Caminha

Caminha sits at the mouth of the Rio Minho, looking across the wide estuary to Spain. The town has a well-preserved medieval centre with a handsome main square (Praca do Conselheiro Silva Torres), a 15th-century Matriz church with an impressive carved ceiling, and the atmosphere of a border town that has watched traffic between two countries for centuries.

The Rio Minho is wide and tidal here, and the views across to the Spanish town of A Guarda are expansive. Caminha has good services, comfortable accommodation, and excellent seafood. The town is the final Portuguese stop on the coastal variant before crossing into Spain.