Sabugal

The municipality of Sabugal is part of the Serra da Malcata Natural Reserve, crossed to the north by the Coa River. Currently, agriculture and livestock farming are the main economic activities and employ part of the population that lives in the mountains, in small isolated villages. The production of sheep and goat cheese is another important and very significant activity in the municipality. The gastronomy is known for trout fishing, hunting wild rabbits and wild boar, kid goat, and Serra da Malcata cheese. Chicken soup, roast kid goat, sausages, hare rice, roast lamb, strained broth, or dried bean broth are some of the best known. For sweets, "bolo pardo", "filhós", “esquecidos”, "papas de milho", "pita amarela" and rice pudding are very popular.

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Where to eat in Sabugal

Where to sleep in Sabugal

Carya Tallaya – Casas de Campo
Carya Tallaya – Casas de Campo

Accommodation unit Carya Tallaya-Villas offers 4 houses (three T2 and T1) so beautiful and seductive how surprising, by contrast with between traditional const…

Cró Hotel Rural
Cró Hotel Rural

4 star

Abriu as portas no início do verão de 2015, num edifico construído de raiz, paredes meias com o balneário termal do Cró. Envolvido por uma paisagem natural ent…

Casa da Villa
Casa da Villa

Stone House, originally the historical village of Sortelha, located inside of walls, very close to the Castle and Pillory. It consists of two independent floor…

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