Viana do Castelo · Portugal
Estrada do Soajo
EM 304Arcos de Valdevez to Merufe
The old N304 climbs the Serra do Soajo above Sistelo and the Vez valley, its near-empty curves the sort motoring writers prize. Watch for the garrano ponies; they roam where they please.
Part of the former N304, now signed EM 304, this road climbs through the Serra do Soajo above Sistelo and the Vez valley in the Peneda-Geres region of northern Portugal. Motoring writers prize its sweeping, near-empty mountain curves and the Peneda-Geres scenery. Mind the narrow unguarded edges, free-roaming garrano ponies and patchy surface in the higher sections.
Where it runs7.7 mi · point to point
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Corners
busiest around mile 6Elevation
under 4%4–8%over 8%226.3 – 409 mPoints of interest1 stop
- Os SocalcosViewpoint1.0 mi in
Hazards
- Narrow unguarded edges
- Free-roaming ponies and cattle
- Patchy mountain surface
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“Soajo is the highlight for drivers — a village of espigueiros, the tall granite grain stores that appear in clusters on the hilltops above the valley, reached by roads that climb through increasingly dramatic landscape.”
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