Algares
Amieiros
Amiosinho
Amioso Cimeiro
Amioso do Senhor
Amioso Fundeiro
Boiça
Cabeçadas
Candeia
Caniçal
Carrasqueira
Casal Novo
Chã de Alvares
Cilha Velha
Coelhosa
Corga da Vaca
Cortes
Estevianas
Fonte dos Sapos
Fonte Limpa
Foz de Alvares
Lomba
Madeiros
Mega Cimeira
Mega Fundeira
Milreu
Obrais
Portela do Torgal
Relva da Mó
Roda Cimeira
Roda Fundeira
Simantorta
Telhada
Vale da Fonte
Vale do Laco
Varzina

The little village of Foz de Alvares is built on a ridge high on the valley side overlooking the two rivers of the Rio Unhais and the Ribeira da Simantorta at the point where they join (‘Foz’ in Portuguese).
A narrow road runs between the houses, originally built for ox-carts, too steep and twisty for motorized vehicles. A new road has been constructed around the village. On the day that we took the photos of this village there were a remarkable number of little blue butterflies flying over the grass.

Where the two rivers meet there was once a mill, and there were two more mills close together on the Rio Unhais. From Foz de Alvares to Simantorta there were 6 more mills in the river valley. Unfortunately there is now much less water in the rivers than there was 30 years ago.
The land around the village was cultivated with everything the land could produce. People used to keep goats and sheep, and the life was hard. They went to the chapel of Chã de Alvares for mass, and the school was also there.
Some of the inhabitants worked for the resin company in Chã de Alvares. There was also an old goldmine in a place called “Vale das Barrocas” that stopped being worked more than 50 years ago.