Aldeia do Xisto de Casal Novo
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Aldeia do Xisto of Casal NovoPhoto: Aldeias do Xisto, Aldeias do Xisto
Hidden in dense woodland, it tumbles down the hillside. Make your way down to the threshing floor and enjoy the view over Lousã and its castle.
Passing along the unpaved road, the presence of Casal Novo almost escapes us. The village lies in a fold on the steeply sloping, north-facing hillside and the woodland surrounding the village hides its outline.The village layout amounts to little more than an axis created by the road that crosses the village in an up-down direction, and which links it to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy. Two or three perpendicular lanes, and as many lateral accesses to public spaces, break the continuum of buildings which piggyback on one another on either side.
From the village threshing floor can be seen Lousã and its castle.
By road
De Norte e de Sul
Na A1 sair para Coimbra. Tome a N17 (Estrada da Beira) e 14 km após a ponte sobre o Rio Mondego saia para a N236 no sentido da Lousã. Após 9 km chega à Lousã. Aí deverá tomar o caminho florestal de terra batida, a partir de Cacilhas em direcção às Aldeias do Xisto. Siga depois as indicações para a aldeia.
De Espanha
Na A23 sair na saída 18 na direcção Pombal/Sertã tomando o IC8. Após 64 km sair na direcção de Castanheira de Pera pela N236-1. Após 10 km, em Castanheira de Pera, seguir pela N236, subindo a Serra da Lousã até encontrar, à esquerda, indicação das Aldeias do Xisto através de um caminho florestal em terra batida.
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