Açôr
Ádela
Aldeia Velha
Carrimá
Carvalhal
Coiços
Foz da Cova
Loural
Malhada
Quinta das Águias
Quinta de Belide
Ribeira de Ádela
Ribeiro de Além
Roçaio
Saião
Salgado
Sobral
Soito
Vale de Asna

Ribeira de Ádela sits on the boundary between Góis and Arganil. A narrow footpath leads from the road past an old gold mine, now used as a water source. Alongside the path is an old levada, leading to terraces lower down the valley and an old ruined lagar (olive press) on the banks of the river Ceira., at a place called Foz de Ádela. Above the path there are two houses, one of them beautifully restored. The hillsides on both sides of the valley have been terraced, and the higher terraces have been recolonised by native trees.

As you follow the valley the path leads by the Ribeira de Ádela,  (also the name of the stream), whose course, no longer restrained by a levada, flows over the terrace walls as waterfalls. The valley here was once terraced to grow maize and was known locally for its abundance. Further along the valley there are a group of xisto buildings, once used to house goats and sheep, and to store maize. There are scratches on the stone at the side of the door – the marks used to indicate the number of items going in and out of the building.
Higher up the valley there are many more old buildings, now forgotten and overgrown. The old track from Colmeal to Açor and Ádela passes along this way.
Ribeira de Ádela survives because of its present owners, who have lived in the valley for two decades.

N.B. Ribeira de Ádela is privately owned land – please respect the owners’ privacy.