Teleférico de Guimarães - Upper Station - Guimarães, Portugal
Posted by: razalas
N 41° 25.915 W 008° 16.239
29T E 560937 N 4586962
Teleférico de Guimarães The Station above in the mountain.
Waymark Code: WM8VGA
Location: Braga, Portugal
Date Posted: 05/17/2010
Views: 9
This Station is above in the Penha Mountain.
Probably the first cable car to come into operation in Portugal on March 11, 1995, receives visits from all sources, is of Portuguese as a foreign, throughout the year. Makes transportation between the city of Guimarães and Penha Mountain and provides a journey of 1,700 meters, winning an altitude of 400 meters in just a few minutes, where is an extraordinary place of worship throughout the North Country - Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Penha - providing the space for restaurants, hotels, bars, mini golf, cycle-cross circuits, pedestrian routes and a magnificent mountain campground that amaze the thousands of annual visitors.
Equipped with 8 cabins suitable for transporting bicycles.
Type of Aerial Lift: Gondola Lift
Is there a fee to ride this aerial lift?: Yes
If there is a fee please add the costs associated with this lift below.: Bilhete de Adulto ida / volta 4,10 €
Bilhete de Adulto ida 2,55 €
Is this aerial lift primarily;: Mixed Use
Aerial Lifts Web Page:: [Web Link]
Does this lift have more than one primary boarding location?: Yes
If there is more than one primary loading area which one are you waymarking?: Upper Loading Area
Type of lift if described as "other" above.: Not listed
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