Lousã 's aqueduct
9:59 AM David Monteiro 0 Comments Category : active vacation , Lousã , Portugal , trekking , vacations , walking
Water was always one of the most precious resources in the world and around here that not different.
In this case water's value shows itself by the power it has to produce electricity with its weight when falling from a certain height … simple. But to have that in this narrow steep valley a small aqueduct was built to conduct the water along the valley keeping the altitude as much as possible until the right place.
The result was a beautiful 2mi aqueduct in the middle of the valley where one can walk.
How to access to the aqueduct? It's not too easy but I can think about to nice ways to do it:
1) Starting from Senhora da Piedade (Lousã) it's possible to find a single trail that will take us to a small village called Talasnal. At this village we can taste a small cake called Talasnico e find the trail down to the aqueduct walking towards down the valley. The trail will last for (+/-) 150m and after that it will be walking across the bushes. Always walking down you can not miss the aqueduct and after finding it is to follow it until the trail that will take us back to the starting point.
2) There is an entrance to the aqueduct from the EN236 road at N40° 05.470' W8° 12.814'. From Lousã you can take a cab until the spot, find the aqueduct and walk back.
Have fun.
David Monteiro
Location: Lousã, Portugal
