The Guimarães Cable Car or Teleferico de Guimarães, sometimes also known as the Penha Cable Car or Teleférico da Penha, is a gondola lift that connects the city centre of the Portuguese city of Guimarães to the summit of the nearby Monte da Penha, the location of the Penha Sanctuary [pt].
Both the lift and the destination provide a panoramic view of the centre of Guimarães.
The line opened on 24 June 1995, and was the first cable car to operate in Portugal.
[1][2] The cable car is equipped with thirty-two passenger cabins, each with a capacity of six passengers, and eight hybrid cabins, with a capacity of three passengers and three bicycles, for use by bikers who use the slopes that descend from the top of the mountain to the city.
Travel time is 7 minutes 40 seconds, and the line can carry up to 1,000 passengers per hour.