Installed in an 18th-century Manor House has been transformed into the Inn in 1974 and, recently, in 4-star hotel, this accommodation unit is divided into three buildings. Saves all the ambiance of a traditional House of quinta do Minho, with dark wooden ceilings and stone walls. The rooms have a lovely view over the gardens and over the hills and valleys of Góios. Some apartments can still the Minho river and its margin. The outdoor pool, inserted in the gardens surrounded by fruit trees, all in stone and was kept in its original style. When they're ripe, lemons, oranges, peaches …

Manor house chapel, illuminated by a window torn laterally. Topped off by interior façades, cornice with chorus-alto, pulpit and stand on the side of the Gospel. Private Chapel features associated with a solar, with traces of having adossadas constructions right next door, and the door off of cunhal access to chorus-high, sharp verticalism. Main façade, decorated her just enough showing corners apilastrados, frieze and cornice in shot and continuous portal and window decoration, with padded frames and clipped and vegetal elements, all surmounted by stone weapons of the settlor. Chorus-high with the central convex zone, with polychrome carved balustrade, which …

The parish church of Boticas, dedicated to Nossa Senhora da Livração, was built in the late 19TH century. The main façade has a portal surmounted by a rectangular oval and shoots in simple pediment surmounted by a granite cross. Has a quadrangular Bell Tower with four founders tears, built at a later stage. Inside the walls are decorated with paintings depicting biblical themes such as "the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves". Also the triumphal arch, which divides the chancel from the nave of the Church, is decorated with a panel representing the "Ascension of Christ" Has this church …

At the top of Glória Lift is the garden and viewpoint of São Pedro de Alcântara and, going up Dom Pedro V Street, you reach Jardim do Príncipe Real. Underneath the garden is the Patriarcal water reservoir, from 1864. A little further on are the Natural History and Science Museums, as well as the Botanical Garden. On Academia das Ciências Street you will find the Academy and the Geological Museum. Continuing along São Bento Street you will find the Assembly of the Republic, installed in the São Bento Palace. Continue along Avenida Dom Carlos I and you will see the …

It is a granite structure of interlocking walls, the circular pit. Has the particularity to the absence of structural cápias form the rim at the top of the wall, about 64 feet long and 2.17 meters of average height, revealing the boca do fojo to its ending upward slope. It is believed it was used especially in winter, when farmers drove cattle goats and cattle to mount low, located southwest of the village and bounded naturally by the rivers of Fafião and Cávado. The cova do fojo was shrouded with wood prepared horizontally and a canopy, Crown easily but anybody …

The Marquis, the Avenida da Liberdade, Baixa and Bairro Alto are right there at your fingertips. One of the advantages of staying if installed right in the heart of the city is to have all around, in addition to the accessibility facilitated by the urban transport network right outside the door. The HF Fénix Lisboa is a space of great comfort, where it feels good to spend time. In addition to the offer of rooms for different tastes and needs, the Hotel Fénix Lisboa has great social and recreational areas such as City Garden Lounge. At all points of the …

Castle ordered to be built by Álvaro Gonçalves Pereira in 1350, having undergone several modifications in the following centuries. This castle was part of a vast line of fortresses and watchtowers that protected the much attacked banks of the Tagus River. Its architectural design indicates a function aimed at the protection and refuge of populations. Made of dressed granite, it is an important symbol of Portuguese military architecture of the time. Located in a privileged location, on the banks of the Tagus River, it has a good panoramic view. It is shaped like a quadrilateral and is flanked by four …

This pole is installed in the former Court of the ox of the people, working in network with the Interpretive Centre in Montalegre. It is a center of environmental education which focuses on species that occur in the Highlands of Mourela and in the Valley of the dam and in bird ringing in the Valley of the past 30 years Sallas and their migratory flows and the confluence of two climates, Mediterranean and Atlantic. Tourém offers three hiking routes to reconcile fundamental themes in preserving the identity of a territory; the coast Trail associates the natural heritage. Trail of Birds …

It is believed that this location, known as Fraga of the Cat and located north of the village of Walls, about 1100 meters above sea level, is an ancient settlement. It is a small elevation in the middle of the plateau of Mourela, where several ceramic fragments were found consistent with ancient occupation of the site. Structural alignments are visible, apparent and in some branch points in the boulders. Northwest side are still two large walls, about two meters wide, spaced about twenty meters. There are several platforms where they have spotted some ceramic fragments. Is a place quite sheltered …

The museum integrates the Herbário (herbarium), which comes from the middle of the XIX century, with real collections and others bought or exchanged, where all plants’ groups are represented. It has a rich wood collection, especially in exotic woods from the former Portuguese colonies. One of these collections, shaped as a book, was taken from a shipwreck at the Douro mouth and offered to the University being, probably, the best collection of this sort that exists in Portugal. Another collection is made of parts of plants used to build goods such as bamboo, wicker, etc. Some of the scientific material …