The Quinta de São Luiz restaurant occupies the space of a farmhouse dating from the seventeenth century and was rehabilitated to make way for a modern building, which also includes an area for events with capacity for 500 people. In 2014, a new dining room was opened with more affordable prices (dishes from € 6), and the new bar. The kitchen presents with great creativity and culinary rigor, supported by consulting chef Hélio Santos. The wine list is extensive and representative of the various regions of the country.

Opened in 2008, this restaurant is the result of the passion for good eating and well-being at the table of its owner and architect responsible for the project. Integrated into the building where is located the Domus Museum nucleus of the Old School of the Cathedral, the Brac is a cosmopolitan and urban location, the site of several events as cocktails, presentations, concerts of jazz in the bar lounge (in collaboration with BragaJazz), exhibitions of photography (with the Dates of the image) or packaged dinners by Brazilian Popular Music live. The service is excellent and the Portuguese traditional cuisine with …

An ancient oil press today gave place to a Museum and restaurant in an environment surrounded by greenery. Inserted in Heredad del Regato, the winepress restaurant serves typical cuisine of the region of Beira Baixa, cooked in a wood-burning oven. The environment, which dates back to ages past, whose brands were preserved in the recovery room, combines a sophisticated contemporary past. Octopus to the mill owner, olive oil drizzled bacalhoada traditional sausages are the delight of lovers of good traditional table.

Sortelha, located on a high rocky hill at an altitude of over 760 meters, is one of the oldest villages in the country. With excellent defensive conditions, it was initially inhabited by Castro cultures and, much later, populated by King Sancho II. Of the medieval castle, which underwent several transformations, some defensive towers, the keep, and, along the walls, some Gothic gates remain. Of particular note is the parish church, dating from the 14th century, with Baroque carvings on the main altar from the 18th century.

A forest whose origins date back to the Tertiary period and which once extended across vast regions of the European continent. Currently, it is confined to some archipelagos in the North Atlantic, with a particular concentration in Madeira, where it is currently considered the largest continuous area of ​​this type of forest in the world. It is important both for its representativeness in terms of the diversity of flora and fauna species and its state of conservation. It was classified as a UNESCO Natural Heritage site in 1999. In 2010, it was classified as one of the Seven Natural Wonders …

To take a walk or rest for a while, there nothing better than the tour through the parks and gardens of Coimbra. Starting at the Choupal, a shelter for students’ loves, continue to the Quinta das Lágrimas, where the tradition locates the drama of D. Pedro and D. Inês. Next, get to know the Botanic Garden, where thousands of exotic and autochthones species are gathered, and add to this, decorative elements such as fountains and ponds. The Sereia Garden, so-called because there is a fountain with a triton the people called a mermaid, was the place meant for entertainment and …

The Praça da Liberdade has known several names along the centuries. Its construction was due to the progressive growing of the city. It was a meeting point for politicians, writers and artists and became a place searched for all classes. Among other marking events there will always be the death by hanging of the liberals, in 1829, (after this rehabilitated as “liberty martyrs”. In 1866 is open the monument to the liberal King, a tribute of the city to D. Pedro IV. The Portuguese Republic was first proclaimed here, January, 31st, 1891. In 1916, when the city council decided to …

Mountain route, embellished by several waterfalls, is ideal for those who wish to play golf in one of the most beautiful scenery of Northern Portugal. Situated on Quinta da Deveza and surrounded by a beautiful and healthy environment of mountains, the course of Amarante was inaugurated in 1997 is a meandering mountain field that requires precision, due to its narrowness, the "bunkers" that protect the "greens" and the Lakes come into play in the holes 3, 8, 12 and 17. Despite its location at 600 metres above sea level, most of the 18 holes are soft, because the architect managed …

The Museum of Cars of Horses is a gem almost hidden in the village of Geraz do Lima. The Museum is installed in Quinta da Bouça and was born of the passion, desire and perseverance of doctor Lopo de Carvalho, who throughout his life was coming together the most complete and magnificent collection of horse Cars across Europe. Many of these cars were once used by ancestors of Lopo de Carvalho, and you saved and reconstructed. The collection consists of more than fifty extraordinary cars, manufactured in several countries, such as France, Holland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and United States of …

A village located in a cove of the Castelo de Bode reservoir. It is one of the most typical and picturesque villages in central Portugal. Dominating the low white houses is the medieval tower, said to have been built by the Knights Templar on a Roman watchtower to oversee the deep Zêzere Valley, which formed the border between Moorish and Christian territory. Of note among its cultural heritage are the main church, dating from the 13th century and rebuilt in 1453, with the image of Our Lady of Weeping, and the chapel of Santo Antão, with 17th-century statues.