Activity
Teleférico de Guimarães
Cable car from the edge of Guimarães up Penha mountain, running since 1995; at the top a sanctuary, mini golf, walking routes and a campsite.
- Address
- Rua Aristides de Sousa Mendes (lower station), Guimarães
Great with kids
A cable car ride with mini golf and walks at the top. Research.
The notes
What the sources say (research)
- Probably the first cable car to open in Portugal, on 11 March 1995; it links the city with Penha mountain and the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Penha. [cp.pt]
- At the top: restaurants, a hotel, bars, mini golf, cyclocross circuits, walking routes and a campsite. [cp.pt]
- CP offers discounts for groups of 3 or more travelling by train to Guimarães for the cable car. [cp.pt]
- Prices and hours: the operator’s (Turipenha) price page did not render for us. Check turipenha.pt before you go.