Açôr
Ádela
Aldeia Velha
Carrimá
Carvalhal
Coiços
Foz da Cova
Loural
Malhada
Quinta das Águias
Quinta de Belide
Ribeira de Ádela
Ribeiro de Além
Roçaio
Saião
Salgado
Sobral
Soito
Vale de Asna

Aldeia Velha sits high on the side of the Ceira valley. At 800m above sea level, it is the second highest village in the Góis region. Around the village there are stunning views to the Serra do Caramulo and the Serra da Estrela. A narrow cobbled street leads down from the village, with several narrow lanes between the houses. The older buildings in the village are constructed from the local stone and clay. The roofs are covered with stone slabs, also quarried from the local stone. Down one of the streets a wall has been constructed using large slabs of xisto stone. Below the village the valley has been terraced. Some of the terraces are over 3m in height. The land around the village is still cultivated, and around the fields and terraces the villagers have hung plastic bags, old sheets and clothes to deter the ‘javali’ (wild boar) from damaging the crops.

Aldeia Velha has a modern chapel at the top of the village, dedicated to Nossa Senhora do Liberamento. An old wash-house stands behind the chapel, the large concrete wash-basins have sunk into the floor of the wash-house, leaving the wash-basins at odd angles.
Aldeia Velha has a ‘Casa do Convivio’ – a large building by the festa area shaded by three large pine trees. On the hills around the village there are still many chestnut trees, that have historically provided timber for the buildings. Chestnuts are gathered in the autumn as a valuable food and commodity for sale.
The mills where the villagers use to grind their maize were: Moinho da Figueira Branca, Moinho do Coiço and Moinho do Loural. The olives were pressed  at  Colmeal or Carvalhal do Sapo.
In the past there was a school in Carvalhal do Sapo for the children of the two villages, Aldeia Velha and Carvalhal do Sapo. When it closed the children went to Colmeal school - a walk of one and a half hours each way. Now, since the school at Colmeal has closed, they need to go to Góis by bus.
As the villagers in the past had no clocks, their day was defined by cock crow and the movement of the wolves. The wolves used to come down into the village when it got dark, and only left again when it became daylight. So the people of the village did not leave their homes during the night and only got up when the cock crowed in the morning  (5am in the summer).

An old story tells how the village got its name. The story goes that there were once two tailors, mother and daughter, both with the name of Alda. They were known as ‘Alda Nova’ (young Alda) and ‘Alda Velha’ (old Alda). People from the neighbouring villages came to this village to have their clothes made, and some people chose  to give the work to the ‘Alda Velha’ and some to  the ‘Alda Nova’. Thus the place got the name Aldeia Velha. (This is a much more creative explanation than the prosaic fact that ‘aldeia ‘ in Portuguese means ‘village’!)
Aldeia Velha is mentioned in the population census of 1527 as having one permanent dwelling.