Louriça, at 1,359 metres above sea level, lies in Portugal and forms part of the chain of peaks that dominates the landscape to the south of this viewpoint. Its presence helps reveal the natural continuity of the terrain between the Galician mountains and the Peneda-Gerês National Park.
Here, the Portuguese mountains display the same features that define the Xurés: vast granite formations, steep slopes, mountain grasslands and scrub adapted to high-altitude conditions. From Olelas, Louriça draws the eye towards Portugal, revealing how the “raia” marks a political border between two countries that, in landscape terms, remain part of the same continuous mountain world.
