The Aveiro’s Port Authority building is an Art Nouveau fine exemplar. This building, whose first floor was raised in 1830 over the arcades of a mill, is one of the most emblematic of the city and stands up for its superior architectonic quality. In the late XIX a second floor was built to shelter the Escola de Desenho Industrial that worked here until 1918. At this same year it was sold to a particular and that’s when the lateral azulejos panel was placed. Afew years later, in 1925, the building was sold again, this time to the Admiralty. Already in …

The chapel in the village of Sapelos, dedicated to Santo Amaro, is a temple in granite, rectangular plant oriented Northeast\/Southwest. The main façade has a round arch portal surmounted by a telescope, the gable ends with a cross. Inside the Chapel, the floor, once paved with granite graves tops still boasts the separation guides. This chapel has three altars: the high altar in gilt profusely worked, and two side altars that are home to religious imaginary. One of the side altars has two painted panels. This is the chapel which is celebrated the mass of the feast in honour of …

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 …

The oven of the people of Walnut is a vernacular rural construction in granite, two waters, coverage in tile, and a side porch that protects a laundry of clothes. Inside the building, to the right of the front door you will find the tendal, massive granite structure, on top of which was placed a "smock", to protect the dough. On the fundeira you will find the oven where the local population continues to bake traditional Scones. This equipment was, in ancient times, an important role in village sociality, the so-called "coffee of the people", was where they gathered during the …

15th century monument built by Dom Afonso, Count of Barcelos. Large building, with four bodies that surround an interior courtyard with a rectangular plan. This construction occupied the place of the old palace of the Leonese kings. Much changed over the centuries, it was recently restored. Noteworthy are the Gothic chapel portal, the "lost steps" and the banquet hall. It has a museum where the four copies of Pastrana tapestries, which narrate some steps of the conquests in Africa, the core of Flemish tapestries, Portuguese furniture from the post-discovery period and also porcelain and weapons from the 15th to the …

Stretch of Roman road in the Via XVII of the Antonine itinerary. In this parish begins a few meters South of the bridge of nearby Cambela which was found a Roman funerary stele. On the way down to the bridge, saves a beautiful stretch of lajeado, whose brand of rotated is notorious. In Drosia, cross the former EN 116 km, where he kept a section of sidewalk. From dos Pisões is submerged by the Alto Rabagão albufeira to Villa de Mel, South from the top of Pedrouço. On the cross of Leiranque, place flooded by the reservoir, was found a …

Parque de Campismo de Cerdeira, situated in Peneda-Gerês National Park and in the middle of the Roman Geira, at few kilometers from Galicia, presents beautiful landscapes, revealing an ideal place to enjoy your holidays or weekends. Fully integrated in nature, and always with friendly and familiar, here you will find space to install your tent, caravan or camper. If you prefer you can also rent comfortable bungalows. Is a great starting point to venture out on the mountain, exploring hiking routes while observing nature. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the most radical sports.

In Baixo Vouga, between Ovar and the village of São Jacinto and covering the Municipality of Aveiro in the coastal area located between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ria de Aveiro, this extensive dune cord is located. The Nature Reserve includes, in addition to fixed and mobile dunes, a sandy beach and a forest area (Mata de São Jacinto). Once a suitable place for sardine fishing (in the 19th century), the 666 hectares of the Nature Reserve are today an important fauna and flora heritage. In terms of flora, the dunes constitute the natural habitat for numerous species , to …

Recipe: cut 200 grams of bread into thin slices and water them with boiling milk. In a saucepan, mix the sugar with water, a cinnamon stick and two thin strips of lemon peel and bring to the boil. Once it thickens, remove from heat. Pour the sliced bread with a fork and the beaten egg yolks. Over a low heat, cook the egg yolks stirring constantly until completely mixed and thickened. Remove from the heat, add a glass of Port wine and raisins, mixing the small cut dry fruits. Stir softly but consistently and place in a bowl. Sprinkle with …

The Mining Museum of S. Pedro da Cova is installed in one of the old Houses of Malta, built by the Companhia das Minas de Carvão, with the aim of housing miners from other lands – the "Maltese". Later, this building was acquired by the Parish Council of S. Pedro da Cova, and on the 30th of September 1989 it was inaugurated as the Mining Museum, becoming a place of memory of the former coal mining workers, assuming an industrial vocation – receiving the movable property that could be collected at the time of the closure of the Companhia das …