Quinta do Convento da Franqueira, situated in Barcelos, is a space of turismo de habitação installed in a former Franciscan convent from the 16th century. From here you can see a beautiful landscape that spans from the Gerês to the sea. The main House has four guest rooms, but who seek an accommodation with kitchen may stay in the apartment of the cloister, which is located on the ground floor. The Gate House, totally independent of the main house offers visitors more privacy in their fourteen acres of private grounds, visitors will find the lush fields and gardens of Franqueira …

This parish was born from the recent Administrative Division of the Municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo, in 1988. Its settlement took place in very early times, perhaps in the Miocene period, according to some studies carried out by the City Council. The Romans left in this area evident marks of the new civilization that they transported to the Iberian Peninsula, and which, in the case of Canhestros, took place at a very late period. In addition to traces of an old Roman walkway, several fragments of common pottery, tegulae and imbrices were discovered. The Roman people, in the region where …

A two-kilometre walking trail, along which you can see a small lagoon, several cliffs that are nesting sites for birds, the surrounding villages and the plain that extends to the sea.

Viewpoint that allows the visitor to fill the view with the green landscape, where, somewhere in the middle, you can see typical houses, painted yellow, which form this picturesque view.

Location offering a beautiful view over the entire neighbouring region and especially on the sea. In the background you can see the Farol da Maia, deployed on the hill with the same name.

The fonts located in the center of a garden, in white marble, circumscribed by the fence. Has 2 cocks and one of the facades can see the inscription "Câmara Municipal de Nisa 1922".

Museum where you can see the instruments formerly used to harvest wheat. It has a permanent exhibition of panels that portray and explain the techniques of wheat cultivation, harvesting and threshing.

By the name it is possible to predict that the views of this restaurant are guaranteed and what you see are extensive Spanish hills. The cuisine is traditional alentejana, although admire other suggestions of national cuisine.

Located on a rise of about 70 meters, west of the monastery, Alcobaça Castle was commissioned by King Afonso Henriques in 1147, on the presumed ruins of a 6th-century fortification. Destroyed several times during the Reconquista, King Sancho ordered its reconstruction to shelter the Alcobaça monks and the population in case of attack. After suffering several seismic shocks, it ended up serving as a prison during the reign of the Philips.

These ancient firewood ovens, built in the early 20TH century 20, testify to the work and the art of potters that here amassavam, and coziam served the clay, which is then used to coat the houses on the island. In 2007 were recovered and can now be seen properly.