
Day 10 Braganca to Porto

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RouteXpert René Plücken (MRA Master)
Last edit: 20-08-2025
This route runs from Bragança to Porto. On this last day, we'll spend a large portion of our journey through Montesinho National Park, with its beautiful roads and stunning scenery.
This route is worth 4 stars because the end of the ride is slightly less spectacular than all the other routes.
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Duration
8h 59m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
305.00 km
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Barragem de Paradela
There are no scheduled stops for fuel, food, or drinks. Whenever you have the opportunity, stop at one of the points marked with a POI. Along the way, there are several small villages with restaurants and cafes.
Hotels, landmarks and recommended places to stop to enjoy the view are also indicated with a POI.
The last ride of this fantastic motorcycle holiday takes us to the end point of Porto via another beautiful route through Portugal's natural parks.
These roads are varied and sometimes challenging, with many curves. The panoramas are breathtaking, and there's plenty to see along the way. You'll ride through beautiful meadows, sierras, forests, along small rivers, mountain lakes, and villages.
The first part of the journey takes us through Montesinho National Park. Located in northwest Portugal, in the Trás-os-Montes region, it is one of the largest natural parks in Portugal. The slate and granite mountains form deep valleys, and the clear river waters flowing through them provide the perfect habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals.
Via the Paradela Dam we enter the southern part of Peneda-Gerês National Park, also a park with beautiful winding roads and stunning nature.
Be sure to stop at Miradouro das Cascatas de Fecha de Barjas, a small lake with a beautiful waterfall. It's a short walk from the parking lot.
Along the way there are a number of beaches along the Cavado River, where you can stop for a break and a dip in the river.
The last part of the journey we drive through a more urban area and partly on the highway to Porto, where you can stay for one or a few more days to enjoy this trip and the city itself.

Cascatas de Fecha de Barjas

Montalegre
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Vila Real
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Vila Real (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ ʁiˈal] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the Vila Real District, northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 51,850, in an area of 378.80 square kilometres (146.26 sq mi).Vila Real was ranked seventh in the list of Portugal's most livable cities in the survey of living conditions published by the Portuguese newspaper Expresso in 2007.
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Ten Day Roadtrip from Spain to Portugal
This route collection describes a 10-day Road trip in the north of Spain and Portugal, a true paradise for motorcycling.
You drive over beautiful mountain ridges and through beautiful valleys. Along the way you drive through beautiful villages and countless nature reserves, great passes with countless curves, tunnels cut out of the mountains and azure blue reservoirs. The roads are fair to good, sometimes unpaved.
What you get to see along the way;
Spanish Pyrenees
Parc Naturel del Cadi-Moixero
Serra del Cadí
Serra de Moixeró
Pedraforca
Serra del Monsec
Collada de Clarà
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Collados del Asón Natural Park.
Parque natural Saja-Besaya
Parque natural de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre
Parque natural de la Montana de Riano y Mampodre
Picos de Europa
El Parque regional Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre
El Parque natural de Redes
The Sierra de la Culebra
Parque natural Montesinho
Along the routes there are more than enough nice places to stop for a short or longer period, these are described in the review and with a waypoint and POI included in the routes.
Have fun reading and planning your next motorcycle vacation.
If you have ridden these routes I would like to hear your feedback.
You drive over beautiful mountain ridges and through beautiful valleys. Along the way you drive through beautiful villages and countless nature reserves, great passes with countless curves, tunnels cut out of the mountains and azure blue reservoirs. The roads are fair to good, sometimes unpaved.
What you get to see along the way;
Spanish Pyrenees
Parc Naturel del Cadi-Moixero
Serra del Cadí
Serra de Moixeró
Pedraforca
Serra del Monsec
Collada de Clarà
Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido
Collados del Asón Natural Park.
Parque natural Saja-Besaya
Parque natural de Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre
Parque natural de la Montana de Riano y Mampodre
Picos de Europa
El Parque regional Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre
El Parque natural de Redes
The Sierra de la Culebra
Parque natural Montesinho
Along the routes there are more than enough nice places to stop for a short or longer period, these are described in the review and with a waypoint and POI included in the routes.
Have fun reading and planning your next motorcycle vacation.
If you have ridden these routes I would like to hear your feedback.
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