Built in 1509 to taste Manueline Casa Melo Alvim is the oldest urban Manor of Viana do Castelo. Completely restored, this Inn offers comfort and harmony with the surrounding space. During this restoration, existed the care to preserve the architectural and cultural wealth, but also in enhancing the details, with the purpose to take the guest to cover different periods of history. The Inn has 20 rooms, all with different decoration, which combines current taste with the memories of the past. This taste extends to the restaurant, to press for the use of products from the region, underscoring its genuine …

The Bernardos ' House is located just a few miles from Terras de Bouro and is the ideal offer for younger groups and relaxed. The construction, in traditional masonry, was recovered by the City Council, its owner, due to its historical and cultural interest. Properly adapted and recovered for tourism, the municipality of Terras do Bouro, Casa dos Bernardos offering five apartments of various types. Here, you can see a Hawthorn of 16 meters, the largest in the County, and a beautiful chapel. The natural beauty of the landscape, coupled with quiet, promises days of vacation well spent. The unit …

The Villa Ladybug is a recently refurbished Guest House, located in the first row of Praia da Rocha. Its whitewashed walls, covered with bougainvillea, give welcome. The beach front location is just a few steps from shops, bars and restaurants, as well as the attractions and local sights. Spread over two floors, the four bedrooms of Villa Ladybug are decorated in the style of South, fresh and airy, with an emphasis on comfort and relaxation. The House offers modern comforts, with cable TV and free WiFi service, towels and bed-linen and a beautiful garden where guests can read, relax or …

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 …

The company of wines and derivatives is fifty years old and belongs to the Região Demarcada do Douro. It has a museum, with old old objects of great interest which are related to the wine cellar's history. During the vist, one may savour some of the best wines in the region. Then, there is a pleasant room that is wid enough for large groups, where one can savour the best of the typical cuisine. The Santa Marta's house wines are obtained from the best breeds, vineyards that spread across about 2000 hectares, mountain areas, of extreme beauty. This was the …

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 …

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 …