The development and implementation of appropriate geotourism resources (e.g., field guidebooks, websites, trails, leaflets, and interpretative panels) are technical applications of major importance in geoconservation that highlight the social importance of this emerging geoscience. Scientific research, training, and recreation are activities which are often developed in territories with a geoheritage value; however, not all geoheritage content available in a given territory of geological interest can satisfy researchers, students, and geotourists simultaneously. In addition to these conventional aspects of the evaluation of the five key geological sites along the Viana do Castelo coast (NW Portugal), which mainly focused on a scientific-based discourse, a different approach was also undertaken in order to achieve the same goal, but targeting a distinct public. Instead of conceiving a geo-itinerary designed for specialists, the five areas (Alcantilado de Montedor, Pedras Ruivas, Ínsuas do Lima, Canto Marinho, and Ribeira de Anha) and the Santa Luzia Viewpoint have been evaluated in a way which mainly focuses on touristic considerations. The selected geosites, therefore, were organized and described in a context of simplification of the geoscientific message to help develop the understanding of a more general public, rather than geosciences experts.

适当的地质旅游资源（例如，野外指南，网站，小径，传单和解释性面板）的开发和实施是地质保护中最重要的技术应用，突出了这一新兴地球科学的社会重要性。科学研究，培训和娱乐活动通常是在具有地域遗产价值的地区开展的活动；但是，并非在给定的地质兴趣范围内所有可用的地质遗产内容都能同时满足研究人员，学生和地质旅游者的需求。除了评估维亚纳·卡斯泰洛（Viana do Castelo）海岸（葡萄牙西北部）沿岸的五个主要地质地点的这些常规方面之外，主要集中在以科学为基础的论述上，还采取了不同的方法来实现相同的目标，但要针对不同的公众。而不是构思专门为专家设计的地理入门课程，对五个地区（圣卢西亚的观点）和圣卢西亚的观点进行了评估，这五个地区（Alcantilado de Montedor，Pedras Ruivas，Ínsuasdo Lima，Canto Marinho和Ribeira de Anha）注意事项。因此，选定的地理位置是在简化地球科学信息的背景下进行组织和描述的，以帮助发展对广大公众而非地球科学专家的理解。