Serra de São Mamede
Quinta do Pomarinho is partly located in natural park Serra de São Mamede. Our camping and holiday homes are at the foot of the park and offer a beautiful view of the hills. Serra de São Mamede is an offshoot of the Montes de Toledo, a mountain range in Spain. The highest peak is 1025 meters above sea level and the park is more than 40 kilometers wide.
The natural park is well-known for its special flora and fauna and with a bit of luck you will see numerous amphibians, reptiles, and rare birds. If you enjoy pristine nature or bird watching, Serra de São Mamede is a true paradise. You can also indulge yourself on the 62-acre terrain of our quinta, where more than 60 species of birds are spotted each year.
Serra de São Mamede is an oasis of green with granite hills and special vegetation. The natural park and the terrain of the quinta are like seas of flowers in April and May, with flowers such as clovers, irises, lupines, calla lilies, and orchids.
The natural park close to the Spanish border is also one of Europe’s most beautiful bird areas with birds such as the white and black stork, the eagle, the griffon vulture, the red-backed shrike, the golden oriole, the hoopoe, the bee-eater, the kingfisher, and the nightingale.
Symbol of this Natural Park, the Bonelli’s eagle is a bird of prey that nests in steep areas of the São Mamede mountain range possessing, in terms of conservation, the status of “rare”.
On our quinta we have walking package holidays available, during which you will walk some of the more than 30 plotted hiking trails in and around the park.