{
  "name": "Serra do Marão Road",
  "slug": "serra-do-marao-en15",
  "url": "https://www.bestdrivingroads.com/roads/serra-do-marao-en15/",
  "summary": "Every journey into Trás-os-Montes once came over this mountain, until the A4 tunnel took the traffic and left the EN 15 to people like us. Amarante to Vila Real across the granite tops around 1,000 m, a long flowing string of curves with hardly anyone on it.",
  "roadNumbers": [
    "EN 15"
  ],
  "location": {
    "country": "Portugal",
    "region": "Vila Real",
    "start": {
      "name": "Amarante",
      "lat": 41.260519,
      "lon": -8.025898
    },
    "end": {
      "name": "Vila Real",
      "lat": 41.284875,
      "lon": -7.760131
    }
  },
  "measurements": {
    "lengthMiles": 24.1,
    "lengthKm": 38.8,
    "driveMinutes": 48,
    "corners": 80,
    "hairpins": 3,
    "maxGradientPercent": 8,
    "summitMetres": 1021,
    "elevationConfidence": "measured",
    "difficulty": "moderate",
    "tightnessOutOf10": 5
  },
  "timing": {
    "bestSeasons": [
      "spring",
      "summer",
      "autumn"
    ]
  },
  "conditions": {},
  "hazards": [
    "Drifting mist on the summit stretch",
    "Slick leaves and damp granite in autumn",
    "Slow local traffic on blind bends"
  ],
  "scenery": [
    "mountain",
    "valley",
    "forest"
  ],
  "pointsOfInterest": [
    "Centenário da Florestação da Serra do Marão",
    "Cruzeiro de Parada de Cunhos",
    "Queda de água do Ribeiro dos Azibais"
  ],
  "geometry": {
    "pointCount": 441
  },
  "attribution": {
    "source": "Routes - bestdrivingroads.com",
    "citation": "Cite with a link to the road page. Stats are measured from the mapped line, not copied from other lists; where elevationConfidence is \"approximate\" the 30 m DEM cannot resolve that line and the elevation figures are indicative.",
    "roadGeometry": "(c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
    "terms": "Facts are free to cite with attribution; bulk reproduction of the catalogue requires permission (simon@keane.studio)."
  },
  "updated": "2026-07-25"
}