Canedo de Basto is a village best known for its wine; Especially the Vinho Verde is famous for its definite pétillance, giving it a light and fresh taste. Vinho Verde literally means “Green Wine”, referring to its youthful freshness rather than its colour.

Canedo de Basto is located at 2 km’s from Mondim de Basto, which has a has a nice old town center with winding roads, as well as supermarkets, banks, restaurants and a post office. You can enjoy Mondims weekly market on Wednesday.
The town is being overlooked by the hermitage of Senhora da Graca, a beautiful chapel in grind stone, standing proudly on the 990 meter peak of the Monte Farinha. You might even notice the mountains pyramidical shape, reminiscent of a volcano.

This very chapel, Senhora da Graca, is also the setting for a popular religious festival held in July.

The waterfalls of the Ermelo Fisgas are well worth a visit. (And a swim!) Located in the fabulous Alvão Natural Park, this area will offer you astonishing beauty… showing you an idyllic landscape that seems lost in time.

Nature, walk, swim and hike lovers will certainly not be bored! You might also want to take a trip to the Serra do Geres National Park, or Serra Da Cabreira.

If you’re interested in cultural heritage and beautiful cities you will also enjoy visiting:

- Porto (a Unesco World Heritage site)
- Braga (the religious capital of the North with the sanctuary of 'Bom Jesus'
- the charming town Amarante
- Guimarães (also on the Unesco) with nearby excavations of Briteiros (Iron Age) as well

Numerous other ‘exploration-routes’ have been prepared for you - I will gladly provide you with many ideas for fun and unexplored trips.