Penhas Douradas, the balcony over Manteigas

The Penhas Douradas are the mountain's balcony over Manteigas: an old meteorological observatory, houses from an old resting place and granite boulders that wind and snow have sculpted. At sunset you see the ranges of central Portugal in layers. You drive up from Manteigas; at the top there are houses and small hotels where you can sleep cool in summer.