Hello traveling friends! We are going to take a short tour in one of the oldest natural parks in Portugal, it is Cabeรงo de Montachique, to visit it we can arrive by public transport, or also if you dare like me, do the path that runs through several hills in the parish of "Pizarra", today was a relaxed day, I didn't try very hard to get here and even though the walk lasted two hours, the landscape inside the park rewards every minute spent on this beautiful journey! Join me on my adventure!๐๐โโ๏ธ๐งญ
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entrance to the Cabeรงo de Montachique fort๐โโ๏ธ๐๐
hola amigos viajeros! vamos a realizar un pequeรฑo recorrido en uno de los parques naturales mas antiguos de Portugal, se trata de Cabeรงo de Montachique, para visitarlo podemos llegar en transporte publico, o tambien si te animas como yo hacer el sendero que recorre varias colinas de la parroquia de "Pizarra", hoy fue un dia relajado no me esforce mucho para llegar aqui y apesar de la caminata haber sido de dos horas el paisaje dentro del parque recompensa cada minuto gastados en esta hermosa travesia! acompaรฑame a mi aventura! ๐๐๐
Trail extension๐งญ๐/Extension del sendero๐๐ฉ
Let's analyze the length of the trail, first of all you will walk about 3-4km if you start from the village of Salemas which we already saw in one of the previous posts, most of the trail you will do on the road so it is not something that It is very physically demanding! I would even say that it is a trail for beginners, however there are moments where you cross some hills and there I recommend that you have hiking boots and walking sticks because you could come across a very muddy path! What is the best height of the year? summer without a doubt! The area is humid and high so even in the summer itself the weather is pleasant! but you won't have as many mosses and mushrooms to photograph!๐งญ๐๐
Vamos analizar la extension del sendero, primero que nada vas a caminar unos 3-4km si partes desde la aldea de Salemas la cual ya vimos en uno de los post anterior, la mayoria del sendero lo vas hacer en carretera por tanto no es algo que tiene mucha exigencia fisica! hasta diria que es un sendero para principiantes sin embargo hay momentos donde atraviesas unas colinas y alli te recomiendo que tengas botas de excursion y bastones porque podrias toparte con un camino con mucho lodo! cual es la mejor altura del aรฑo? verano sin duda! el area es humeda y alta por tanto hasta en el mismo verano el clima es agradable! pero no tendras tantos musgos y hongos para fotografiar!๐พ๐๐ฉ
I leave you the coordinates of the place but as you can see it is essential to use gmaps or you will end up getting lost since you have to follow several dirt roads that do not appear on the map if you have it in vehicle mode! It is worth doing the walk, the Mediterranean landscape is very varied and you won't believe me but I got to see some free ones, footprints of various animals and if you come in the afternoon almost at dusk you may see some wild boars!๐๐งญ๐
Te dejo las coordenadas del lugar pero como puedes ver es indispensable utilizar el gmaps o te vas acabar perdiendo ya que hay que seguir varios caminos de tierra que no figuran en el mapa si lo tienes en modo vehiculo! vale la pena hacer la caminata el paisaje mediterranico es muy variado y no me creeras pero llegue a ver algunas libres, huellas de varios animales y si vienes en la tarde casi al oscureser puede que veas algunos jabalis!๐ฒ๐
History of the park๐งญ๐/Historia del parque๐๐ฉ
When we arrive at the park we are greeted by several signs and beautiful images referring to the space that borders the park, which is the "Lousa mountain range", one of the most beautiful parks in the north of Lisbon. The records of the park are that it was built in the 18th century at that time the king was Don Manuel I. I don't know if you had knowledge but for kings and high class people visiting parks like these was good entertainment because hunting was a popular sport among the rich!๐๐งญ๐
cuando llegamos al parque nos reciben varios letreros e imagenes bonitas referentes al espacio que bordea el parque que es la "sierra de Lousa" uno de los parques mas bonitos del norte de Lisboa, los registros que se tienen del parque es que fue construido en el siglo XVIII en esa epoca el rey era Don Manuel I no se si tenias conocimientos pero para los reyes y la gente de alta clase visitar parques como estos era un buen entretenimiento porque la caza era un deporte popular entre los ricos!๐โโ๏ธ๐๐
The most interesting part of the history of the park is when we arrived at the beginning of the 18th century with Napoleon's invasion of the country, and the park was part of the defensive line of Torres Vedras, I also explained this in another of my posts, it was a set of forts that protected the north of Lisbon and this meant that a fort was built within the park which today we can visit and it will seem strange to you but it was what motivated me to visit the park because by photographing it I would literally visit all the forts on the line defensive!๐๐๐โโ๏ธ
La parte mas interesante de la historia del parque es cuando llegamos a principios del XVIII con la invasion de Napoleon al pais, y el parque formo parte la linea defensiva de torres vedras, esto tambien lo explique en otro de mis post, fue un conjunto de fuertes que protegieron el norte de Lisboa y esto significo que dentro del parque se construyo un fuerte el cual hoy en dia lo podemos visitar y te parecera extraรฑo pero fue lo que me motivo visitar el parque porque al fotografiarlo literalmente visitaria todos los fuertes de la linea defensiva!๐จโ๐ซ๐คฏ
The Battle of the English in the Park๐งญ๐/La batalla de los ingleses en el parque๐๐ฉ
The allies of the Portuguese for almost all of their history were the English and in the case of Napoleon's invasion, General Lord Wellington in 1846 led the battle of Lineas de Torres Vedras and it is reported that in the forest a retreat to Lisbon was ordered when They were surrounded by French troops so there is history among so much vegetation!๐๐งญ๐
Los aliados de los Portugueses por casi toda su historia fueron los ingleses y en el caso de la invasion de Napoleon el general Lord Wellington en 1846 encabeza el cambate de Lineas de torres vedras y se relata que en el bosque se ordeno una retirada a Lisboa cuando se vieron cercados con unas tropas francesas por tanto hay historia entre tanta vegetacion!
All these stones are actually what remains of the structures that protected the defensive line of Torres Vedras! Today nature claims it!๐จโ๐ซ๐คฏ๐โโ๏ธ
todas estas pidras en realidad son lo que queda de las estructuras que protegian la linea defensiva de Torres Vedras! hoy en dia la naturaleza lo reclamo!๐๐ฉ
The magic of water๐งญ๐/La magia del agua๐๐ฉ
In 1950 some rumors arose that the waters of Cabeรงo de Montachique had healing properties and there were even some cases of people who were cured of diseases such as: (anemia and anemorrhea among others) and according to science it may make sense because the water is very calcium and this confers a certain level of purity! Therefore the park was frequently visited to collect water that came down the mountain and formed small streams!๐งญ๐๐พ
En 1950 surgieron algunos rumores que las aguas de Cabeรงo de Montachique tenian propiedades curativas y hasta se registraron algunos casos de personas que se curaron de enfermedades como: (anemias y anemorreas entre otras) y segun la ciencia puede que tenga sentido porque el agua es muy calcica y esto confiere un cierto nivel de pureza! por tanto el parque era muy visitado para recolectar agua que bajaba por la montaรฑa y se formaban pequeรฑos riachuelos!๐๐๐ตโโ๏ธ
Favorite activities in the park๐งญ๐/Activades favoritas en el parque๐๐ฉ
As you can see the landscape in the park, despite being very busy and being one of the most visited parks in Lisbon, it remains very protected and virgin and entry is not allowed in many preservation areas, for this the park has an area picnic which is where people can have barbecues among other activities! You cannot enter by bicycle or with pets, you can run inside the park and walk! do physical exercise with machines or even paintball! There is also a tennis court!๐๐งญ๐ฉ
Como puedes ver el paisaje en el parque apesar de ser muy concurrido y ser uno de los parques mas visitados de Lisboa se mantiene muy protegido y virgen y es que no se permite la entrada en muchas areas de preservacion, para ello el parque cuenta con area de picnic que es donde las personas pueden hacer parrilladas entre otras actividades! no puedes entrar en bicicleta ni con mascotas, puedes correr dentro del parque caminar! hacer ejercicio fisico con maquinas o hasta paintball! tambien hay una cancha de tenis!๐โโ๏ธ๐จโ๐ป
Park landscapes๐งญ๐/Paisajes del parque๐๐ฉ
It was a fantastic experience that I enjoyed today in the park! I learned a lot more about Portugal and also the landscapes we saw are extraordinary, without a doubt they are one of those experiences to repeat in the future! maybe in spring!๐๐ตโโ๏ธ
Fue una experiencia fantastica la que disfrute hoy en el parque! aprendi mucho mas de Portugal y ademas los paisajes que vimos son extraordinario, sin duda son de aquellas experiencias para repetir en el futuro! quizas en primavera!๐ป๐
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