Peneda-Gerês National Park Tours from Braga

Portugal's only national park covers 700 square kilometers of granite peaks, oak forests and glacial lagoons along the Spanish border. Braga sits 45 minutes from the southern entrance — the closest city access point to Peneda-Gerês.

A Peneda-Gerês tour from Braga typically runs a full day. The most popular routes hit Cascata do Arado waterfall, the turquoise waters at Portela do Homem, and the Roman road (Geira) that connected Braga to Astorga two thousand years ago. Garrano wild horses graze the upper plateaus near Castro Laboreiro. The park's 15th-century granaries — espigueiros — cluster in villages like Lindoso and Soajo, dozens of them lined up on granite stilts. Water activities run from easy kayaking on the Caniçada reservoir to serious canyoning in the river gorges.

8 Gerês National Park tours from €94. Private and small group options, most with hotel pickup in Braga.