Codessoso parish church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has longitudinal-oriented plant east-northeast (ENE)\/WSW at 10-Southwest (OSO), most notably in his volume the chancel, which has annexed the sacristy, and the body of the Church whose main facade, simple, with a rectangular façade has a porch supported by two columns and decorated dogs. The Bell Tower is located away from the Church, docked that limits the churchyard, has two tears, ringers and flanked by triangular spires topped ball and finished off with a cross in the middle. Inside the Church include the high altar, which occupies the entire wall of the headboard, …

The Casa do Infante, so designated around was born Henry the Navigator, is a complex of buildings that were being built to house the services of the Crown at the port: Customs, the Mint and the Accounting of the farm. Its history dates back to 1325, when King Afonso IV ordered the construction of the "Almazem" Regal, against the will of the Bishop, then Lord of the village. The building was the subject of a rehabilitation process and musealization and today offers a set of diversified valances: Museum; Municipal Historical Archive; Portuenses Affairs library; Memory Room; Exhibition Hall and Auditorium. …

In one of the highest parts of the Francisco Gomes Square, where there's a garden with a view to a small marina, one can find the Arco da Vila (Village Archway), which is the entrance to the old Faro inside the medieval walls. Above the walls, one can see the small chapel of Our Lady of the Ó. Following the Município Street one reaches a nicely proportioned square where the see is to be found. It's worth to look attentively at the Bishop's Court with its rooftops shaped like scissors. As you stroll along the streets by the walls, you …

Mountain Hotel built from scratch, fully integrated in the landscape, living in harmony with nature, the H2otel is located in Unhais da Serra, near the Serra da Estrela Natural Park. It has 90 rooms, of which 17 are suites and duplex suites, very spacious and with a very sober decoration. The restaurant and bar, in addition to good food, have a privileged view, in which stands out the glacier Alforta. The Spa, now transformed into Mountain SPA Aquadome, offer a wide range of treatments. The hotel has an area of congresses and meetings with several rooms adaptable to the type …

The CS Madeira Atlantic Resort & Sea SPA is now VidaMar Resort. Changed the name, but space continues to offer all the conditions that the designation Resort implies. Overlooking the sea and unavoidable presence on the South coast of the island, the hotel is only five minutes from Funchal city centre and 18 km from the international airport of Madeira. Surrounded by a magnificent garden area, the two buildings of contemporary architecture favour the use of natural light in all public areas. Over the Sea stands an Ocean platform where Tower four saltwater outdoor pools, bar, restaurant, terrace, among other …

The Roman villa of Parreitas is a perfect testimony of the Roman occupation of Bárrio which took place between the centuries I and IV, already humanized from the Chalcolithic site, with an architecture adapted to the Mediterranean climate of the region and prepared around a central courtyard. Based on what was found there, the permanent exhibition "the Romans in Alcobaça" Monographic Museum of Bárrio aims to disclose the origins of its people, showing a set of materials that reflect the daily life of the population at the time, in terms of agriculture and animal husbandry, domestic activities, fishing, pottery, weaving …

This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. At the core of Canada do Inferno were scheduled 36 already recorded rocks, mostly submerged since 1983 as a result of the construction of the dam do Pocinho. It was in this part of the Valley, the 400 metres downstream, which was under construction the Foz Coa dam. As most important aspects noted the existence of various fishes recorded in two of the rocks of this nucleus, …

Small hillock located in the highest village of Serraquinhos old, existing in highest part a geodetic framework. He is believed to have been a village whose stone of construction was later reused to build the village's oldest homes, considering the closeness and the fact that the stone was already crafted. Is visible the walls surrounding the castro, in total overthrow, of which only the rocks more girls. All over the Hill are still fond stones. The West side, there is a wide platform, supported by the wall, as well as on this side there is the highest concentration of stone. …

With a surface of 14,583 hectares, the Natural Park extends from the northern boundary of the municipality of Sintra, near the mouth of the river Hawk, to the Citadel of Cascais, forming part of the metropolitan area of Lisbon. Encompasses areas of great sensitivity for its floristic and landscape, geomorphologic characteristics, and part of the area is part of the list of World Heritage Sites in the category of Cultural landscape. Among other points of interest include the coastal lapiás (mouth of hell), the Palácio da Vila de Sintra, the footprints of dinosaurs in Praia Grande, caster Peninha, the Moorish …

Levada dos Cedros is one of the many typical irrigation canals in Madeira, originating in the outcrops of Lombo do Cedro, at around 1000 meters above sea level, on the eastern slope of Ribeira da Janela. Along the canal, it is possible to observe indigenous vegetation such as leaf litter, grapevines and uveiras-da-serra. It is one of the oldest levadas on the island, built in the 17th century and, like its counterparts, it is used to collect water and convey it to areas for agricultural and domestic use. It is included in the Laurissilva World Heritage classification and is part …