About 1000 meters southwest of the village of Pitões das Júnias and camouflaged by a dense oak is the town abandoned of Gerez. Traces remain of about 40 houses of quadrangular, built with granite blocks, some crudely equipped. The streets between the houses are also well preserved, and still retain the lajeado. The spacing between the houses is about 3\/4 feet, some retain just over a metre of wall, but you can imagine, without great efforts the architecture of this village. The Oaks are invading gradually the interior of each House, giving this place a rare beauty. Is the Medieval …

The Natural Park of Sintra is the framing of this path suspended between the sea and the hills of Portugal's most romantic and regarded by professionals as one of the best in the European circuit. Whimsical framed by boulders that form the serra de Sintra, source of inspiration for Lord Byron, who called it "Glorious Eden", the Atlantic field is a fabulous 18-hole course situated 20 minutes from Lisbon. Robert Trent Jones II designed it in such a way as to combine, optimally, the irregularity of the terrain with perspectives of landscape of mountains and surrounding sea. The holes 6 …

At the crossroads of historic villages with the landscape of Castelo Rodrigo, a holiday destination in the more intimate conviviality with the nature and customs of Beira Interior. It's called House of wells and retrieving all raiana surroundings, combines tradition with the most modern design and convenience concerns. Ten rooms, with motifs of local flora reproduce as many fruits of the region. Mulberry, chestnut, cherry and hazelnut, among others, are the scenarios chosen for the intimate decor that let to tourists the option between different custom environments. In contiguous spaces, with touches of schist and granite, a heated outdoor swimming …

In the beginning of the 20th century, most precisely in 1907, Afredo da Silva buys a plot of ground from the Bensaúde family in the Lezíria, between the North Beach in Barreiro and the Moinhos Beach in Lavradio, and there he builds the C.U.F. factories. It started labouring in the next year with an olive husk transformation unit in order to produce soap, which employed 100 workers. In 1909 appears the first factory of sulphuric acid and super phosphate to produce fertilizers. As the century went on, the industry continued growing and this old village of fishermen and millers, with …

At the top of Glória Lift is the garden and viewpoint of São Pedro de Alcântara and, going up Dom Pedro V Street, you reach Jardim do Príncipe Real. Underneath the garden is the Patriarcal water reservoir, from 1864. A little further on are the Natural History and Science Museums, as well as the Botanical Garden. On Academia das Ciências Street you will find the Academy and the Geological Museum. Continuing along São Bento Street you will find the Assembly of the Republic, installed in the São Bento Palace. Continue along Avenida Dom Carlos I and you will see the …

The parish church, Temple of longitudinal plant, is flanked by a churchyard, walled that for a long time was used as a cemetery, still sporting the whole floor lajeado. The main façade has a portal of rectangular shape, surmounted by a round window surmounted by a belfry with two tears "founders, each of them with a Bell, crowned by two pinnacles, with ball Finial, and a cross trilobada. The interior of this church is of a great ornamental wealth. The granite stone walls are partially covered in the chancel, by a tiled wainscot, with liturgical reasons represented; one of the …

Formed on the slope of a mountain, the Quinta do Bento Novo snatches us, by the glamour and beauty of its land, with its landscaped retreats in Bundy, which descend to the stream that flows from one stone to another. It is a Centennial House recently recovered, with characteristic architecture of the North, surrounded by fantastic Gardens outside. For the complete privacy and tranquility that offers such a short distance from cities like Viana do Castelo, Porto, Braga or Vigo, Quinta do Bento Novo is the ideal paradise for family vacations and weekend stays thriving. It features a main house …

The few dozens South of Chapel of SR. dos Aflitos, in a sheltered, between the ribeira chã de Lamas of Miro and Corga of Hanged remain visible traces of old buildings. Are still evident several houses of rectangular plant and foursquare, in ruins, some of them with more than half a meter tall. Part of the structures were based on granitic outcropping. Access was made by a road coming from North empedrado. The plague is one of the reasons for the abandonment of this site, it is said that part of the inhabitants died and the remaining founded the village …

Accommodation unit Carya Tallaya-Villas offers 4 houses (three T2 and T1) so beautiful and seductive how surprising, by contrast with between traditional construction techniques from abroad (granite stone – typical houses of Beira Alta) and sophisticated decor, contemporary and harmonious interior, in a perfect fusion of rustic and modern. The houses are fully equipped, with a fireplace and central heating, kitchenette in self-catering equipped with all utensils and other equipment to cook and dine. The houses are prepared for a stocking of 14 persons (7 rooms with double bed). May be increased by the busload for 8 more people, extra …

The tour begins in the Capelão Street. Go, then, through the Mouraria Street until the Senhora da Saúde Church, where you can enjoy the woodcarving altar and the beautiful glazed tiles. Enter the picturesque Mouraria Quarter climbing the small stairs of Saúde and continue by the Largo da Rosa, where you’ll find the Convent with the same name and the São Lourenço Church. Following through the largo da Achada and going up the Calçada do Marquês de Tancos you'll find the Municipal Market Chão do Loureiro, which integrates some plastic artists’ ateliers and a beautiful esplanade. Following through the Costa …