Apesar de recente, o restaurante Papa-Figos, em Torres Novas já se assume como paragem obrigatória para quem quer reviver a tradição gastronómica torrejana. Aqui, o figo, que é da terra, é rei e está presente um pouco por toda a ementa, resultando em pratos originais e com uma abordagem moderna. Desde as entradas, com o torricado de queijo de cabra com figo preto e mel, até aos pratos de peixe e carne, com destaque para o bacalhau em cebolada com figo preto e batata laminada ou o magret de pato com redução de laranja com figo e pêra bêbeda. Termine …

This village was founded in 1616 on the estate of S. Luís de Jacentes (now Assentes), belonging to D. Estêvão de Faro - Count of Faro and Commander of S. Salvador de Jones. It also belonged to D. Diniz de Faro, the second and last Count of Faro, and to D. Juliana de Faro, the Countess of Faro. It was a town, formerly called Farinho, a very fertile land, especially in cereals. In 1775, the town's grantee was D. José Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 6th Count of Pombeiro and 1st Marquis of Belas. Its parish priest was from the …

O desejo de Edgar Gouveia, de abrir uma casa estilo chalé para alugar nas margens do Douro, concretizou-se nesta unidade, com três quartos, que é alugada por inteiro. A decoração é moderna e arrojada: há um enorme limoeiro ao centro, troncos de madeira a servirem de mesas-de-cabeceira, quarto com lareira e uma mistura entre peças antigas e de design contemporâneo. Todas (incluindo a cama) podem ser adquiridas. É ideal para grupos, já que além de uma sala comum e cozinha equipada, tem churrasqueira, garrafeira climatizada e várias hortas biológicas para explorar. O jardim e a piscina são excelentes para relaxar. …

Iberian pyrite belt belt integrated, that, about 250 km in length and a width which reaches the 40 km, starts at the vale do Sado and extends into the Valley of the Guadalquivir, the Lousal mine was explored between 1900 and 1988, when it closed its extractive activity. Was a farmer in the region, António Manuel, who, in August 1882, requested the Ministry of public works and Mines the degree of discovery of Tomb of Lousal. But it was only from the third decade of the 20th century that the Lousal began to be exploited more intensely. To learn a …

This temple is located at the top of Monte Farinha, overlooking Mondim de Basto, at around 990 meters above sea level. Set in a landscape of great beauty and surrounded by the Serra do Alvão mountains, it is a place of reference in terms of history, archaeology, religion and even sport. Devotion to Our Lady of Grace attracts thousands of pilgrims to the sanctuary every year, mainly on its three official festivals: the Ascension, on the last Sunday of May, the centuries-old pilgrimage of Santiago, which is lost in the memory of time, on the 25th of July (already referenced …

Narra a história que as alheiras terão sido inventadas pelos judeus como artimanha para escapar às Inquisição. Impedidos pela religião de comer carne de porco, e perseguidos pelo facto de não fazerem nem fumarem os habituais enchidos de porco, substituíram a carne de porco por uma imensa variedade de carnes, que incluíam vitela, coelho, peru e pato. A tradição perdurou no tempo e chegou aos nossos dias. Apresenta o formato de ferradura, cilíndrico, constituído por uma pasta fina na qual se vislumbram pedaços de carne desfiados. Atualmente são uma das iguarias mais afamadas de Trás-os-Montes, mas as mais conhecidas encontram-se …

Located on a plain above the Alva river, Sabugueiro is the highest village in Portugal (an altitude of 1050 metres). It started from the shacks of sheperds that used the mountain's pastures for their sheep and their goats. The engraving on the rock by the Canariz Fountain is a testimony to the peopling of the area in remote times. Even though there are still shepherds and related activities (wool and cheese production), rural tourism has developed in the last few years and there are several typical houses currently adapted. The shpherds still move to the Douro region in the winter …

Created in 1999, the Monte do Chora Cascas-MCC claims for its genuine charm, feature that has distinguished this space, while fate of refinement in Portugal. About 45 minutes from Lisbon, the mount appears in the landscape as a natural amphitheatre. In the silence and tranquility of Alentejo, the privileged view on the slope of the castle of Montemor-o-Novo appeals to romanticism and to dream. Six of the rooms are named after a guardian angel, whose initials together form the word DREAM-Pat Patenaude, Omael, Nithael, Haziel, Aniel and Rochel. The seventh room is simply recognized by paragraph 7. From 2011, the …

In its time, it was one of the largest Cistercian monasteries in Portugal, the grantee of vast lands around it, with the obligation to cultivate and populate them. Its construction began in 1155, shortly after the donation of the land made to the Order by Egas Moniz, assistant to D. Afonso Henriques, and his wife Teresa Afonso. It was consecrated in 1255, when the monastic complex was complete. The church, of large dimensions, stands out, imposing, in the middle of the uniform houses of the small village that was formed to the east. Between the centuries. In the 16th and …

Sente-se a amor pelo Algarve em cada prato que chega à mesa, em cada produto delicadamente confecionado e no sorriso de Cecília Paixão, a chefe deste novo restaurante, de cada vez que vem à mesa apresentar mais uma proposta da carta. A ocupar um lugar no Mercado de Tavira, este é um restaurante inovador, elegante e de decoração simples mas confortável que vem apontar o caminho ao que a restauração deve ser nesta zona balnear. Potenciam-se os produtos, enaltecem-se os sabores e corta-se nos artifícios, fazendo chegar à mesa comida honesta mas cheia de identidade. A chamuça de cavala em …