Fragas de São Simão

What a staggeringly beautiful walk down the beautifully crafted wooden staircase, built onto the side of a mountain, leading you down to the river and up to the beautiful village at the other side.

Must be relatively fit/able bodied to complete as it's fairly challenging with over 400 steps to climb on the way back.

It's worth it, though.

surrounded by the beautiful nature wood walkway.natural swimming pool. Peace and serene spot .

Beautiful waterfalls which you can swim in. Feels like a hidden spot and completely free to access.

Toilets available here and also a cafe but wasn't open when we went.

Staircase down the mountain to it which is very cool and some great views.

Nature at its best. Wonderful place tucked away between the mountains. The water is cold and clean. The air is fresh and scented. Can be a bit crowded sometimes but it is always a nice place to visit. Now there are some wooden pathways connecting the main spots.

Absolutely our favorite river beach. The nature is so gorgeous it’s stunning. It looks like a movie and just can’t be real. Yes the water is cold. It’s great for cold water immersion beginners. There are 3 parking lots. I go to the bottom one but it is very steep.

Beautiful, great for swimming, exploring and general relaxation. Lots of space and a cafe serving drinks.

One of my new favourite places in Portugal. ❤

Charming little schiste village on top of a mountain worth a visit. Whilst there is one small restaurant, there are no other services such as small grocery store or souvenir shop.

Beautiful Nature, worth a visit! Be prepared to climb lots of stairs !

A very beautiful place, surrounded by the beautiful nature.

Awesome place with wooden walkway's made to give access to the mountain sides and river below Snack bar /cafe bar open down below in the gorge next to the plunge pool which has lifeguards during summer and a restaurant in the beautiful shist village on the other side

Good to walk there in nature if you don’t want to walk on stairs there is road going down you can drive down to water , down there is good natural swimming pool clean water safe for swim and there is coffe shop also

This is such a beautiful and peaceful place. The surroundings are serene, the way down a bit of a walk but the car park was paved. The water was clear but the stones were mossy and slippy. The waterfall made it my favourite fluvia so far

Amazing view! Walk down from wooden stairs there’s another car park, near there is a beautiful place to swim!

Amazing nature. Mind-blowing tranquility. A place that takes your breath away. You lose your heart for this place and you wanna keep coming back. The sun shines to this gorge on late July all day long and the water gushing between the rocks is just lovely. Ahhh!

Beautiful cold water swimming and an invigorating waterfall

Beautiful rustic and dog friendly place. Pure nature

Amazing beautiful place, great for kids.

Beautiful view, clean water a little bit cold but you can handle it.

Beautiful scenery. Perfect place to have a picknick when it's hot. Also a very nice place to visit with kids! A lot of space to play.

Fantastic surroundings and views