Built in the 1930’s, the name of this garden with romantic characteristics is due to the former owner of this area, the judge of the high court Cunha Thorel. It has interesting flower beds, lovely shades, and small corners giving you privacy and a great view of down town. The Torel garden also has an elegant gate, two lakes, one of them with an old spring, a statue representing the bust of the piano player Viana da Mota, card-tables and traces of what might have been, during the XVII and XVIII centuries, a magnificent farm.

Many years ago, community ovens Barroso were covered with thatch (rye straw). With use, the coverage frequently, and also the burning homes in villages where they were, because the fire was spreading and burned down the houses next door, running the settlements a high risk of widespread fire, what I think has happened a few times. For this reason, at some point began to cover the ovens with slabs of granite. Even though it was work hard to perform, soon found to be the compensating results. Today, community ovens are important heritage of the region of Barroso.

The current building was designed by Joaquim Norte Júnior and inaugurated on June 30, 1934. It replaced the building that burned down in 1930 at the same venue, property of the Masonic society "Love of the fatherland". The building, in presenting an Art Deco style, stands out from the other buildings of the city of Horta. It is a large-scale construction where stands out, in the main façade, a double staircase flanked by two Dragon trees. It was here that, in 1976, took place the inaugural act of the first term of the Regional Government and, for several years, worked …

About Fernandina was built in 1336 by d. Afonso IV, to replace the old about high-medieval. This work would only be concluded in 1376, in the reign of King Ferdinand, and this fact the adopted name. The fence, with nearly 5 miles, it defined the Medieval Lisbon but, currently, only certain parts of the wall are visible. It is believed that started on the Western side of the Castle of São Jorge, descended the Valley of Mouraria, rising after the slope of Monte de Sant'Ana and down through the Valley of the Boulevard, returning up to Largo de s. Roque, …

This stairs are for adventurers only, as its inclination is sharply sloping. It is a Middle Ages’ area, where the prostitutes used to hang around. Start at the Dom Hugo Street, by the Nossa senhora da verdade Chapel (small 18th century temple) by the Romanic Wall and, right after, by the Arco do Colégio. Then, go strait ahead through the Nossa Senhora da Verdade Street and the Codeçal stairs. Here you’ll find the Nossa Senhora do Patrocínio Church. If you go down the Barredo stairs, you’ll be next to the São Francisco Borja Street, near the most typical area of …

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 …

The construction of the Church of Atei probably dates back to the 14th century, featuring late Romanesque architecture. In the 16th century, a chapel was added to it, by order of the Counts of Cantanhede. Later, in the 19th century, other chapels and the main chapel were added to it, giving it its current appearance. Inside, the 19th century altars stand out, with gilded and painted carvings, in a neoclassical style. The collateral chapels, with a round arch opening topped with a fleur-de-lis, boast altars, in painted and gilded carving, dedicated, on the Epistle side, to Our Lady of Sorrows, …

Is the ideal field for those who prefer a smooth game in flat terrain. The frame of the romantic Sintra Mountains gives a special touch of beauty to this pair 73 designed by Rocky Roquemore. With an excellent location on the Estoril Coast and very near Sintra, cultural landscape heritage of mankind, the draft of these 18 holes was designed by William Rocky Roquemore on a flat terrain, providing a very nice game that doesn't require much effort. About 40 000 species planted hundreds of trees throughout its "fairways", Oaks, pines, Cedars, Palm trees and mangroves, trace around the field …

The concept of the restaurant La Brasserie de L ' Entrecôte was imported from Switzerland and inspired by the Parisian glamour. The bistro-style decor with dark woods doing contrast with the brass, gives brilliance and nobility to the room. Despite not having the menu, have a question to ask: If you like good or evil past. Only if serves a dish and who here comes back because the entrecôte of empty Brasserie sauce consisting of a butter with a fine selection of aromatic herbs, accompanied with French fries is enough.In 2006, the menu has been increased with the seitan dish, …

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 …