Hotels at Simães booking.com

Simães

Booking.com

Simães

General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2344,Lat: 41.5741
Elevation	189 meter above sea level
Local time	17:51:10pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Póvoa de Lanhoso
Name	Fonte Arcada e Oliveira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bobeiro	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cruzeiro	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Igreja	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Veiga	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Aldeia	1.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	324 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	407 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	656 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 46 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 27.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 24%, hill: 72%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.5 km2

19.8%

Nature

27.1 km2

34.5%

Agriculture

31.1 km2

39.6%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Simães in country Portugal

Simães at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	12 km	West
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	15 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	57 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	8.8 km	North

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Simães
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Simães
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taíde

Type of weather in Taíde	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.44 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam