Aigra Nova
Aigra Velha
Alagoa
Albergaria
Alegria
Alvém
Bordeiro
Carcavelos
Carvalhal Miúdo
Casal Bordeiro
Carvão
Casal dos Moinhos
Casalinho de Baixo
Casalinho de Cima
Casal Loureiro
Caselhos
Cerdeira
Cerejeira
Chã e Favaqueira
Cimo de Alvém
Civado
Comareira
Conhais
Cortecega
Esporão
Folgosa
Frontão
Ladeiras
Liboreiro
Luzendas
Outeiro
Manjão
Nogueiro
Pena
Piães
Pião
Pontão do Seladinho
Ponte do Sótão
Portela
Portela de Góis
Póvoa de Cerdeira
Póvoa de Góis
Povorais
Quinta do Carvão
Regateira
Ribeira Cimeira
Ribeira Fundeira
Samoura
São Martinho
Vale Boa
Vale de Maceira
Vale Godinho
Vale Moreiro
Vale Torto
Vale Travasso

The village of Albergaria is situated in a sheltered valley a little way up the Ribeira de Ponte de Sotão, 500m from the village of Ponte de Sotão. The valley here is broad and fertile. The Roman road runs close by, and was used in the middle ages as a trade and pilgrimage route. The ‘Quinta da Albergaria’ was built close to the road, and offered lodgings and stabling for the night (the name Albergaria means “place of lodging”).

There is a local story about the Quinta from a distant era, that tells of a planned kidnapping and ransom of the owner by some disreputable gang. A servant allegedly spotted, through the keyhole, the knives worn by one of the gang members, and tipped off the owner. He then lay in wait for the gang, feigning sleep – and shot dead the hapless ruffian who first approached him, threatening the others with the same fate. The story concludes with the assertion that the body is buried in the garden in front of the Quinta. In another version of the story, a fake ‘saint’ was brought by some men into the Quinta’s private chapel, as a gift. As before, it was a servant who spotted that the ‘saint’ was up to no good, when she saw his eyes move, and alerted the owner of the Quinta. The owner is said to have hidden himself until the saint pulled back his cowl, then shot him. Once again, his fellow thieves ran away, and left their associate to be buried in the garden.

The Quinta was important as an employer, not only in Albergaria itself, but also for people in neighbouring villages, many of whom came looking for work and stayed at the Quinta for the rest of their life. However, instead of payment in money, the Quinta provided accommodation, food and clothes to the worker, and once a year, a pair of boots. This practice is said to have continued into the early part of the 20th century.
Next to the Quinta is the olive press, now derelict. When it was working, the water supply that drove the wheel was piped over the road in iron pipes, that are still in place today. A little higher up the road is the village itself. Narrow cobbled streets lead between the houses. The lay-out of the village is slightly different than usual, in that it does not appear to have gardens and has fewer small pieces of cultivated land than other villages. Because it was owned by the Quinta, the land is in larger fields and the villagers worked for the Quinta.