As you climb up from the Ceira valley towards Corterredor, the road twists and turns as it climbs alongside the Ribeira do Corterredor, going from pine and chestnut woodland to terraces and olive trees. The village itself is one of the most beautiful in the Góis region. The xisto houses are much taller than other houses in the region, some rising to four floors, tightly squashed in among their neighbours.

Another peculiarity of the village is that the construction holes from wooden scaffolding have been left unfilled, leaving regular holes about 100mm square in the fronts of the buildings. One of the smallest and most rustic wash-houses in any of the villages is to be found in Corrterredor, and stands in contrast to the modern white concrete wash-house at the top of the village. Narrow steep lanes lead up to the small church,dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Conceição. The tower of the church has been built to extend above the bells in order to make room for the clock faces.

Over the single-arched bridge, on the other side of the valley, is the olive press, in working order but no longer in use. The main road continues through the village, turning into a forest track leading to the village of Mestras. The old ox-track survives to the west of  Corterredor, and the grooves from the wheels of the ox-carts are still visible as it follows the river valley passing through several abandoned villages.

According to one source, Corterredor was the birthplace of the Barão de Louredo (although another source cites Sandinha). Born Manuel Lourenço Baeta Neves in 1814, he was made a baron by King D. Luis I in 1869, and was responsible for many good works in the freguesia of Cadafaz, including the building of bridges at Corterredor and Cabreira.