It is a bit disappointing to get there since there are even ruins of old radars around. However, there is so much to explore around so I was very glad to visit the Portuguese mountains.
This article will give you all necessary tips to visit Torre and its wonderful surrounding mountains and villages. Torre is the highest point of mainland Portugal but there is also mountain Pico located in the Azores islands, which is 2, m high.
I climbed Torre as a part of my project European Peaks during which I climbed the highest peak of every European country. My trip to Portugal started in Madrid because all other flights from Malta were insanely expensive.
My plan was to take a train to Guarda, a city at the foothills of the Serra de Estrela mountains but the only daily train was unfortunately fully booked. I had to find a different solution then and I found a good alternative. I took a train to the city Salamanca which was closest to the Portuguese border and I rented a car there to continue.
After I reached the city Guarda by car, I took a small dinner β a great piglet. I also bought a bottle of port wine for the evening and set out for the trip to the highest mountain Torre. I got to the top just before sunset. The climb was not demanding at all because, as I mentioned, there is a road to the top with even a roundabout on the actual peak.
