This is a church within the rural type in which stands out, on the main façade, the Manueline doorway in full arch framed by conic shaft. On the sides there is a shed with Tuscan columns. The inside has one only nave and it is covered with seventeen hundreds glazed tiles with scenes from Christ’s life. It is also worthy to mention the altar in baroque carving, the baptismal font and the painted ceilings.

The Romanic church was built on the 12th century even though there are some doubts about the fact that this church used to be part of the Benedictine Convent, founded by S. Frutuoso on the 6th century. It stands out the doorway with two archivolts deeply decorated and the occidental doorway, very simple with the tympanum with a cross and laces, inspired on the bracarense (from Braga) art from the end of the 12th centuries.

This church has one only nave with a high choir, main chapel and lateral chapel. It was integrated on a Franciscan Monastery from which it is kept the porch with three arches. The portico holds the Renaissance outline as well as the funerary chapel from D. Francisco Coutinho. On the inside stands out the fifteen hundreds paintings and the ceiling covered with coffers. Next to the main chapel there is a defensive tower.

São João de Alporão church is a temple from the 12th century and it appeared under the political – religious fight contexts during the Christian Reconquest. This is a singular temple by the way it associates the Gothic style and the Romanic style. On the interior it stands out the fourteen hundreds tombstone from Dom Duarte de Menezes. Nowadays the church is open to the public as a Museum for Temporary Exhibitions.

Although the conventual part is in ruins, the church, rebuilt in the 18th century, presents a harmonious façade dominated by five sculptures representing the four evangelists and Saint Louis. Inside, the gilded altarpiece and the Joanine sacristy stand out with paneled and painted ceilings, and walls covered in historic tiles. The cloister is made up of seven sections of arcades with Tuscan columns. It is currently adapted as a guesthouse.

It probably was one of the most remarkable lordly houses from this region, in its time. In this monument we stand out its crenel towers, the gallery with ten down arches above Toscan small columns and doors and windows with frames from the fifteen hundreds. In 2001 it suffered a partial rock fall from the vast arcade from the second floor from the main façade.

In this solar from the XVII century we have to stand out the existence of a distinct body integrated on the building and parallel to the frontage with open balconies supported by classic columns with a Coat of Arms on the entrance. The sixteen hundreds elements have to be mentioned, such as the porch with columns with simple capital and architrave decorated with triglyph, a door with a straight arch topped by a disrupted pediment decorated with volutes and cannon gargoyles.

The octopus and whelk salads or the goose barnacles are fine entries. Then, one may proceed with the whelk "feijoada" (a dish of beans), "carne de porco à Alentejana" (a dish of the Alentejo region with pork meat and clams), shellfish "açorda" and grilled bass and white seabream. The "doce da casa", based on condensed milk, coffee, cream and cookies stands out among the desserts.

Integrated in the Hotel in the area west of Caracol, Angra do Heroísmo, this room benefits from the fact that it is in the middle of zona balnear da Silveira, where you can experience the sensation of diving into the Atlantic Ocean, among many other sports and activities. Here you will always have the help of specialized technicians, that can adjust the program according to its characteristics. It offers a Sauna, Jacuzzi, Turkish bath, gym and heated indoor pool. To highlight a global active mobilization experience, "Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation" exercise which coordinates patterns of body movement and breathing.

Organized by the National Centre of Culture (CNC), this walk allows you to know the history of Lisbon through this decoration art, which is an ancient tradition of our country. From the polychrome of blue and white, from the pattern decorative compositions to the elaborate and figurative assemblage, the glazed tile is an art of simple technical resources, resulting, however, in remarkable aesthetical effects. The purpose of this visit is to recreate the history of this Portuguese traditional art, from the XVI to the XIX centuries, during which you can you can admire the bright interiors and the “reflecting” façades …