Mealhada

municipality and city in Portugal

Mealhada is a city and municipality of about 20,000 people in Beira Litoral, Portugal. It's in the subregion of Bairrada, an agro-viticulture zone of central Portugal.

Understand

Palace Hotel do Bussaco

Mealhada (mee-uh-LYAH-duh, /mi.ɐ.ˈʎa.dɐ/) municipality has 19,358 residents (2021 preliminary). The municipality includes the towns of Luso and Pampilhosa.

Get in

By car

A1 motorway exit: Mealhada.

By train

Trains between Aveiro & Coimbra.

The principal stations in the area are: Linha do Norte: Pampilhosa, Mealhada, Mogofores, O.Bairro, Oia, Paraimo/Sangalhos, Curia, Aguim.

Linha da Beira Alta: Pampilhosa, Luso/Bussaco, Quinta do Valongo/Vacarica, Trezoi.

Ramal da Figueira/Cantanhede: Pampilhosa, Mala.

Get around

walk

See

Grande Hotel Luso
  • 🌍 Miradouro da Cruz Alta, Luso. Viewpoint at the highest point of Serra do Buçaco at 547 m (1,795 ft). There's a tall cross in dense wooded forest. (updated Jun 2021)
  • 🌍 Parque da Cidade de Mealhada (Mealhada's City Park). 14 hectares (35 acres) for leisure-time enjoyment, including sports and recreation. There's an Environmental Interpretation Center to inform about ecological issues. (updated Jun 2021)

Do

Central Mealhada/jardim/cafes.

Carnaval da Bairrada/Mealhada

Buy

Eat

Drink

Regional spumantes (wines/vinho espumante da Bairrada).

Sleep

Go next

Coimbra, a university town with several monuments, city museums, parks.

  • Aveiro, the Venice of Portugal, a city with canals.
  • Beaches: Mira, Figueira da Foz, Serras do Bucaco & Caramulo..
  • The bucolic town of Luso, the villages of Bucaco (Bussaco Palace hotel), Forest/Mata do Bussaco, Cruz Alta.

Also: Curia (spa/garden and lagoon).

  • Aveiro/Barra/Costa Nova/Ilhavo (Vista Alegre/ceramics)/Ria de Aveiro/Sao Jacinto peninsula.
  • Coimbra, hub city, university & other monuments in the capital of central Portugal.
  • Mira/Praia de Mira (beach).
  • Agueda/Fermentelos (lagoon).
  • Figueira da Foz, a panoramic city at the mouth of Mongedo; beach/Costa de Prata, casino.
  • Porto, monumental city (cidade Invicta), capital of Norte.
  • Viseu, historic city, museum.
  • Penacova, a town by the Mondego river.
  • Lousa, a lovely mountain town.

Plus:

Routes through Mealhada
Porto ← Aveiro ←  N  S  → Coimbra


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