Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

Great views of the town from the church. Similar to Bom Jesus in Braga with stairs all the way down. Some very massive ancient trees; one being a chestnut which looks about 400 years old! Well worth a visit.

Stunning church, first seen lit up on a dark evening, with cascading stairway intermittently decorated with blue white tile images. It literally looked like a stairway to heaven, the brightness set against the midnight blue sky. You can walk or drive to the top. Never seen anything like it before. Well worth visiting.

Wonderful experience visiting Santuario de Nossa Senhora! We decided to walk down and back up twice! Pretty challenging but worth it. The view from the top is exceptional!! I’d recommend it! Not sure how pilgrims were able to do the journey on there knees?

Even if you've had enough of churches and cathedrals - this one is special and worth the visit, not necessarily inside...
It is in one of the prettiest areas of Portugal and its surroundings are enchanting, no less.
We visited in October so it was misty in the small forest around it (and all over) - the scent of the air was intoxicating, walking there felt like forever and not enough, I lost track of time. And.. we saw a squirrel, which was a nice bonus!

Beautiful and very ornate site with church, statues, and obelisk. 697 steps up an intricate staircase to church from town centre

Imposing staircase surrounded by vegetation and landings with interesting sculptures, fountains and tiles.
At the top, the sanctuary and a panoramic view of the city.
I advise you to start the route on the avenue.

Beautiful place, over the city of Lamego, a great view all around. The inside of the church is calm, lovely and calls out to silence and prayer. It us a must if you are in the area and make sure to go up all those stairs, but in winter clothes when it's sunny😅😅😅😅

The most gorgeous and impressive cathedral, stairs, and grounds. Not to be missed in Lamego. Free parking, which we appreciated.

Really nice church a few minutes drive from Lamego. Sits on top of the hill with a few hundred steps to walk down, geometrically shaped. The church garden has many mature trees allowing great hike and walk around for a picnic. Majority of the statues are located on the top. If you do drive there are a few stops along the way you can take multiple posts and pictures while driving up to the top. They are abundance of free parking‘s next to the church on the top.
However if you would like to take a picture of all the stairs there is also a plaza that is long and rectangular shape at the base with free parking as well where you can take a nice picture of the church and stairs completely.

The church is worthwhile to see because they even open up the back inner chambers to the cathedral so that you can view more intimate settings of the church

Mystically beautiful especially on a misty day youncan almost imagine yourself walking around the grounds and terraces in medieval times.

The Nossa Senhora dos Remédios sanctuary is one of the most important pilgrimage centres in Portugal. This famous church rises over the city of Lamego, in the north of the country. It is a eighteenth -century church of Torres Twin and a beautiful blue and white stucco interior, with a rococo style ceiling in sky blue and a golden altar; but despite being a very beautiful church, it is eclipsed by the monumental baroque ladder in Zigzag for which it is accessed to it. This staircase consists of more than 600 steps ornate with tiles, polls, sources and statues.

This is very beautiful and worth a visit. The outside is stunning and you get a beautiful view of the town from the top of the hill. We drove to the top to visit the church instead of scaling the 600+ steps. (The bottom of the staircase was closed due to repairs being made, and it was raining.) We spent about 1/2 hour here on our way to the Douro Valley.

Nice little church high up on a hill. If you climb up the hill, it's 686 steps up! If you start at the top, visit the church and the sacristy, and then walk down the steps with beautiful views of the town below.

Incredible place to visit!!! Tranquil, peaceful and unreal architecture

The visit of this impressive sight was a little highlight. Once In front of the staircase that leads to the church of Nosa Señora you can't ignore the imposing effect that the entire setup has on you. On one side you doubt your own abilities to climb all those stairs on the other side you can't wait to start doing it. The ascent was surprisingly easy since every level has its own character and invites you to stay a little before going further up. The views are stunning and the surrounding park is absolutely beautiful, although everyone seems to focus only on the staircase.

Once up the visit to the church is a little anti climax, since the interior is not corresponding to what one might expect. Nevertheless the views down to Lamego are absolutely worth the climb. Unfortunately we didn't have more time to explore the town that looked lovely. We certainly will come back though in the future.

amazing views, amazing architecture

Really nice and relaxing place.

The view from the top is nice, but do not forget to get the view from the bottom of the stairs. Also accessible via the small road but not many places to park the car

Climbing the stairs 😛 It’s rewarding 🥰

I could have spent half a day studying all the symbols along the staircase and visiting the grottos and trails that surround it. Definitely worth a visit!