Parque do Barrocal

Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. This is a nice place to enjoy nature and modern landscape architecture, learn more about granite and admire the views! Charming park. Real nature and lovely boulders. Free entrance, about 3 km to walk inside. Great place to visit. The sound of the birds and natural feel to the place makes it a great place to walk and unwind. Free to visit, with a cafe too (although the cafe appears to be closed due to Covid.) Dogs on a leash are welcome. Great place to visit. The sound of the birds and natural feel to the place makes it a great place to walk and unwind. Free to visit, with a cafe too (although the cafe appears to be closed due to Covid.) Dogs on a leash are welcome. A place of ancient spirituality. Unfortunately with today's visiting crowds it's all gone. Happens everywhere, be it in cathedral of Chartres or more local the monastery of Alcobaça. No respect. Beautiful park to get a breath of fresh air in the city. Easy access, lots of parking. Well maintained paths for a walk with great views. Possible for everyone including children. Nice playground for kids near entry/exit. It's possible to have coffee etc as well. We took just over an hour to walk through. Well worth out time! Thank you to the city for this lovely spot! I have been to this place a fair few times as I live in the city of Castelo Branco. It's free to get in, which is one of the reasons I have been there multiple times, plus it is on the route of one of my evening walks. I don't really understand the point of this park, it really is just a pile of rocks just like the rest of the region. Except that here they have built some walkways and viewing platforms to help you get about. They have also built a rather odd tunnel and a large teepee thing out of slatted wood. The reason for the former escapes me completely. Frankly, it feels more like a place for people who would like to go mountaineering, but they are scared of heights. You are never more than a few metres above the ground here even on the highest platform. In fact, I would venture to say that the highest place is actually the slides in the kids' play area. The place does offer some impressive views of the local landscape including the castle the city is named after. I generally view the place as a good site for a bit of a low-level workout, as here you are permitted to climb over pretty much any rock formation you fancy. All over the place there are signs giving some pretty tenuous reasons to take an interest in the collection of boulders you are walking over. They are written in both Portuguese and English. Something that is not written in English, is the emergency escape instructions and route. I will let you come up with your own reasons for that one. If you are in Castelo Branco and have a couple of hours to spare and fancy clambering over some low-level boulders, then give this place a visit. After all, it is free to do. And it really is the main reason to go. That and you will get to see some good views of the area. A beautifully designed park with many little and big pockets - observation decks, wooden paths, terraces, bird watching point AND very abundant flora! Absolutely worth the visit! 💛 (plus completely for free:) Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.