Paredes de Coura displays a truly luxurious verdant landscape. As a way of honouring explorers from other regions, it offers quality tourism in an environmental and rural perspective. The grandness of this place also embraces a cultural form with various types of expression that go from the most traditional to the totally modern. Here, the municipality’s Cultural Centre stands out, as the stage of various dance and musical shows, theatre, cinema and conferences. Whet your appetite with trout from the Coura river, kid and “formigos” (a traditional dessert); while embroidery and lace continue to delight handcraft lovers. Year round, the shows and festivals, exhibitions and fairs, stand side by side with Paredes de Coura’s natural beauty, revealing the ethnographic richness of its people.