Portuguese way ‧ Stage 15

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Km 0 ‧ Oporto

The reference point for leaving Porto is the Plaza Carlos Alberto, where the monument to the fallen of World War I is located. From there we take the pedestrianised Rua de Cedofeita, heading north. We arrive at the Chapel of Ramada Alta. Behind the chapel we take rua 9 de Julho; without leaving it we cross a pedestrian passage under a block of flats, come out onto rua da Constituição, cross it, pass under another block of flats and turn left. Shortly after we pass in front of the church of Carvalhido and follow the street of the same name in the same direction. Cross under the A20 motorway (Porto ring road). We continue straight on along the Montes dos Burgos road. We walk under the A4 motorway and continue straight on. Shortly after, we enter Araújo by crossing the railway track above.

Km 9,3 ‧ Araújo

In the square 100 metres from the church there is a fork with arrows in two directions where we will go straight ahead. Beyond the Porto Metro tracks we enter Custió. We then leave the road on the right hand side to take a street that takes us down to the Ponte de Moreira, over the river Leça. After this, we cross the A41 motorway over an overpass, turn right onto the airport avenue until we reach a large roundabout and, in the same direction, continue another 400 metres along the N13. We arrive at Moreira de Maia.

Km 13,0 ‧ Moreira da Maia

We turn right onto Rua Mestre Clara. Turn right onto rua Manuel Baptista Barrios. We immediately follow the rua Engenheiro Frederico Ulrich to the left and shortly after, to the left, the rua-carretera do Outeiro. We are in the middle of the industrial estate of Maia. Outeiro is the first village at the exit of the industrial estate. We continue in the same direction, along a narrow street-road with continuous population centres until we reach Mosteiró.

Km 17,6 ‧ Mosteiró

Further on we see the church of Vilar on the right hand side, at the end of a wide street with two roads separated by trees. We come out onto the national road N306: narrow and with hardly any hard shoulder. We continue on until we reach Giao.

Km 21,9 ‧ Gião

We turn right into rua da Igreja. Shortly after, we pass the church of Gião on our right and continue along the quiet streets, which are slightly uphill. We cross the village of Tresval. We arrive at the crossroads of Vairão.

Km 23,9 ‧ Vairão

We continue along the cobbled streets. We turn left at the São João chapel. Before arriving at Vilarinho we follow a short stretch of dirt road through a wooded area. At the entrance to the village we turn right and, when we come out onto the road, we follow it to the left.

Km 26,5 ‧ Vilarinho

We leave Vilarinho along the rua da Ponte de Ave, which is none other than the national road N-306. A little more than 1 km further on, turn right onto the road that leads down to the beautiful Zameiro bridge over the River Ave. We soon come out again onto the N-306, which we follow for a few metres before leaving it on the left. Further on, we return to the same national road, to leave it again by a paved road on the right. We arrive at São Mamede.

Km 31,4 ‧ São Mamede

We continue along a street in the same direction. We cross the A7 motorway at a subway. We will see in front of us the church of Arcos. We cross the Ponte de São Miguel de Arcos, a beautiful medieval bridge over the river Este.

Km 34 ‧ São Miguel de Arcos