Terras de Cavaleiros UNESCO Global Geopark

UNESCO Global Geopark, inscribed 2015, in Portugal. Experience the Wild Boar Gastronomic Route, held annually on the last weekend of January, as local restaurants present traditional dishes featuring this regional speciality. Visit the Olive Oil Museum "Solar dos Cortiços," housed in a former schist and granite olive press in the village of Cortiços. Restored in 2005, it preserves the history of olive oil production, which ceased at the site in 1953. Discover the Royal Filatory of Chacim, a rare example of the industrialisation of sericulture in Trás-os-Montes, illustrating the historical cultivation of silkworms and the process of silk extraction.