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Albufeira do Maranhão
- beach
- country
Benavila
7480, Avis
A reservoir created by the Maranhão Dam and fed by the Seda, Avis, and Raia streams. Its characteristics and size make it very attractive for water sports enthusiasts such as rowing, canoeing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, fishing, sailing, and water-skiing. The Maranhão Reservoir also boasts a river beach, camping, a picnic area, and a restaurant.
Quinta das Águias
- country
- leisure
Rua da Junqueira, 138
1300, Lisboa
The farm is also known as "Quinta de Diogo de Mendonça", "Quinta do Visconde da Junqueira", " Quinta dos Côrte-Real" or "Quinta do Professor Lopo de Carvalho". Worthy of notice are the glazed tiles ashlars and the altar piece of Quillard inside the palace chapel.
Vaqueirinho
- country
- heritage
Vaqueirinho
3200, Vaqueirinho
A village with schist houses, on of the preserved villages of the Lousã Mountain.
Choupal do Largo de Côrro
- country
- leisure
Largo do Côrro
4980, Ponte Da Barca
A garden with poplar plantations, shades and a picnic area.
Parque Palmela
- country
- leisure
Rua do Parque Palmela
2750, Cascais
This park was built by the Duques of Palmela around the year of 1870. It welcomed parties and bazaars and it is still the place of several cultural activities. It has an open air amphitheatre where symphonic orchestras, jazz bands, vocal groups and even theatre companies have performed. It has a lush, very characteristic vegetation. There are also fitness circuits.
Jardim do Cerco de Mafra
- country
- leisure
Largo General Humberto Delgado
2640-492, Mafra
The only covered area open to the public allows, in its 1187 hectares of forest, contact with countless animal species. The Cerco garden surrounds the building, covering an area of 8 hectares, and works as a transition element between the monument and Tapada de Mafra. The central pond, the water wheel and the small lakes are worth mentioning.
Parque de Santa Catarina
- country
- leisure
Praceta do Infante
9000, Funchal
Green area with 36000 m2, which offers a breathtaking view over Funchal. Highlight for a lagoon with a small island, where ducks and swans live, for the bird aviaries and for some sculptures dedicated to different personalities.
Jardim Botânico do Porto / Galeria da Biodiversidade (Casa Andersen)
- country
- leisure
Praça Gomes Teixeira - Rua do Campo Alegre, 1191
4099-002, Porto
This beautiful garden stretches along the land of the former Andersen's family house where you can enjoy the groves of naturalist arrangement, a plants’ collection or even hothouses with orchids, carnivorous plants and ferns, among other tropical and subtropical plants.
Miradouro de São Félix
- country
- leisure
Rua de São Félix
4570, Póvoa de Varzim
Viewpoint located at the highest point of the Serra de Rates, at about 200 meters of altitude, where you can find traces of an Iron Age fort, the Chapel of São Félix and some windmills adapted for holiday homes. This entire area offers fantastic views over the sea, the city and the mountains.
Miradouro de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
- country
- leisure
Monte Córdova
4825, Santo Tirso
Sobranceiro à cidade de Santo Tirso, este miradouro situa-se num parque de lazer com o mesmo nome, por entre uma vasta área florestal.