In the Museum restaurant of Chanfana no mistake. In the biological Park of Serra da Lousã, at the gates of Miranda do Corvo, homage to traditional regional cuisine, based on the old goat meat, pork and still in the hunt and fishing. Potential controversies aside, the region is assumed as "capital of chanfana. The space, modern and effective, recounts the history and tradition of this area of Portugal and features dishes like chanfana, negalhos, wedding soup and sweet nabada originating in the monastery of Santa Maria de Semide. Furthermore, the restaurant of Chanfana Museum is the only place where you …

Created in 1963, this museum is the result of a donation of a valuable collection gathered by the ethnographer Joaquim Sellés Paes de Villas Boas. It began as the Regional Ceramics Museum and later became the Museum of Portuguese Popular Ceramics. However, when the pottery pieces formed a collection, it simply became the Pottery Museum. In this space you can appreciate more than 6600 pieces from various regions of the country, from Portuguese-speaking countries and some from abroad, divided into four main groups: black pottery, matte red pottery, glazed pottery and figurative pieces.

Within Valença's Fortress Square, you can admire its beautiful historic center, from the Old Metal Bridge to the Milestone, passing by numerous religious monuments, such as the Collegiate Church of Saint Stephen, the Church of Mercy, and the Parish Church of Saint Mary of the Angels. Valença began to gain importance during the Middle Ages, when it was a mandatory stop on pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. But it was in the military domain that Valença became famous. It was an important defensive stronghold, a bastion of nationality, often besieged by neighboring Spain. The Valença fortress was built in the …

It has been eleven years already that the Paredes parish becomes a true stage for the most diverse art forms. Art, literature, poetry, music, theatre, craftswork and folklore represinte the six parishes of the Sousa Valley, with a program that has been most successful and has brought to Paredes important names of the arts in Portugal, such as Raúl Solnado and Maria João and Mário Laginhas. Conditions are created so as to allow the artists to show their work and, simultaneously, create cultural habits in the populations. The event takes place in the whole town of Paredes but the most …

Village built in a small lot. Its name is due to the fact that, in time, have there been flax industry. Its importance was demonstrated by having enjoyed privileges of municipal headquarters and pillory. Had judge ordinary, two councillors and a Prosecutor presented by donors. The village belonged to the convent of Santa Clara in Beja and was sold in 1503 by d. Violante de Moura, Abbess of the convent said the sum of 200 thousand Reis, Álvaro, Lord of Tentúgal, purchase which was confirmed by King Manuel I in March 14, 1516 and, later, by d. João III in …

A village with curvy, narrow streets, located between the Montejun to-Sintra mountains and the springs of the Alenquer Brook. It boast several vestiges of different civilizations: a roman road with abridge, the friars pathways to the convents of São Jerónimo do Mato and Santo António de Charnais and the medieval Galician road. One may also visit the ruins of the palace of Dona leonor (the place where the queen rested whem she went to the thermae of the Caldas da Rainha), the pillory, the church of Prazeres and the chapel of the Espírito Santo (Holy Spirit). A special note to …

A village of moorish origins (who gave it its name), Messejana includes the Delbas village, the Foros of Escanchados and the Foros of Vale de Água. Its architectural heritage is clearly of the Alentejo region. The pillory (classed as a Public Interest Construction), the mother church, the church of Our Lady of Assunção, the castle's ruins (conquered to the moors by Dom Sancho II) and the Convent of Saint Francisco stand out. The local gastronomy includes the açorda à alentejana and the migas, while trhe craftswork is mostly composed of embroideries. Messajana is also famed as a touristic hunting area …

The project Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, designed by the architect Eduardo Souto Moura, consists of 750 m2 of permanent and temporary exhibition area, coffee shop, bookstore and an auditorium with seating for 195 seats. The Museum brings together 121 works, including 16 paintings of the author, provided for a period of ten years, and also some pieces of art from her husband Victor Willing (artist and art critic). In addition to drawings, engravings and lithographs is still possible to admire the beauty of the tapestry piece "battle of Alcácer-Quibir", acquired in 2008 by the municipality through an application at …

The House-Museum of Leal da Câmara is installed in residences where Master Leal da Câmara lived from 1930 until his death in 1948. The building that once belonged to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal, worked as a field Hospital of the Portuguese troops during the French invasions, in the 19th century. In 1965 was incorporated in the Municipal Chamber of Sintra, upon the death of the donor and the master's widow. Since 2003 the House functions as a space where we display the hooptie collections of the artist (painting, drawing, caricature, furniture, textiles, ceramics, photo and …

Imposing, high on the mountain, the 1200 meters of altitude, in a unique recovery by the hand of the Architect Souto Moura, reborn a wonderful Pousada de Portugal. The iconic building of Penhas da Saúde returns with all the sophistication and splendor of other times. With opening the April 1, 2014, Pousada da Serra da Estrela has 92 rooms (including two with spa concept), spa, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, meeting rooms and restaurant. Everything has been studied to the smallest detail so that the new project would save the original building built in the early 20th century.