Granfondo Terras de Basto

June 15 2025

Terras de Basto Portugal

Date Confirmed

Distances: 96, 140 km

Difficulty: Moderate terrain with rolling short steep hills or moderate, sustained climbs

On June 15, 2025, the 3rd edition of the Granfondo Terras de Basto will be held, departing and ending in Celorico de Basto, as a result of the Cabreira Solutions partnership with the Municipalities of Terras de Basto.

This event inherited all the boldness of the predecessor Granfondo Sr.ª da Graça, adding to it the most beautiful particularities and natural and patrimonial landscape valences, as well as the uses and customs of the people of Terras de Basto, as well as the spirit of toil of Guerreio Basto, still evident today in the traditions of the municipalities of Cabeceiras, Celorico and Mondim de Basto and Ribeira de Pena. Municipal diamond of excellence for the reception and development of healthy habits of life and well-being provided to visitors.

With a peloton with cyclists from various nationalities who will embody a beautiful color, which will stretch along the beautiful roads of this region, covering the four adhering municipalities, opting for the usual distances in this type of cycling events for all.

Athletes who travel to Terras de Basto will have at their disposal excellent accommodation conditions, excellent gastronomy, the tranquility of the region and the quiet banks of the Tâmega River, which will allow them to enjoy pleasant moments of leisure and rest. The passages through the municipalities of Terras de Basto will also be marked by the usual hospitality of the local people.

The celoricence culture will be made known, as well as all the architectural heritage and civil and religious monuments of a varied nature, from bridges, churches and pillories, museum centers and manor houses, with particular emphasis on the Castle of Arnóia, Pillory of the Castle, Church of Santa Maria de Veade...

In this type of events, the emphasis given to cultural enrichment is part of the program, along with the development of a healthy lifestyle and respect for the environment, complying with a sustainability plan, materialized by the "Positive Footprint" seal instilled by Cabreira Solutions to the participants, who are even awarded for exemplary practices of respect for the environment and others.

The investment in expanding the territorial coverage and the involvement of the four municipalities will inevitably favor the increase in the quality of the event, because the organizers and the host locations are aware of the tourist importance that these events bring to the regions and will do everything so that the satisfaction rates are also exceeded and, at the same time, disseminators of a highly positive dissemination of Terras de Basto as a place of choice for active tourism.

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