The views it offers over the historic area of Castelo Branco and the region greatly reward the effort required to reach it. It is located close to the Castle and opened in 1941, built to “hide” the water supply tanks and later reclassified during the Polis program. The garden benches and shadows invite you to take a well-deserved rest, while contemplating the panoramic view that goes from Serra da Estrela to the border.

Between Peso da Régua and Pinhão, exit at Covalinhas to reach the top of São Leonardo and its chapel. From this site, known for having inspired Miguel Torga, you can glimpse the Douro Valley. The river, far below, flowing slowly toward its mouth, the rugged slopes and sharp peaks, and the verdant greenery of the nearby vineyards, which try to disguise the prevailing grayness.

It is the second-highest peak on the island of Madeira, with an altitude of 1818 meters. It offers a magnificent view and, when the weather is good, you can see the neighboring island of Porto Santo. It has an inn, a restaurant and a souvenir shop and is one of the most visited peaks on the island due to good access and the trails that connect it to Pico das Torres and Pico Ruivo, which are very well-prepared and signposted.

Fortified village located in a small shed at the bottom of the East mound of monte da Croa stump. It is a rugged spur where noticeable faint traces of a line of walls and a deep moat from the West side, currently used as a path. Inside are ceramic fragments of Roman chronology and indigenous. It is believed that was associated with the Castro of Croa stump, being possibly later and occupation also in the Roman era.

Castro dating back to the Bronze age, more exactly from the 7th century BC. This is located in a hilly elevation, on top of which stands a chapel of Oracle to Nossa Senhora da Guia. At the same site were also found archaeological remains denoting the existence of a fortified village. Of the latter, very little can be seen because it was grounded in 1995, during the construction of an access road.

Construído em 1890 pela mão do arquiteto José Luís Monteiro, apresenta uma mistura de neogótico e neo-românico. O interior foi decorado por Luigi Manini, arquiteto e pintor de renome. O local onde se insere, a encosta norte da serra de Sintra, ajudam a criar a mística irreal do local.

Built in 1715, by the spot where the medieval wall used to be, it had the castle behind, whose donjorl was preserved. In front of the arcade was the Campo de Santa Ana, ordered by D. Diogo de Sousa in the XVI century. Between 1761 and 1767, at the time of the archbishop D. Gaspar de Bragança, the central nucleus of the arcade was opened and the Igreja da Lapa (church), with an André Soares drawing, was built.

Baroque convent where works, currently, the Museu de Angra do Heroísmo. It is an 18th century building which was built on two earlier closures Franciscan. Featuring sober lines, with facades where Tower the pilasters and the window openings. Attached to the convent, a church dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Guia, with the interior divided into three naves. Highlighting the gilded altarpieces and for some Baroque paintings.

As cristas de galo são também conhecidas como Pastéis de Toucinho, uma vez que a sua origem será mesma essa. Oriundas do Convento de Santa Clara ter-se-ão destacado pelo seu formato peculiar em forma de crista, que acabou por batizar esta extraordinária relíquia da doçaria local.

O gaspacho é um prato fresco, normalmente confecionado no verão. Esta sopa fria é oriunda das regiões do Alentejo e do Algarve. Normalmente acompanhada com pão em pedaços e temperada com azeite, vinagre e sal a gosto. Para que fique mais fria, é comum serem adicionados cubos de gelo.