Gorgonita
A natural delight
During one of our visits to the northern region of Portugal, we crossed the wonderful Montesinho Natural Park, bordering the Sierra de la Culebra Zamora, a winding road. This nature reserve occupies the territories of Braganza and Vinhais, in the region of Tras-Os-Montes. With an area of over seventy-four thousand hectares, it is one of the largest natural parks in our neighboring country of Portugal. It has a beautiful natural landscape of rolling hills and boulders with a rich vegetation of poplars, alders, willows and large black oak forests, chestnut and oak trees. There is also a great diversity of rare and endemic tree species characteristic of this area.
In this natural environment live many wild animals such as the wolf, roe deer and wild boar, as well as many birds and raptor species. The highest mountain points of the park are the Sierras de Coroa (standing at one thousand two-hundred and seventy-three meters) and Montesinho (standing at one thousand four-hundred and eighty-six meters). There are also valleys crossed by rivers such as the Mind, Rabaçal, the Tuela, the Baceiro, the Taste and Macas. Despite the winding road, it is worth the trouble to visit this natural environment, take a walk (no marked trails) or just inhale a breath of fresh air and admire the scenery, especially in spring and autumn.
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