Montesinho Nature Park
Head Office, Bairro Salvador Nunes Teixeira, Lote 5, Apartado 90, 5300 Bragança
Phone: +351 273 300 400 - Fax: +351 273 381 179
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The Montesinho Nature Park is wild and relatively untouched and covers some 70,000 hectares (about 270 square miles). It stretches from Bragança and Vinhais to the Spanish border. The head office (or the office in Vinhais) will provide leaflets, maps and details of the flora, fauna and circuits. The park is home to more than 150 bird species including the eagle, kite and hunting kestrel. Wildlife includes the wild boar, fox, deer, wild cat badger and otter also the horned viper and the Iberian wall lizard. Highest points are the Coroa mountain range at 1,273 metres and Montesinho at 1,486 metres.
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