Gold Mines

The municipality of Paredes in partnership with the Department of Geosciences of FCUP have worked in the preservation and promotion of the the Gold Mines of Castromil. This work received an Honorable Mention in the Geoconservation Award, 20 ...

Centro de Intepretação das Minas de Ouro de Castromil e Banjas

In Paredes, the Castromil and Banjas areas shows important vestiges of the auriferous exploitations of Romans times.  This region belongs to the northwest Iberian Peninsula that has been considered one of the richest and most gold produced ...

Ecological Corridor

The Ecological Corridor is essentially a pedestrian trail along the important fluvial systems within the landscape. A large portion of this trail "is built in land with lithology from the Precambrian and/or Cambrian and/or Ordovician period ...

Environmental Interpretation Centre

The Environmental Interpretation Centre - CIA, is a space for reception of visitors, for the dissemination and promotion from the Área de Paisagem Protegida Local (Local Protected Landscape Area) of the Serras de Santa Justa e Pias (Santa J ...

Museu Mineiro de São Pedro da Cova

Created in 1989 , the Mining Museum of São Pedro da Cova has as its mission the enhancement , promotion and dissemination of geological and mining of São Pedro da Cova . Housed in the old Houses of Malta is acquired by the Parish of São Ped ...

Núcleo Museológico do Departamento de Engenharia de Minas

Within FEUP’s (Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto) Library and Information Services, the Museum Unity is responsible for the management of the museum collections of the Faculty. Based on a polynucleated museum layout model, t ...

Oporto Higher Institute of Engineering Museum - ISEP Museum

The Museum of the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto [Higher Institute of Engineering Museum in Oporto] was created in 1998. This location was created to satisfy a long standing desire to unite and explore a precious collection of sc ...

Red Route / Fojo das Pombas

Pedestrian trail "built in land with lithology from the Precambrian and/or Cambrian Periods and up through the Ordovician Period. In the beginning of this trail, lithology such as schist and siltites from the Ordovician Period is present. A ...

The Slate Museum

The Museu da Lousa is composed of 3 houses, built with the traditional technique, such as the exterior wall. The first house is intended for carrying out slate workshops. The second house evokes a miner’s house, with a kitchen area, a noctu ...

Yellow Route

Route with signaling limitations. It will soon be reformulated and integrated into the Park Network of the Serra das Porto Park. Pedestrian trail "exclusively implemented within land comprised during the Ordovician period. In the beginning ...