Everyone knows the "Peter". Is the most famous café-bar of the Azores and a space of choice among sailors and sea-related people. Since 1918, this modest but cozy space, directed by Henrique Azevedo (Peter), receives tourists from the four corners of the planet. Today, after the death of Patriarch in 2005, the deal is still in the hands of his son, José Henrique Azevedo and maintains its typical moth. Nautical motifs and the famous American Eagle, originally from the stern of a whaler, mark presence inside. Outside, a whale and a carved wooden sign marking the entrance in this floor …

Located in the centre of Caldas da Rainha, a short distance from Óbidos, the new SANA Silver Coast Hotel offers a privileged location, in the centre of Portugal. With 80 rooms and 8 suites, restaurant, bar, café with outdoor terrace and 2 meeting rooms, the newest hotel in Caldas da Rainha will be a reference point in the western centre of Portugal, offering different solutions for accommodation, meetings and events. Fully rebuilt to cater to today’s guest needs, the hotel has maintained the original 19th century façade while its newer interiors and elegant décor recreate the history of a hotel …

Despite its integration into the Cistercian Order, the life of this monastery was turbulent and short. During his visit in 1553, the Abbot of Clairvaux found it in a state of complete neglect and poverty, which is why it was secularized in 1560, becoming a parish church. What we see today in Ermelo is a beautiful Romanesque church adapted to the life of a small parish, first in the 16th century and again in the 18th century. Of the nave that stood to the south, only the beautiful triumphal arch remains, now open to the sky outside. The monastery's dependencies …

Considered one of the largest mining operations in the Roman world, the Tresminas mine began during the reign of Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) and continued until the time of Septimius Severus. It was likely carried out using an open-pit system, creating the large craters that still bear witness to the human effort in the landscape today. A complex system of galleries was opened across the vein for the transport, disposal, and treatment of the minerals, which remains open to visitors. The Archaeological Park has viewpoints overlooking the mining pits, interpretive panels, signposted walking trails, and picnic areas. Visits …

Idanha-a-Velha stands on the site of the glorious city of Egitânia, invaded and sacked countless times. Here we find vestiges of prehistory, the Celts, Roman Classicism, the Suevi, the Visigoths, the Arabs, the Portuguese Middle Ages, and buildings from the Manueline period. The Egitaniense Epigraphic Museum is housed in the town's cathedral, originally built on an early Christian temple and the first Visigothic cathedral built in the Iberian Peninsula. Inside, we can see the largest collection of Roman epigraphy in Europe ever found in a single location. Another part of this collection is part of the collections of the Tavares …

To get here, you can come from Setúbal by boat, or by road via Alcácer, Grândola, or Santiago do Cacém. The ruins comprise a residential area, a bathhouse, swimming pools, a religious center, four burial areas, and industrial areas. Mosaics and stucco with fresco painting are still visible. Occupation extended from the 1st to the 5th/6th centuries. Besides the fish salting workshops, the most characteristic element, there are uncovered thermal baths, a residential area known as Rua da Princesa, a mausoleum, necropolises with different types of tombs, and an early Christian basilica with frescoed walls, which can only be visited …

O Pézinhos no Rio, em Constância, é um restaurante com uma localização privilegiada, mesmo em frente ao local onde o Zêzere e o Tejo se juntam num só. O nome reflete a localização, mesmo à beira da água, o que torna o espaço perfeito no tempo quente, em especial na esplanada. Lá dentro há duas salas, envidraçadas, por onde é possível vislumbrar quer os cursos de água quer o casario da vila poema. Delicie-se com a fataça ou com as enguias fritas com açorda de ovas, ou com a maminha na pedra. Termine com um queijinho de céu, um doce …

A Tasca dos Coelhos em Borba é um espaço tradicional, decorado com objectos típicos da região e com uma cozinha assente nos saberes e nos sabores que passaram de geração em geração. Os pratos apresentados são de origem local, apurados pela mão certa da cozinheira que para os confeccionar usa apenas o que as hortas e os mercados oferecem a cada dia que passa. Nas entradas não deixe de provar uma automotora, um prato construído com batata frita, ovo e chouriço. Nos principais há perdiz com lombardo, burras de porco no forno, pézinhos de coentrada e o prato imagem de …

A Tasca da Galega, no Barreiro, é um espaço pequeno e muito animado, decorado com simplicidade e com detalhes que remetem para o ambiente das antigas tascas da região de Lisboa. A cozinha é familiar, essencialmente baseada nos pratos de peixe, dedicando particular atenção aos petiscos para partilhar com amigos. Detentores de vários prémios nos concursos gastronómicos locais, ganham habitualmente com as pataniscas de polvo com arroz de feijão. Mas há mais iguarias para provar. Os cogumelos salteados com alecrim e moscatel são uma das entradas, o arroz de lavagante outra boa opção, bem como o tradicional choco frito. Termine …

O restaurante .COME, em Condeixa-a-Nova, conseguiu debaixo do mesmo teto reunir o que de mais moderno há em termos de restauração e ainda o mais tradicional da região. Decorado de forma moderna e arrojada, organiza anualmente um festival da francesinha, uma verdadeira surpresa para a localidade. Na carta habitual presenteia os clientes com propostas de entradas como o queijo curado de cabra da serra de Sicó ou o requeijão de Penela com compota de abóbora. O principal da lista passa pelo cabrito assado ou grelhado, apenas por encomenda, e pelo leitão assado ou pelo arroz de pato. Termine a refeição …