Charming village of Monsanto

We have been out and about during the Christmas break and one trip took us to a village in the granite mountain of Monsanto.
The village, in 1938, was named as "the most Portuguese village of Portugal" in a class of twelve classified historic villages in Portugal, but in my opinion it is more of a unique village rather than "the most Portuguese" village in Portugal.

It dates back to the Roman times, with the fortress being built on the granite mountain and where the village was developed in between impressively big and miraculously balanced boulders using the as roofs.

Monsanto is a lovely tourist village, well worth a visit for the climb up the rocky mountain up to the ruins of the castle fortress and then the walk down into the village which has cafes and restaurants with amazing 360 degrees views.