Monforte

Circular walk, 7 km

Route: Monforte

From the parking lot you walk out of the city. You cross the Ribeira Grande with the Ponte Romana Da Ribeira Grande. You follow a path. You pass the Ponto do Cubo and you pass a former water mill. Then you follow a path along the Ribeiro do Cubo until you arrive back at the Ribeira Grande. After crossing the river you walk across fields back to Monforte. There you walk past the Castelo de Monforte back to the parking lot.

shape
loop
length
6 km 940
location
Portalegre, Portugal
start / arrival
Praça da República, Monforte
path
path:56%  track:23%  road:16%  main road:4%  stairs:1% 
elevation
rise: 106m / fall: -106m
lowest: 227m / highest: 295m
 
Photo: Praça da República, Monforte
Praça da República, Monforte
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Points of interest

  • Igreja de São Pedro, Monforte
  • Igreja Matriz de Monforte
  • Capela dos Ossos de Monforte
  • Igreja de São João Baptista, Monforte
  • Ponte romana de Monforte
  • Ponte do Cubo
  • Ponte Velha do Ribeira Grande de Monforte
  • Azenha do Cubo (former water mill)
  • Avenida General Humberto Delgado, Monforte

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References

Source

We have used publication ‘Alentejo Feel Nature - A rede de percursos em natureza’ of Comunidade Intermunicipal do Alto Alentejo, published by Turismo de Portugal, I.P. in 2015, to develop this route.

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