Herdade do Monte Branco extends over an area of cork oak located in the foothills of the Sierra de Ossa. Offers four houses, two T1, T2 and T4, one equipped with all amenities, but in the traditional setting. You can also live in huge common room, where you can dine, be the fireplace or playing games. Here you will find a rustic atmosphere, with plenty of room for hiking, cycling, enjoy the pool, swim in the dam or picnic along this, visit the animals, go to the garden or simply rest.

It is a military monument of great beauty, classified as a National Monument since 1910. It dominates the landscape from a height of 930 meters, in the middle of Serra de Serigo. Built in the 14th century, its current construction is probably the result of 16th century alterations to the original medieval castle. It is a citadel with a triangular plan and a door flanked by two turrets, with small balconies above, supported by corbels and crowned with prismatic battlements. Inside the small castle, there is not much to see, but the magnificent landscape that surrounds it is more than …

16th century construction, with brick arches, where, according to tradition, Luís Vaz de Camões lived during his visit to the town. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was profoundly altered, highlighting the very thick load-bearing walls made of plastered stone and brick masonry and the foundations of the corbel that supported the already demolished five-span round archway. The ruins of the old Manueline door, a 16th century door with a straight lintel and a beveled brick window with a boarded-up curved lintel, are also visible.

It was known as Quinta do Casal Bom, a residence that Dom Sancho II elevated to a manor and estate, gifted to one of his men who distinguished themselves in war. Today, it is known as Casa de Santar, a property that has been in use for 13 generations. Adorned with beautiful gardens, it sits on a series of boxwoods that culminate in an 18th-century pond. In front of the house, the "Chafariz da Carranca" stands as the House's coat of arms. Visiting this house is like traveling back in time, through the gardens and all the unique features of …

Water is the source of life. This space is also subject of scientific character, playful and didactic. This multi-functional space science and technology presents interactive exhibitions in several spaces of the building. Offers library, Mini Lab, Auditorium and aquariums. The refurbishment of the building actually honorable mention earned by the jury of the Prix Alexandre Herculano Architecture National. Is a much visited by students, since they have a varied set of proposals for an experimental approach, and creative science, plastic providing children and young people to acquire new knowledge in different areas of science.

The current Palace, with an exotic Oriental plan, was built from an 18th century building that imitated a medieval castle. A possession of the Mello e Castro family, it was rented to Gerard DeVisme at the end of the 18th century, who bulit a neogothic manor. In 1856 it was acquired by Francis Cook, who built a new Oriental palace, with revivalist motifs, a true testimony to the romantic architecture. He also ordered the plantation of the Moserrate Park, that combines exotic and local plants, currently an important botanical museum. Nowadays, one may only visit the gardens.

Palace built by Councillor José Victorino Zuzarte Coelho da Silveira, with interior decoration highly sponsored by owner José Maria Silveira Menezes, in the second half of the 19th century. Here were the illustrious figures dinner as d. Fernando and d. Augusto, after a visit to the battlefield of Montes Claros. Here also lived the poet Humberto da Silveira Fernandes region. Today is a building of guardianship of the Holy House of mercy, rich interior, which includes furniture, tapestries, and decorative arts of 800.

Megalithic monuments consisting of two menhirs situated relatively close to each other. It is a monolith carved from a block of greywacke, dark gray in color, with a brown patinated surface. It has a star-like appearance, an ellipsoidal cross-section, and measures a little over three meters in height, making it the largest example of greywacke known to date in Portugal. Everything indicates that these menhirs were built in the second half of the fourth millennium BC. The site is surrounded by a net, so it can only be visited from the outside.

The rocks of the Coastline from Oporto are the oldest which outcrop in Portugal and constitute a geological heritage of high scientific interest-didactic, the Metamorphic Complex of Foz do Douro, classified as Municipal Natural Heritage. In April 2005 was created a thematic route for dissemination of this designated heritage by "Geological Tour of Foz do Douro", signaled with nine panels of information addressed to the general public. For more detailed information about this and other mining and geological points of interest in Portugal, visit < a href = http:\/\/www.roteirodeminas.pt target = "_blank" > www.roteirodeminas.pt <\/a>.

The Macrobiotic Centre of Braga's restaurant, an institution dedicated to personal development, proposes balanced menus made with ingredients of plant origin with quality and mostly come from organic farming. In addition to the restaurant, you can visit the grocery store and organic vegetables, cosmetics and a bookstore. The Center also offers massage services, organizes lectures, courses and workshops and consultations of family counselling. You can also take advantage of room for consultation of the library, as well as for meetings, lunches, special dinners and enjoy the bamboos garden terrace.