Quinta da Veiga is situated on the slope left of the Caniçada dam, seven kilometres from Vila do Gerês and 20 from the border with Spain. The property offers a countryside and forests on the mountains Merouço, Cabreira and Gerês and on the rivers Cávado and Ave has 8200 square meters of area, where it enters the pool and two gardens. The accommodation is made in apartments, two of T3 typology and one of type T2, situated in the main villa and a T2 set in Casa da Pedra. Almost all can be rented as a whole or for rooms, …

The people of Atilhó oven is a vernacular rural construction in granite, two waters, coverage in tile, with a covered porch, attached to the main façade, which protects a granite pousadouro. Inside the building, to the right of the front door you will find the tendal, massive granite structure, on top of which was placed a "smock" in wood, to protect the dough. In part fundeira are the ovens where the local population continues to bake traditional Scones. The oven of the people played, in bygone days, an important role in village sociality, the so-called "coffee of the people", was …

Anyone entering Salto and heading towards the town center will be struck by the imposing ecclesiastical image located at the top of Rua Padre Manuel José Jorge, on a granite parallel. This is Salto's old main church, perhaps the town's most iconic landmark. It's a romantically designed building that has undergone several structural renovations over time. On the north and south walls of the nave, glimpses of the perfect overlapping of the stones can be seen. Toward the rear of the church, aligned along the edge of the landscaped and well-kept churchyard, are four tombstones covered with lids, each decorated …

A protected area located between the Douro and Tagus rivers, southwest of Sabugal. It measures 25 kilometers long and 2.5 kilometers wide, reaching its highest point at 1,000 meters above sea level. It is full of ravines and streams, with the Côa River, the Meimoa Stream, and the Bazágueda Stream originating here. Among the flora, holm oaks and cork oaks, oaks and strawberry trees, leafy hogweed, gorse, sargassum, hazel, wild oak or wild cherry, ancient chestnut trees, and cork oaks stand out. A haven for abundant and diverse wildlife, here you can spot goshawks, montane eagles, hares and partridges, tits, …

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 …

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 …

Located in the Natural Park of Southwest Alentejo, more specifically in Zambujeira do Mar, the Zmar Eco Camping Resort is a 5 stars, with 81 acres. Classified as campsite Zmar, came, however, changing the concept of camping in Portugal. The Eco Camping beyond the possibility to enjoy moments of course, also offers ecological services worthy of a resort. The accommodation comprises an area with 33 chalets, 48 hotelmóvel accommodations, 3 Zvillas and a park with a capacity of 288 caravans. The chalets and the Zvillas have a capacity for up to six people and are built in wood. The hoteismóveis …

The opening, with the arrival of the year of 2011, the new casino was upping the ante with regard to provision of leisure by the Tróia Design Hotel, a unit that was, literally, a new light in this area. At night, few think the colors that roam the undulating balconies of this five-star unit and that let you see the hotel in the distance. Located right in front of the new marina, also is easy to see, by location and by its size (there are 14 floors), that this is a hotel that offers a privileged view over the sea, …

Along the high levelling that was made in order to level the Rua Nova da Alfãndega Street runs the typical Miragaia Street, bellow the level of the main street, with its houses laid on arcades. This zone is one of the most interesting areas of Porto and where you can see buildings with signs from the XV and XVI centuries as well as many others from the XVII and XVIII centuries. Of those streets, we point out three: Viela da Baleia, name that remembers the mandible of a wale that used to be there; Ancira Street (right in front of …

Entered an exclusive tourist complex which is included in the main route of the "jet set", the path of the Ria Formosa Natural Park with a wealth of fauna and flora. Is similar to the Quinta do Lago but offers different challenges. The field has four magnificent par 5, par 4 are usually "dog-legs" (excepting the holes 10 and 13) and the par 3 are quite influenced by the wind, forcing the great accuracy in strokes. The lakes at 13 and 18 constitute difficult task, in achieving a good result. The authorship of the field belongs to several architects: William …