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Rock ArtSite Name: Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Country: Portugal
NOTE: This site is 12.13 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Latitude: 41.080783N  Longitude: 7.109789W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Site in Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Portugal

The rock art is a short (15-20 minutes from the museum). A visit to the museum is a must. There is a superb restaurant there with gorgeous view of the Coa River valley out the back. It is one of my favorite spots in Portugal, so peaceful. Contact the museum or Google to book a jeep trip to the rock art. It is only 10 Euros per person. You get right up to it. It is amazing. The museum will give directions to the site to get the jeep tour.

https://www.cm-fozcoa.pt/index.php/museu-do-coa
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Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Call the museum or Google. Take the jeep trip from a town near the museum. It is only 10 Euros per person. Here the guide is pointing out carvings that are 10's of thousands of years old. You get right up to them. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Picture of a pane from the museum. Rock 25 in the area Vale de Cannivaes. This one caught my eye, because it has graffiti written in ancient Iberian script (maybe 100-300 B.C., derived from Phoenician script) next to rock art from many centuries earlier. I recognized the script immediately since I collect Iberian bronze coins. Iberian script graffitti that is 2000 years old!!! I guess kids wil... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Scene out the back of the rock art museum in Vila Nova Fox de Coa. Breathtaking. Peaceful. One of my favorite places in Portugal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Site in Portugal (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff (Vote or comment on this photo)

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : Rock Art near Vila Nova Foz de Coa.

Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Vila Nova de Foz Côa submitted by AmelseJeff : One of the rocks you will see on the Jeep tour.

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 234m WSW 245° Parque Arqueologico do Côa Museum* Museum
 2.5km W 276° Côa Valley* Rock Art
 2.9km S 185° Gravuras de Rego da Vide* Rock Art
 7.0km W 263° Castelo Velho de Freixo de Numão* Henge
 8.2km S 177° Gravuras de Penascosa* Rock Art
 8.5km S 177° Núcleo de Gravuras da Penascosa* Rock Art
 11.3km W 263° Prazo Menhir* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 11.3km W 263° Estação Arqueológica do Prazo* Ancient Village or Settlement
 14.0km NNE 21° Cabeço de Alfarela Castro or Chafurdão
 14.7km NNW 333° Anta de Vilarinho da Castanheira* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 22.0km NNE 13° Povoado de Baldoeiro Castro or Chafurdão
 22.8km ESE 117° Pena Redonda Castro or Chafurdão
 25.7km SW 231° Lameira da Cima 2* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 25.7km SW 231° Lameira de Cima 1* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 26.5km WSW 243° Menir de Penedono* Standing Stone (Menhir)
 26.6km NW 325° Anta de Zedes* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 26.8km WSW 257° Sepultura antropomórfica de Cômbaros Rock Cut Tomb
 26.9km WSW 256° Sepulturas antropomórficas de Fonte Fria Rock Cut Tomb
 27.9km SW 234° Sepulturas antropomórficas de Antas* Rock Cut Tomb
 27.9km WSW 256° Sepulturas antropomórficas da Vale de Perdieiros* Rock Cut Tomb
 27.9km W 260° Anta do Turgal* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 28.1km WSW 237° Rotunda das Antas* Modern Stone Circle etc
 28.5km WSW 257° Dolmen do Carvalhal* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 28.5km WSW 257° Monte Penedono Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 28.6km WSW 256° Dólmens de Lapinhas* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
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Re: Vila Nova de Foz Côa by Kuba on Thursday, 12 December 2019
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There are 3 sites to visit, just as davidmorgan pointed out. The quality of your visit will depend a lot on the guide you get. My advice is to stick to the guides that work directly for the museum instead of the "3rd party" ones. They can be good but I think with the museum ones you have less chance of a disappointment.

The Ribeira de Piscos and Penascosa sites are supposed to be superior to Canada do Inferno. A visit to Ribeira requires most walking but is worth the effort. In May we were the only visitors at the time there (while at Penascosa there were 3-4 full groups simultaneously the day before).
Even outside of the peak season you should make a reservation well in advance (I would say at least 1 week if you want to have a choice of a guide). Also the prices now are 15 euros. They have also offers for visiting in the night (more expensive accordingly) which sounds quite cool and also kayak visits.

Actually there are many more sites with engravings in the valley but these are difficult to access and you would probably need a local guide anyway to be able to find them.

Overall it's a special experience and unique place with some great quality engravings, well worth a visit, even if a little touristy.

(Also the name on this site is a little bit misleading: Vila Nova de Foz Côa is the name of the closest town, while the sites are located in the Côa Valley Archeological Park)
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Re: Vila Nova de Foz Côa by Anonymous on Thursday, 21 March 2019
Hey Jeff. Great meeting you and your family in citanos in Braga. This will definitely be on our itinerary in our next visit to Portugal!

Thanks again
Phil Goncalves
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Re: Vila Nova de Foz Côa by davidmorgan on Saturday, 02 March 2019
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Some of these photos appear to be of a site named Canada do Inferno which is at 41.0546, -7.1124

Maybe these Côa Valley sites need individual site pages. I see the main ones visited are Canada do Inferno, Penascosa and Ribeira de Piscos according to the Côa Parque website.
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