# Penhas Douradas, the balcony over Manteigas

What to do en Serra da Estrela · Serra da Estrela

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/penhas-douradas · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 1 h
- Temporada: All year; at sunset
- Para quién: Everyone

The mountain viewpoint over the valley, with the old meteorological observatory and oddly shaped granite rocks. Viewpoint · 1 h · Sunset

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.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 40.414, -7.556

## Cerca de aquí

- [Casa das Penhas Douradas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-stay/casa-das-penhas-douradas), a 280 m
- [Nubbin, restaurant of the Casa das Penhas Douradas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-eat/nubbin), a 280 m
- [Casa de São Lourenço](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-stay/casa-de-sao-lourenco), a 1.5 km
- [Fatiga, restaurant of the Casa de São Lourenço](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-eat/fatiga), a 1.5 km
- [Hotel Berne](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-stay/hotel-berne), a 2.6 km
- [Hotel Berne Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-eat/hotel-berne-restaurant), a 2.6 km
- [The Zêzere glacial valley, from Manteigas to Torre](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/zezere-glacial-valley), a 5.2 km
- [Poço do Inferno waterfall and its PR1 trail](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/poco-do-inferno), a 5.6 km

Destino: [Serra da Estrela](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela.md)