If you ever hear someone say Portugal doesn’t have a proper national park, they’ve simply not made it up to Gerês.

• Border Park In northern Portugal along the Spanish border, Peneda Geres is a lovely jumble of regenerating oak forests, plateau peat bogs, green valleys, and 300-million-year-old granite heights. • ...

This national park is the only one in Portugal and features hidden gems like Roman roads, trickling waterfalls, and epic ...

Parque Nacional Peneda-Gerês, the only national park in Portugal, is an under-explored destination unique in every way. Most visitors to Portugal make a beeline for the beaches or head straight to the ...

Glide over Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal’s only national park, where wild horses roam lush valleys and granite peaks ...

One of the best ways to describe Portugal is “small but dense.” The trendy but tiny country is known for its big cities and beautiful beaches, but it’s when you get beyond those that things really get ...

This story appears in the July 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At nightfall, biologist Francisco Álvares walks through the village of Pitões das Júnias, in northern Portugal, greeting old ...

In the quiet mountain villages of northern Portugal, centuries-old stone water tanks and irrigation channels may now be serving a surprising new purpose. At Peneda-Gerês National Park, Portugal's ...

Mexico's tourism challenges ahead of FIFA World CupA pair of violent events in Mexico this year have cast a shadow on the destination as it prepares to host three World Cup... Beaches programs say ...

Hi, Clousie, Here's the write-up from my trip to the park -- it was in February, 2009 and we had great weather. Here is a link to my pictures: http://picasaweb.google ...

Located 50 mi/80 km northeast of Porto and abutting the border with Spain on either side of the Lima River, Portugal's Peneda-Geres National Park is rich in mountain scenery and wildlife. Hike or ...