Get to know this noble area of the city, where you can find numerous museums, cultural centers, palaces, churchs and other monuments. Among these, some deserve a closer look, such as: Mosteiro dos Jerónimos; National Museum dos coches; Church of Memória; Palace of Belém; National Palace of Ajuda; Padrão dos Descobrimentos; The Navy Museum; Belém's Tower; The cultural Centre of Belém and the National Museum of Archeology. If you want to escape from the city's confusion, you can always choose to take a walk in the beautiful botanic garden of Ajuda or in the exotic Tropical Garden of Agriculture. After …

Considered one of the prettiest gardens in Portugal, the Gardens of the Casa da Ínsua (House of Ínsua) belong to a manor, the House of Ínsua. Its construction was ordered, in the second half of the 18th century, by Luís de Albuquerque de Mello Pereira e Cáceres, governor and captain general of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. The gardens are remarkable for their extension, their originality and the variety of species. They stand out for the rare tall trees (California sequoias, English pine trees, Australian eucaliptus), some of them approximately 200 years old, and mostly for the wide variety of plants …

The Cine Teatro João Verde opened in June 1949, becoming since then, in one of the most important rooms of spectacles of the Alto Minho. After a thorough refurbishment process, initiated in 1998, the Hall reopened in April 2013, keeping the original architectural building moth and resumes activity with film projection, music concerts and presentation of plays.

Opened in September 2007 this Rural tourism space is housed in a 30-hectare agricultural property. Offers five bedrooms, with en-suite bathroom, and a 2 bedroom apartment. For coexistence have a common living room and a games room as well as an outdoor swimming pool. The porch, turned to the West, there is the fantastic sunset us Alentejo fields.

The project of an artificial tropical forest began in 1910. The Greenhouse opened in 1930 and has four spaces: three greenhouses and a walking area by the lake. It has vast tropical flora, with exotic species from the five continents. The decorative ambience has small grottos, statues, staircases and fountains. A very romantic place that deserves a visit.

The garden was designed by the architect Teles and V. Barreto in 1962/69, with the modernist influences of the time. It is a space with 8ha, with exotic vegetal species, Portuguese trees and a lake. It has a set of sculptures that make the connection to the various buildings of the foundation and has also an open air auditorium that, during the summer, is the stage of theatre, music and dance shows.

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.

Park opened in 1998, in a space measuring around four kilometers, where you can observe 250 species of animals in conditions close to their natural habitats. It is a unique park of its kind, in which, through a relaxing walk through a beautiful Mediterranean forest, you can observe dozens of animals, both domestic and wild.

Oscar coffee, in Guimarães, opened in 1964 at the initiative of a music teacher, Oscar Machado, who so named the establishment. This is an area known to be frequented by people connected to the culture. Offers library, with books available to the client, a gallery for exhibition of works of art and a "cyber cafe". Coffee is the meeting point of the Tuna, Steven University of Minho, Guimarães.

Opened in October, 14th, 1897, the Carlos Alberto Theatre has been an evidence of the agitated quick passing years, namely the 20ies. In February, 1979, the theatre became a multifaceted playhouse. From that date on, the Carlos Alberto National Auditorium has received different artistic areas shows: cinema, theatre, music, ballet and opera.