Gondola · Guimaraes, Portugal
Teleférico de Guimarães
Teleférico de Guimarães is a gondola near Guimaraes, Portugal. It climbs 356 m over 1.57 km, from 198 m to 553 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
20/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Teleférico de Guimarães is scarier than 20% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 11 in Portugal.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.32 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 213 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico de Guimarães is near Guimaraes, Portugal, at 198 m above sea level (41.44149° N, 8.28524° W). From there it runs 1.57 km up to the top station at 553 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Turipenha
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Elevador do Bom Jesus do Monte funicular · 15.7 km away · rises 61 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.