Address: Loja Interativa de Turismo de Arouca  Rua Abel Botelho, n.º 4
City: Arouca
Postal Code: 4540 - 114
Telephone: 256940258
Email: turismo@aroucageopark.pt
Website: http://passadicosdopaiva.pt/

Weekly Schedule:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 13:00:00 to -.
From 20:00:00 to -.

Weekend and Holidays Schedule:

From 08:00:00 to 13:00:00.
From 13:00:00 to 20:00:00.

Exceptions:
April (business days) 09:00h 18:00h April (weekends and holidays) 09:00h - 19:00h May to September 08:00h - 20:00h October to March 09:00h - 17:00h

Paid Entry:
2€

Discount Policy:
High season :::: advance purchase at www.passadicosdopaiva.pt - 2 € / pax; Free for children up to 10 years (ticket ticket) ::::: buy on the day at the Tourist Shop or Entries - 4 € / pax  + information at https://reservas.passadicosdopaiva.pt/en/precos

The visit to this Point requires prior booking and can be done individually.

Specific Conditions:
Mandatory ticket purchase through www.passadicosdopaiva.pt

Method:
A pé

Difficulty Level:
Alta

Group Visits:
Yes
Minimum Number of Person per group:
1
Maximum Number of Person per group:
25
Observations:
-

Guided Tours:
Yes
Observations:
Contact the operators through https://reservas.passadicosdopaiva.pt/en/visitas-interpretadas

History Patrimony:
-

Activity Program:
-

Study and Research Unit:
-

Audiovisual and Multimedia Resources:
-

Volunteering Programs:
-

Activity Description:
See programs at https://reservas.passadicosdopaiva.pt/pt/visitas-educativas

Target Audience:
School audience

Activity Cost:
2€

Weekly Schedule:
monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday
From 09:30:00 to 12:30:00.
From 14:00:00 to 17:30:00.

Weekend and Holidays Schedule:
saturday, sunday, holidays
From 09:30:00 to 12:30:00.
From 14:00:00 to 17:30:00.

Exceptions:
-

Observations:
See the programs at https://reservas.passadicosdopaiva.pt/en/visitas-educativas .

Where to Eat
https://reservas.passadicosdopaiva.pt/pt/servicos

Where to Stay
http://aroucageopark.pt/pt/explorar/onde-dormir/

Cultural Facilities
http://aroucageopark.pt/pt/planear/contactos-uteis/loja-interativa-de-turismo/

Security Forces
https://www.sns.gov.pt/entidades-de-saude/agrupamento-de-centros-de-entre-douro-e-vouga-i-feiraarouc

Type of Transport:
T. Rodoviário
Agency Name:
Bus Station (Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Arouca)
Telephone Number:
256944129

Parking for private vehicles:
Yes

Paradinha Traditional Village

Arouca Geopark has several traditional villages full of rusticity, tradition and history. Paradinha is one of the most representative, built in schist and here you can enjoy the aters of the river Paiva, on its river beach.
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Museum of Sacred Art

Created by the Royal Brotherhood of the Queen of Santa Mafalda, the Museum of Sacred Art occupies part of the Arouca Monastery building. It is considered one of the best private museums of its kind in the entire Iberian Peninsula here, in addition to multiple objects of orship, vestments, furnishings and liturgical manuscripts, there are rare pieces of sculpture, painting, tapestry and Goldsmith.
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Canelas Traditional Village

Arouca Geopark has several traditional villages full of rusticity, tradition and history. Canelas, built in schist, is one of the most representative.
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Sra. da Mó Hill

At an altitude of 711 m, from the top of «Sra. da Mó», you get a panoramic vie of the Arouca and Moldes valleys and also Freita and Gamarão mountains. Here you can also find the chapel dedicated to «Nossa Senhora da Mó», ith characteristic contours and presumably from the XVI century, here the festival is held in honor of the patron saint on 7 and 8 September.
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Arouca Monastery

Classified as a national monument, the current ensemble of the Monastery dates back to the XVII and XVIII centuries. Considered the largest monument built in granite in Portugal, the first monastery appeared in the X century, as a mix community, under the Benedictine Order. In the year 1210 the monastery is bequeathed to D. Mafalda, by his father D. Sancho I, King of Portugal. In the XIII century the Order of St. Benedict is replaced by the Order of Cister, hich ill remain until the end of the XIX century.
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Tourist Office (Loja Interativa de Turismo de Arouca)

Inaugurated on September 19, 2013, the «Loja Interativa de Turismo de Arouca» is located in the center of the village, in the ancient «Globo D´Ouro cinema». This is one of the shops of the Porto and Northern Portugal Tourism Region and one of the entrance doors of Arouca Geopark, being an informative, educational and space for several activities.
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Municipal Museum of Arouca

Opened in 2008 and situated at the entrance of Arouca village, the Arouca Municipal Museum exhibits an ethnographic exhibition "Memoirs of a Rurality", including an area dedicated to archeology and geology. It regularly receives temporary exhibitions.
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Geoparks in Portugal

Geoparks in Portugal   UNESCO World Geoparks are territories with locations and landscapes of international geological importance, which combine the protection and promotion of its heritage with sustainable development. They are unique places where the oldest memories are millions of years old and include key locations that testify to the evolution of our planet. These territories are classified by UNESCO under the International Geosciences and Geoparks Program. Spread across all continents, geoparks are much more than areas of heritage relevance. They are dynamic territories of which local communities are part, where nature, history and culture are intertwined.  There are currently 5 UNESCO World Geoparks in Portugal: Naturtejo (2006), Arouca (2009), Azores (2012), Terras de Cavaleiros (2014) and Estrela (2020). The Geopark on the coast of Viana do Castelo is preparing the future application, but its level of implementation in the territory, namely the educational offer it already develops, led to its inclusion in the GUIDE OF THE PORTUGUESE GEOLOGICAL AND MINES SITES, naturally without the status that UNESCO gives to the remaining territories. On the other hand, new applications are being developed, with several projects in the Oeste, Algarve and Figueira da Foz, which in due time may have their presence on this platform. To visit Portuguese geoparks is to embark on a journey that began 600 million years ago, when Portugal occupied a very different place on the globe, going through incredible episodes of formation and destruction of mountains and seas, of the appearance and extinction of species, of the occurrence of deep climate change, major volcanic eruptions ... until today in the relationship between man and the planet  On this GUIDE the visitor will find a proposed itinerary to visit the most significant points in each national geopark, including, of course, the one located in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Take a "good trip" on the GUIDE OF THE PORTUGUESE GEOLOGICAL AND MINES SITES and discover the interesting places we introduce you throughout the country.