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Estádio Municipal de Amares / Estádio Engenheiro José Carlos Macedo
- leisure
Rua Francisco Martins Gonçalves
4720, Ferreiros
Turf football stadium with a capacity of 5000 spectators and with athletics track around it. Features showers and lighting. Is used in homemade games Futebol Clube de Amares sportsassociation, founded in 1945.
Miradouro de Santo André
- country
- leisure
Caires
4720, Amares
Viewpoint with views over the village of Amares and the Cávado River valley.
Praia Fluvial de Moinhos
- beach
Avenida do Rio Homem
4720, Fiscal
Bucolic location with several grassy areas and a picnic area.
Ponte do Porto/ Ponte de Prozelo
- heritage
Rua da Ponte do Porto
4720-612, Prozelo
Bridge over the Cávado river with a length of 150 meters. It dates from the 14th century and stands out for the irregular dimensions and shapes of the various buttress arches that make it up.
Praia Fluvial de Felinhos
- beach
Praia Fluvial de Felinhos
4720, Lago
Bucolic place with calm waters and a large picnic area.
Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
- heritage
Rua de Nossa Senhora da Abadia
4720-643, Amares
Sanctuary composed of via cross chapels, support buildings for pilgrims, fountains, cross and church. The Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Abadia already has a long tradition, being considered by many to be the oldest Marian Sanctuary in Portugal, dating back to the 7th and 8th centuries. Surrounding it is a stunning nature.
Mosteiro de Santo André de Rendufe / Mosteiro de Rendufe
- heritage
Avenida do Mosteiro
4720-626, Mosteiro
Baroque Benedictine monastery renovated in the 16th and 18th centuries. It has a church, rebuilt in the 18th century, with a symmetrical facade and two bell towers. The barrel-vaulted roof and the gilded altarpiece are worth highlighting. Also, worth mentioning, although it is in ruins, is the cloister area, made up of nine-bay galleries, with Tuscan granite columns, a decorative fountain in the center made of carved stone and several flowerbeds.
Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Bouro
- heritage
Largo do Terreiro
4720-633, Terreiro
Although the conventual part is in ruins, the church, rebuilt in the 18th century, presents a harmonious façade dominated by five sculptures representing the four evangelists and Saint Louis. Inside, the gilded altarpiece and the Joanine sacristy stand out with paneled and painted ceilings, and walls covered in historic tiles. The cloister is made up of seven sections of arcades with Tuscan columns. It is currently adapted as a guesthouse.
Foz do Rio Homem
- beach
- country
Rio Homem
4720, Lago
The Homem River is a tributary on the right bank of the Cávado, with a length of 37 kilometers. It rises in the Serra do Gerês and it is on this river that the Vilarinho das Furnas hydroelectric plant is located.
Praia da Malheira
- beach
Praia da Malheira
4720, Bico
Pleasant place, located on the left bank of the Homem River, with plenty of wooded space and a children's playground. In this area, the river is low and its waters are very calm.