Geodiversity

In the Arouca Geopark, geodiversity is expressed in a unique way in its landscapes, punctuated by towering mountains and carved by clear rivers, which make their way through deep valleys that, as a whole, serve as a cradle for all the biodiversity that exists in the territory. A closer look allows us to identify decisive rocks in the formation of the soils, such as granites, schists, grauvaques, quartzites, metaconglomerates or even quartz veins, wolframite minerals, staurolite, tourmaline, among many others. Marks and fossils of trilobites, cephalopods, gastropods, graptolites or plants arouse our curiosity and take us back to ancient times.