Soajo has had several charters, the last one given in 1514. Later, it would become council, taking in Ermelo and Gavieira, but it was extinct on 17/02/1852, because of the liberal reformations.
This village has about 3.913 hectares and is located about 20 km from Arcos de Valdevez. It is limited on the North side by Gavieira, on the East side by Spain, on the South side by Lindoso and Britelo and on the West side by Gondoriz, Cabana Maior, Vale and Ermelo.
The region... The Soajo village (Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal) is a structured settlement made up of granite houses that are characteristic in mountain regions. The houses are set beside narrow lanes, just wide enough for ox-carts to get by, deeply rutted by the use throughout the centuries.
The rustic houses are distinguishable more by their ethnographic than by their architectural value, being built out of materials regionally available. The cultural heritage without being exuberant and erudite, is an excellent repository of a humankind’s good relationship with nature. While keeping, and maintaining their rural origins, the visitor may enjoy the quietude of the environment and the scenarios, the peacefulness and the rural folk’s tunes.
This village is famous for its communitarian threshing-ground constituted by 24 stone granaries standing on granite. The most ancient one goes back to 1782. These granite monuments were built at a time when corn started being grown on a regular basis and they were used for the protection of cereal from storms and rodents. Part of these granaries are still used by the villagers.
How to get there... From Porto Airport: Take the motorway A3 to Braga/Valença. After 77 km leave the motorway in the exit signposted Arcos de Valdevez. After paying the toll, follow the IC28 until Arcos de Valdevez. After arriving to Arcos de Valdevez, drive about 20 kms on the road E.N. 202 until you get to the village of Soajo.
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