PR1 TBU - Midões Schist Walking Trail - In the footsteps of João Brandão

Safety information

Beware of high temperatures in the summer and slippery terrain in the winter.

 

Useful Contacts

SOS Emergency: 112

SOS Forest: 117

GNR Tábua (police): (+351) 235 418 394

ADXTUR- Aldeias do Xisto Network: (+351) 275 647 700 | (+351) 960 101 873 

Tips and hints

Throughout the course, one has the possibility to observe the magnificent landscapes with the Serra da Estrela mountains in the background, and, as we are at the Beira region plateau and in the heart of the Beiras region, the mountains of the Caramulo and the Lousã are almost always within eyes reach. On the other hand, the small Cavalos River, with its unusual bed, is a huge attraction in the route, in the Sumes area. Also here the fauna and Flora dot the landscape with majestic colours, where the pine and the cork oak predominate the landscape and foxes and wild boars make this location their habitat. Midões is part of the municipality of Tábua and is a region full of history and antiquity, which left traces from prehistory up to the Roman occupation, as well as more recent periods that followed the evolution of the Country, like the pillories and the manors. The village has kept alive its traditions and graceful rural look, where agricultural heritage is still of great importance, marking the population's life style. The Midões parish has in its favour the fact that it belongs to the Demarcated Region of the Serra da Estrela Cheese and the Demarcated Region of the Dão Wine, which the entire municipality of Tábua belongs to. Midões is proud of its heritage, with highlight to the Igreja Matriz (Mother Church), dating back to 1882, in honour of Nossa Senhora das Neves (Our Lady of the Snows), the Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Dores (Our Lady of Sorrow) of the 19th century , the Manueline pillory, the Roman bridge and many other architectural and ethnographic legacies. 

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