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 …

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 …

The Mining Museum of S. Pedro da Cova is installed in one of the old Houses of Malta, built by the Companhia das Minas de Carvão, with the aim of housing miners from other lands – the "Maltese". Later, this building was acquired by the Parish Council of S. Pedro da Cova, and on the 30th of September 1989 it was inaugurated as the Mining Museum, becoming a place of memory of the former coal mining workers, assuming an industrial vocation – receiving the movable property that could be collected at the time of the closure of the Companhia das …

The Axis Ponte de Lima Golf Resort Hotel is located on top of a hill, from which one can enjoy the green landscape that surrounds the modern building, built in 2003. With 40 rooms spread over 2 floors, this space is ideal for those who enjoy sports. Play a game of tennis, swim a few laps in the indoor pool, work out in the fitness area or simply enjoy the green landscape and the comfort of the hotel to refresh batteries and breathe fresh air. One of the gains of the hotel's 18-hole golf course. To help in this aspect …

With views of Marvão Castle, Dom Dinis is situated at the top of the high village of Marvão. It features a roof-top terrace with panoramic views of the countryside below, and has air-conditioned guestrooms. The traditional rooms have terracotta floors and are decorated in natural tones. All rooms come equipped with a TV and a private bathroom with a hairdryer. Dom Dinis features medieval-inspired décor and also has a communal living room with a fireplace. The hotel is located 6 km from the ruins of the Roman city Ammaia. Nearby leisure activities include hiking and swimming in the Sever River. …

It is a ceramic oven from the Roman period, which consists of two overlapping chambers separated by a perforated grill, with four brick arches that support the cooking chamber grill. Cooking products were placed on the grill, which was then topped with a vault with a chimney, to evacuate gases and smoke, of which only traces remain. The chamber is preceded by a corridor furnace with brick walls that slope towards the center and a slab base. The mouth of the oven is made of stones placed vertically. The vault with the grill and chimney constituted the "laboratorium", still documented …

Cloistered convent which comprises the Church choirs, sacristy, mirante, cloisters, refectory, kitchens, wheel, cells, the Chapter Room, and agricultural zone. The single ship Church is lined by two carpets from 17th-century tiles, geometric motifs in threaded circles and quadrilobos entwined, and enxaquetados. There are high and low choirs for separation of the two communities conventuals and isolation of the masses and public holidays. Include the full arch portico Centre with entablature, flanked by classical columns and false wooden barrel-vaults, with trompe l'oeil effect on ship. Deserve a featured the altarpieces of gilt national style, with Solomonic columns, shell motifs.

The place where it was deployed this temple, originally in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 13th century, is of great importance both as strategic geographic, in following the politics of King Alfonso III of Asturias in secure population in the Douro Valley and create security conditions in the area during the Reconquista. Late Romanesque architecture displays, resulting radical renovations between the 13th and 14th centuries, and modest construction, because the Eja influence would be reducing despite the importance of the territory of "Anegia" from 870. The altar was renovated during the Baroque era, displaying national-style gilded, sectioned by …

This is one of the rock art sites in the Valley of the Coa, forming a rare set of this type of art, essentially composed of stone engravings dated from the Upper Paleolithic. This core consists of a large natural wall in shale, on the left bank of the River, where we found a set of engravings of reasons perforation, interpreted as being two cattle and a geometric motif also perforation. There are still prints incisas geometrical and remains of a possible motive schematic anthropomorph, located on the right bank of the Ribeira. One can also observe a vertical panel …

Also known as the Palace of Sintra, this impressive palatial example is the only surviving example of the great Royal Palaces of the Middle Ages. With a complex and irregular layout, this palace is the result of several construction campaigns, the main ones being from the reigns of King John I, King Manuel I, and the first third of the 16th century. The Palace of Sintra is the most ambitious Mudéjar art project in Portugal. Frequently used by medieval monarchs, it has many rooms, among the most important being the Archers' Room, the Guest Room, the Arab Room, the Chinese …