The coming of the commemorative standard Admiral Vasco da Gama to Nazareth, placed on this site in 1939. According to tradition, the browser, before embarking to the discovery of the sea route to India, came as a pilgrim to Senhora da Nazaré. Here, invoked his protection and traded his thick gold chain which featured, by the beads of the Virgin. Legend has it that the passage of the Cape of storms, stood up a big storm endangering boats and men. At that time, Admiral shot the Lady's necklace to the waters, which soon calmed down. After returning to Portugal, Vasco …

Inserted in the draft, the inescapable reference Chapitô cultural, social and educative that crosses the formation, animation and social intervention through the arts and show business, it's a restaurant table Chapitô that draws on the roots of the traditional Portuguese cuisine. With a new, dynamic and experienced team, here you will find three spaces, each with its gastronomic offer: on the terrace and gazebo grill the charcoal, a rarity; a petisqueira; and yet the restaurant with a breathtaking view over Lisbon, where the raw material of each dish turns into pleasure. Chapitô it's an experience you won't forget. "At the …

The Pedras Salgadas & spa nature park, is a 4-star tourist set, situated in the interior North of Portugal to 580 meters of altitude, in the middle of Parque de Pedras Salgadas, belonging to the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar, between Vila Real and keys. Pedras Salgadas Park offers 20 hectares, with five miles of paths that lead to the discovery of its intricacies. Here all the energy emanating through nature remains intact. Pedras Salgadas was in fact on the way royalty holiday. Today this delightful spa town has become a destination "fashion". The power of water and the …

Located on the hillside of the famous Serra do Buçaco, the Grande Hotel de Luso is flagship hotel that for almost 70 years is a meeting point of choice for any occasion. The building is a project of the Portuguese architect Cassiano Branco, and dominates the landscape of the village of Luso, it also rightly famous for the excellent quality of ultrapure water that was born here. Offers 132 rooms including 15 suites and communicating rooms, restaurant, lobby, bar, Olympic pool, heated indoor pool, squash, snooker, playground, gardens and direct and exclusive access to Malo Clinic Spa Luso. For events, …

Quinta do Convento da Franqueira, situated in Barcelos, is a space of turismo de habitação installed in a former Franciscan convent from the 16th century. From here you can see a beautiful landscape that spans from the Gerês to the sea. The main House has four guest rooms, but who seek an accommodation with kitchen may stay in the apartment of the cloister, which is located on the ground floor. The Gate House, totally independent of the main house offers visitors more privacy in their fourteen acres of private grounds, visitors will find the lush fields and gardens of Franqueira …

On the northern slope of the Castle Hill, the possible Roman city forum creates an artificial platform, supporting the imposing monumental complex of the city of Myrtilis. This entire platform, leaning against the wall, rested on a solid underground gallery approximately 30 meters long and 6 meters high. In Late Antiquity, in the 5th and 6th centuries, lavish religious buildings were erected here; among them, a possible Episcopal Palace and a baptistery, of which significant fragments of a beautiful set of polychrome mosaics remain. During the Islamic period, during the 12th and 13th centuries, this entire area was occupied by …

The Convent of San Payo was founded by the Franciscan friar, Gonçalo Marinho, in 1932. After several adversities (the extinction of religious orders and a devastating fire), the convent was abandoned and fell into a state of complete degradation, with its assets disappearing, some looted and others transferred to chapels and churches in the municipality. In the 80s of the 20th century, the building was acquired by the sculptor José Rodrigues who, together with the architect Viana de Lima, completely restored it, taking care to preserve part of its original design. Currently, the convent is the sculptor's residence and workshop, …

The Monte da Galrixa, situated in the immediate vicinity of the village of São Teotónio, in Alentejo Coast Natural Park, preserves the traditional Alentejo dwellings moth, combined harmoniously with current requirements and comfort. Inserted in an agricultural property with 170,000 m2 where it preserves the natural environment and where the Cork oak and pine trees, grow the typical grain, wheat and maize, take care of the orchard and vegetable garden, sheep, chickens, ducks and rabbits, providing guests with a hearty conviviality with rural life. Offers ten apartments and three double rooms, all featuring heating, wireless internet, outdoor terrace, seating area …

Known in the Middle Ages as the Campo do Olival (olive grove), its name is due to the bishop’s ropery, who was installed there in the XV century. In 1611, the former Campo was converted into an Alameda (lane) and, in 1865, by the hand of the German Emile David, the garden was born. In the following century, and after the cyclone’s devastation in 1941, it was replanted. With rare plants around a lake, several statues, benches and bandstand, this garden was characterized by a traditional XIX century city garden atmosphere. It was considered a Botanic garden, for the variety …

The chapel of Vilarinho dry, dedicated to s. Paio, is deployed in a wide at the entrance, in the Northwest of the village. Granite Temple has a rectangular cover, on the main façade, flanked by two horizontal slots and surmounted by an oculus. The belfry, in the elongation of the gable, decorated with volutes is terminated by two pinnacles to skirt around a cross, the corners are complemented by pinnacles with ball. Inside this Chapel the granite of the walls contrasts with the high altar in gilt, which occupies the upper part of the wall of the headboard, where religious …