Baião
Tâmega e Sousa
Porto District

Districts of Porto Municipalities

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Tâmega and Sousa, Douro Litoral

Baião, sub-region of Vinho Verde DOC
Baião, in the old Douro Litoral, It is a city and the seat of the municipality of the same name, located in the Northern Region of Portugal, in the district of Porto, Tâmega and Sousa sub-region.

Douro Lands

Besides a great diversity of natural landscapes, another interesting fact is that the municipality of Baião is located in the easternmost part of the Porto District. Its lands, to the south, are bathed by the Douro River, as is the case of the Parish of Santa Cruz do Douro, described by the great Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz in The City and the Mountains.

Furthermore, in addition to its natural beauty, its mountains and valleys, the historical heritage also enchants visitors, starting with the parish of Santa Cruz do Douro, and its foundation dedicated to the greatest name in Portuguese fiction.

Eça de Queiroz Foundation

Located in Parish of Santa Cruz do Douro, Tormes House (Eça de Queiroz Foundation) Tormes House, in the municipality of Baião, "in the surroundings of the powerfully carved valleys of the Douro, as Eça de Queiroz himself describes it, this is the real/fictional setting of the literary work "The City and the Mountains". This house, today, constitutes an important museum center relating to the life and work of the writer Eça de Queiroz" (VisitPortugal), the greatest name in Portuguese fiction. A must-see when you stay in Baião.

Vinho Verde and Mountains

Baião It is one of the 9 sub-regions of the Vinho Verde Demarcated Region. The others are:

Amarante

Ave

Baião

Basto

Cávado

Lima

Monção

Paiva

Sousa

Em Baião, The highlights are the production of sparkling Vinho Verde, especially from the Avesso grape variety, and its delicious local cuisine.

15th Producer of Vinho Verde Wines

The municipality of Baião is one of the most important producers in the RDVV (Região Demarcada dos Vinhos Verdes), the fifth, to be exact, with 1,938,705 liters produced in the 2020-2021 campaign (Portal do Vinho Verde/RDVV), occupying fifteenth place among the 48 municipalities that produce Vinho Verde DOC.

Parishes of Baião

The municipality of Baião is divided into 14 parishes.

Learn more: Parishes of Baião.