A beach located in a fishing village, nestled in a small valley with a paradisiacal landscape. Nestled between cliffs, it is bisected by the Ceixe River, which separates the Alentejo from the Algarve. Barriers were built in the sand to try to secure the dunes. The water is cold and choppy, but offers excellent conditions for surfing and canoeing. There are a few restaurants serving traditional dishes. A stroll through downtown Odeceixe, a trip on the tourist train, or a stop at the Ponte Branca viewpoint are recommended.

Hidden from the city of Horta by Monte Queimado, Porto Pim Beach has soft, black sand, very typical of these volcanic islands. The bay of Porto Pim is, without a doubt, a place of rare beauty. Monte da Guia and the aforementioned Monte Queimado constitute natural barriers to the entry of sea water, making these waters calm and deep blue. Its green spaces and fortification, make that bathers consider it the best beach on the island.

The Brewery Restaurant João Gordo, in Leiria, is located right next to the station for 20 years and "give" good snacks to who by there passes. With extended hours, from 10 at two in the morning, the João Gordo promises not to leave anyone hungry. With the cheeses, sausages, or with the various salads, or with special snacks. Try the Frittata with corn bread (€5,50) or the Woodpecker to our sets (€ 4). For lovers of seafood fried shrimp is mandatory to Fat (€9,50). Accompany with the beer of the House.

The restaurant source is a biological kitchen project associated with the supermarket chain BRIO. Nice and simple space invites you to try the dishes made with organic products.In the Source restaurant you can choose from a diverse set of suggestions for all meals of the day (always with products of the season), while enjoying the genuine flavor of organic foods. These functional spaces, contemporary lines and with the simplicity of a self-service, are ideal to eat healthily and be with family and friends.

A space composed of three rooms and inaugurated in 2006 that means to bring to the south bank of the Douro river the specialities of the Ponte da Pedra restaurant (located in Marco de Canaveses). The menu is composed of several entries (of the traditional Portuguese cuisine), a main dish (to choose from) and tens of desserts. A special note to the picanha brochette, which is a meat dish, and to the Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo (a cod dish). There is live music on Saturday evenings.

A building located in the city center, with neoclassical features. The facade is covered in beautiful yellow tiles, except for the entrance which is rusticated with columns. There are two arbors attached to the property wall. Inside the building, there are two symmetrical ponds, from which a fountain flows. The building has similar floors, marked by enormous windows framed in granite, whose upper line follows the triangular pediment that, in line with the roofs, marks the main entrance and finishes off the balustrade.

The Stupa Tashi Gomang, a temple belonging to the Guhya Mantrika Buddhist community, is located in the Santa Susana Retreat Center in Alcácer do Sal. It is one of the largest Buddhist temples in the Western world, standing 16 meters tall with an internal temple measuring 36 square meters, prepared for rituals, ceremonies, and lectures. Among the materials used in its construction, Alentejo marble stands out. The decoration, particularly the statues, originates from Tibet and Nepal.

When you enter in Leiria you can’t avoid noticing the castle that, from the top, seems to welcome those coming into the city. Conquered to the Moors in 1135, by D. Afonso Henriques, the castle passed, for many years, from hand to hand between Moors and Christians. In 1190, D. Sancho I ordered its reconstruction. Later in 1325 D. Dinis orders the construction of the Torre de Menagem that, nowadays, shelters a museological nucleus, where you will get to know the castle activity in past times. It was also by D. Dinis order that the Nossa Senhora da Pena Church …

The Casa da Sereias is located at the Bandeirinha Street, The old Jews hill. The name which the house is known for (mermaid house) comes from the two exotic and gigantic mermaids that side the doorway. It is characterized by a simple architecture, except the magnificently sculpted façade, divided in three parts separated by pilasters, as well as the front extremes which simulate turrets crowned with battlements, delimited by pilasters that go up from the ground floor till the top. The Portocarrera family abandoned this palace in 1809, when the population murdered their sun thinking he was involved with the …

Localizada no centro da aldeia, a capela de Nossa Senhora do Amparo foi igreja paroquial até à construção da igreja de Nossa Senhora do Rosário, no século XX. O edifício de planta rectangular e fachadas em granito exibe na frontaria um portal e uma janela de lintéis retos. A fachada lateral esquerda apresenta uma janela e dois portais, um dos quais exibe no topo a inscrição de “1754”. Adossada à direita da fachada, encontra-se uma torre sineira, rasgada nas quatro faces por olhais em arco e remate em coruchéu piramidal, encimado por um cata-vento e uma cruz em ferro com …