Description
Body of stone, soul of legend
The four “altos” that surround the Traba Valley make
admirable lookout points. The valley is open to the
ocean with extensive sands and a coastal lagoon
included. Seen from the beach, the “altos”
themselves provide one of the most spectacular
panoramic views on the Costa da Morte (SCI). Stone
upon stone they rise up to a height of 274 metres
and proclaim their name, according to the form or
legend that tradition gave them. The Pena dos
Mouros, Pena Forcada, O Castelo and the Torre da
Moa are the names of the four peaks that delimit
the space.
We can reach them on foot from A Costa in the
municipality of Traba, or, better still, from the south,
on a route which commences in Pasarela, in the Calo
municipality. Here, popular imagination has given
descriptive names to the most unusual rocks in the
area. A Cachucha, O Berrón, A Aguia, A Tartaruga, O
Gardián are some of them. The same legal
documents that protect them, tells about the
dreamlike scenes created by the accumulation of
rocky forms. Animal and human morphologies
which at each glance put the imagination to the test.
As well as their a esthetic and scenic value the forms
have enormous scientific value because they
provide knowledge about the evolution of the
landscape.