Braga District
Guimarães
Costa

Guimarães Cable Car

The Guimarães Cable Car or Teleferico de Guimarães, sometimes also known as the Penha Cable Car or Teleférico da Penha, is a gondola lift that connects the city centre of the Portuguese city of to the summit of the nearby , the location of the Penha Sanctuary.
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  • Type: Aerial lift
  • Description: gondola lift linking Guimarães with Monte de Penha in Portugal
  • Also known as: “Penha Cable Car”, “Teleférico da Penha”, “Teleferico de Guimarães”, “Teleférico de Guimarães (Estação Alta)”, and “Teleférico de Guimarães (Estação da Penha)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santuário da Penha and Monte da Penha.

Church
Photo: Luebo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Peak
Photo: Manuel Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Monte de Santa Catarina, is the highest point in the Portuguese city of , with a height of 613 metres above mean sea level.

Hotel
Photo: tiago186703274, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 150 metres northeast of Guimarães Cable Car.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urgezes and Azurém.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
, previously known as Santo Estêvão de , is a civil parish in the municipality of , . The population in 2021 was 5,259 on an area of 3.31 km2.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães in the of . The population in 2021 was 9,090, in an area of 2.9 km2. One of the campus of the University of Minho if located here. is situated 3½ km northwest of Guimarães Cable Car.

Village
Photo: Joseolgon, CC0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Guimarães Cable Car.

Guimarães Cable Car

Latitude
41.43196° or 41° 25′ 55″ north
Longitude
-8.27092° or 8° 16′ 15″ west
Operator
Turipenha
Open location code
8CHHCPJH+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 104203786
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q10379189
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In Other Languages

From Portuguese to Spanish—“Guimarães Cable Car” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Penha and Pio IX.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Guimarães Cable Car”. Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.