Night Visit

This visit to the Penascosa rock art site is similar to the one carried out during the day, in the rocks and motifs observed. The night visit intends to create the best possible conditions for a rewarding enjoyment of the Côa Valley Paleolithic rock art.

By focusing a strong light from a low position on the engravings, creating light / shadow effects, it is possible to highlight motifs, making them “emerge” from the rock surface. By moving the incidence of the light, it is also possible to emphasize certain motives in relation to others by “isolating” them in the apparent confusion created by the intentional superposition of motifs, a very typical representation technique in Paleolithic art.

The easy and safe access to the visitable rocks of the Penascosa site, in the placid and serene environment of this Côa beach, make this site ideal for this particular type of visit. Full moon nights are particularly pleasant, especially in the warm nights of the Côa region, frequent between spring and autumn, rendering the river noticeable and the hills stand out.