The Magical Village of Drave: Portugal's Lost Wonder

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Жыл бұрын

Hidden and protected by the Arouca mountains of Portugal, lies a village that is standing still in time. The village of Drave was abandoned around 20 years ago but still proves an excellent destination for adventurers.
To get to the village, I left the campervan behind in Regoufe, a village with an interesting history of its own and embarked on a two hour hike through the mountains.
The Village of Drave is known as the Aldeia Mágica, the magical village. In this video, we’ll try to see if some of that magic still lingers deep in the mountains.
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Gear:
- Custom built 7 Inch FPV Drone
- GoPro 10
- A7C
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Пікірлер: 65

@mariacanto1871 Жыл бұрын

People who lived in these villages, had to walk long distances to the nearest cities to buy much needed supplies or see a doctor, they didn’t have reliable transportation like today they were lucky if they had a horse! Somehow they managed to make things work!❤

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

And it went like this for over 500 years… Until the village just couldn’t keep up with the conveniences of modern society, leaving behind this magical moment in time.

@melopd Жыл бұрын

After being abandoned Drave is now mostly owned by the portugese scouts. Today it is a scouts base camp. If you visit the village during the weekends you will find lots of people there. Scouts and other visitors. During the summer it is a very popular (despite the 2 hour walk) river beach because of the various watterfalls and lagoons. The house that you see closed are actually in use. The have been rebuilt by the scouts. The mines ruins in Regoufe were the British mining complex. The German mining complex was close, in a village called Rio de Frades. Also worth a visit. Another popular river beach where you have to cross an old (but well maintained) mine tunnel to get the watterfall. Also a popular cannyoing destination.

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@jenaemarieAZ Жыл бұрын

Scouts? Like boyscouts?

@melopd Жыл бұрын

@@jenaemarieAZ Yes.

@deja00 Ай бұрын

Silence in great nature is one of my very favorites.

@mf5531 Жыл бұрын

i love silence in nature. i talk to God and thank Him for this beautiful landscape. thank you for a really good video. and hello from the usa.

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@regtitch5200 Жыл бұрын

Silence! is the best company 😊

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

It was pretty enjoyable in this village for sure!

@loliveira0 Жыл бұрын

Drone footage: Amazing!!!

@jenaemarieAZ Жыл бұрын

I love solo hiking. I can hear the rustling of crickets and birds and lizards. Other wildlife such as coyote or deer (here in the desert). It’s so fulfilling.

@kimberleybrown3107 Жыл бұрын

With silence you can feel a different sort of energy, as if the earth is breathing. I like to lie on my back and try to feel the energy pulsing through me.

@jenaemarieAZ Жыл бұрын

Nice!! You can reconnect with earth.

@tinalisboa1874 Жыл бұрын

Lindo..., fantastic place in Portugal isolated but worth the bother, thank you for telling people about the Volfrâmio used in the WWII as most people don´t know about it, my mum used to tell me stories about it.

@isabelmorra3638 Жыл бұрын

So amazing! Thank you for showing me a village I had never heard of in my country! ❤️

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, love exploring unexplored places!

@lisacraig5235 Жыл бұрын

Arouca so close to Porto and so far away. Very interesting.

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

A wonderful region with lots to explore :)

@arjanvogel6444 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your vid 😇💟💟💟 Love you.

@PepeLePauly Жыл бұрын

Drave looks like a beautiful gem off the regular tourist path. Thanks for sharing! 😀

@islabeya Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@juliebooton1360 Жыл бұрын

I love the sounds of nature...rarely need anything else! Enjoyed the video and have added it to my hikes list. Thank you!

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Thank you, enjoy the silence!

@Nulife23 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see! Thanks for the tour!

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@mariacanto1871 Жыл бұрын

Loved the video and the music too! Thank you for a job well done, I wish it was longer!

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@PostcardAndAPint Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s incredible. It’s so isolated. Loved your style of filming and your drone work. I wish people still lived there, but so cool to see. 🍻

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Happy you enjoyed!

@Winterbiker333 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@albertdupond7827 11 ай бұрын

Très beau, merci !

@gunterbecker8528 Жыл бұрын

Something different for a change ,good on you young man

@santiagonavesgomez8332 Жыл бұрын

I enjoy

@andrevilhena4149 Жыл бұрын

Abraços!

@yetty4032 Жыл бұрын

🤩🤩🤩wonderful place for meditation 🧘‍♀️ . There is always music 🎶 of nature .I enjoyed very much Thank you for sharing 💐

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@jennybertenshaw7694 Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear your Dutch accent We (brits) lived in the Netherlands for 30 yrs I think someone else has told you that the village of Drave is used by the scouts as a base so not really 'lost' I was more interested in the story of the Brits and Germans who worked together in the other village As I live in Portugal now I must research that

@kittymisshello Жыл бұрын

Ques your dutch ?? Portugal is the most wonder full country I lived in !! The silence is the most wonder full noise there is !! Bedankt voor je verslag .

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Graag gedaan ;)

@unicorntv1232 Жыл бұрын

Camera work. Slow down the camera movement. So we can see what u r filming. Otherwise excellent content. 👍

@VIRIATO-VIRIATHUS 3 ай бұрын

As aldeias abandonadas são cada vez mais numerosas. A aldeia de Fontão de Loriga é maior do que essa.

@offgridwanabe Жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as silence listen very closely the sounds of life are everywhere.

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Well said!

@deja00 Ай бұрын

10:38 I am surprised by the multitudes of fish. Must be trout, I guess?

@carlosvictor8679 Жыл бұрын

🙂

@ironfistarrival Жыл бұрын

Silence is a Blessing ,and I wish I could live in the nature where there are no harmful Human creatures to cause wars and hatred and many other Nad things .

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Not all humans are bad I think. As I said in the video on Lousa’s schist villages: as much as I love nature, I love seeing people come together even more.

@mf5531 Жыл бұрын

yes! but i would like to have my dog with me . and maybe even a cat, too.

@christineelisabethschmidtg8063 Жыл бұрын

It is perfecto the pool the little forest.it can be used for chicken farm gunea chicken or brahmas

@lucaspierce2072 Жыл бұрын

Anybody know the song in the intro?

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Across The Great Valley - And Then We Fell from the Sky

@ptog Жыл бұрын

Do you know you can buy a village like that in Portugal nowadays?

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

Not sure about buying an entire village! You can check on re/max for properties in these kind of regions. I did found a house for sale in one of Lousa's schist villages (see my video on that). Partly abandoned, still very serene environment.

@Rose-sn5eg Жыл бұрын

I will volunteer to stay there als villeges care taker,!! 💋💘🌹

@marioandre7351 Жыл бұрын

During ww2 Portugal was doing business with the British and the Germans. Spies were there and in towns like Cascais and were not working a peace like you said.

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

I got the info from this article on the mines while on the road: www.e-konomista.pt/minas-de-regoufe-arouca/ , but I'm sure the whole situation is more complex.

@tatianaschoenfield9819 Жыл бұрын

When was the village abandoned?

@OceanRoadies Жыл бұрын

The last inhabitants left around the year 2000.

@aurelio3525 Жыл бұрын

Due to his inaccessible location, youngsters start leaving to migrate to make a living as you know working the land isn't for everyone and as the elders start dying no one wanted to comeback ence getting abandoned, also there are stories about radiation exposure emanating from the open mines of volframium an tungstenium opened by Brits and Germans, with people getting sick due to water been contaminated aswell. Good to see people going back there, but I would take a Geiger counter with me, these villages were abandoned for a reason, be careful very careful out there

@unicorntv1232 Жыл бұрын

Sped up driving footage. Dizzy. I can’t watch. And the the drone turns upside down. Lol.

@unicorntv1232 Жыл бұрын

Dizzy making. Sped up drone footage. Intro.