# The Zêzere glacial valley, from Manteigas to Torre

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/zezere-glacial-valley · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Duración: 3 h
- Temporada: All year; in winter the upper part is closed by snow
- Para quién: Everyone by car; on foot, in mountain footwear

13 km of U-shaped valley, one of the largest glacial valleys in Europe, below the Cântaros. By car or on foot along the bottom. Road · 2–4 h

The Zêzere rises beneath Torre and runs down a 13 km U-shaped valley carved by ice, one of the largest glacial valleys in Europe. The road from Manteigas to Torre runs along all of it; on either side rise Cântaro Magro, Cântaro Gordo and Cântaro Raso, granite masses up to 1,928 m. Do it from bottom to top in the late afternoon, with low sun on the granite, and stop at Covão d'Ametade.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Coordenadas: 40.37, -7.578

## Cerca de aquí

- [Hotel Berne](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-stay/hotel-berne), a 4.4 km
- [Hotel Berne Restaurant](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-eat/hotel-berne-restaurant), a 4.4 km
- [Covão d'Ametade, the glacial lagoon of Cântaro Magro](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/covao-d-ametade), a 4.6 km
- [Casa das Penhas Douradas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-stay/casa-das-penhas-douradas), a 5.0 km
- [Nubbin, restaurant of the Casa das Penhas Douradas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/where-to-eat/nubbin), a 5.0 km
- [Penhas Douradas, the balcony over Manteigas](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/penhas-douradas), 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 5.9 km
- [Torre, at 1,993 m, the roof of mainland Portugal](https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/central-portugal/serra-da-estrela/things-to-do/torre-summit), a 6.1 km

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