Moderate5h24 km8.5 €
Moncorvo Iron Way
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From the Reboredo mountains, one of the largest iron deposits in the Iberian Peninsula, to the icon of metal engineering that is the Dom Luís I Bridge: the Douro iron route.
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Moncorvo Iron Mines
Former iron mining complex in the Reboredo mountains, one of the largest deposits in the Iberian Peninsula, with traces of extraction since Roman times.
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Foz do Sabor Mill
Traditional water-powered mill near the mouth of the Sabor river, in Torre de Moncorvo, tied to cereal milling in the Upper Douro valley.
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Dom Luís I Bridge
Double-deck iron bridge over the Douro river, opened in 1886, an icon of iron engineering linking Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
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