Carrazeda de Ansiães is a town of 6,400 people (2011) in Alto Douro wine region of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, northern Portugal.

Understand

Roman aqueduct

Carrazeda de Ansiães (kuh-rruh-ZIH-duh d(ih) uhn-see-UHNEESH, /ka.ʁɐ.ˈze.dɐ dɨ ɐ̃.si.ˈɐ̃jʃ/) municipality has 6,373 residents (2011), with about 1,700 in the town itself.

Get in

• 1 Tua Railway Station (Estação Ferroviária do Tua). PDF timetable. Railway station in the municipality served by Interregional trains on the Linha do Douro (Douro Valley Line) from Porto and Peso da Régua. (updated Aug 2021)

The nearest motorway is the A4 (Autoestrada de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro), from which the IC5 road provides access to the town.

See

Much of the town's architecture dates to the late 19th century, and it has some medieval structures that highlight the region's history.

São Salvador de Ansiães Church, built in the 13th century

• The Church of São Salvador (Igreja Matriz de Ansiães/Igreja de São Salvador/Igreja de Ansiães), dating to the 13th century, was built in the Romanesque-style, identifiable by its ornate entrance portico with sculpted images of the four evangelical saints in granite.
• Many of the villages in the area are dotted by pillories marking the administrative authority of kingdom, including the pelourinho de Ansiães (the oldest) dating to the 15th century.
• The 18th-century pillory of Carrazeda de Ansiães was erected after Ansiães was substituted as the municipal seat.

Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães

The following are classified as National Monuments (Monumentos Nacionais) in the municipality of Carrazeda de Ansiães:

• Dolmens of Vilarinho (Antas de Vilarinho/Pala da Mouro)
• Prehistoric-Rock Art of Cachão da Rapa (Fraga Pintada do Cachão da Rapa
• Pillory of Ansiães (Pelourinho de Ansiães
• 1 Castle of Carrazeda de Ansiães (Castelo de Ansiães). The ruins of a medieval castle, which includes a few peculiarities, such as small Traitors' Gate alongside the keep tower, and remnants of barbicans along the walls, in addition to examples of primitive cisterns in relative good state (although obstructed), and three peaks. It is open to the public.  

Eat

• 1 Restaurante Calça Curta, Av. da Estação, Foz Tua, 5140-133 Castanheiro, ☏ +351 278 685, restaurantecalcacurta@gmail.com. (updated Oct 2019)

Sleep

Bed & Breakfast

• 1 Casal de Tralhariz, Rua Central, Tralhariz, 5140-136 Castanheiro, ☏ +351 278 618 042, geral@casaldetralhariz.com. Check-in: 15:00 – 20:00, check-out: 09:00 – 12:00. Portuguese category: Turismo de Habitação (updated Oct 2019)

Hotel

• 2 Hotel Casa do Tua, Av. da Estação, 5, Foz Tua, 5140-133 Castanheiro, ☏ +351 278 681 116, casadotua@hotmail.com. Check-in: 15:00 – 23:00, check-out: 08:00 – 12:00. 2-star hotel. (updated Oct 2019)