Places to eat
Casa de Abrigo do Poiso
Wood-fire açorda and hand-shaken poncha at a mountain-pass chalet toward Arieiro
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The place
At 1,400 metres, where the road to Pico do Arieiro crosses the Poiso pass, this old refuge has warmed hikers and drivers for generations with poncha shaken at the bar and açorda made the way grandparents made it. Outside it still looks like the mountain shelter it started as; inside, a wood fire and pepper steak do the rest. It functions as much as a waypoint as a destination.
When to come
Midday on a Pico do Arieiro run, to warm up with soup or açorda before or after the peak
Worth knowing
- Open daily 09:00-22:30, shorter hours Monday evenings
- Stop at the bar for poncha even without a full meal
- Bring a layer — it is genuinely cold at 1,400 m even in summer
- On the ER202/ER203 junction toward Pico do Arieiro, near Camacha