Serra da Estrela is the highest mountain range in Continental Portugal. Together with the Serra da Lousã it is the westernmost constituent range of the Sistema Central and also one of the highest in the system. It includes mainland Portugal's highest point at 1,993 metres above mean sea level. This point is not a distinctive mountain summit, but rather the highest point in a plateau, being known as Torre. Torre is an unusual summit in that it is accessible by a paved road. The peak has a topographic prominence of 1,204 m (3,950 ft) and its parent peak is Pico Almanzor, in Spain.
A snow-covered Serra da Estrela in January
Dome of an old radar station in the highest point of Estrela Mountain on a winter's day.
Image of Our Lady of the Good Star.
The Central System, Spanish and Portuguese: Sistema Central, is one of the main systems of mountain ranges in the Iberian Peninsula. The 2,592 m high Pico Almanzor is its highest summit.
View of La Serrota, 2.294 m, in Ávila Province
View of the Serra da Estrela, containing the highest point in continental Portugal
Alpine lake at Peñalara, Sierra de Guadarrama
A view of the Sierra de Gata peaks in the background over a mountain village
