Results

1. 

   News

   Celebrate Museum Day and Museums Night 2016

   Celebrate International Museum Day on the 18th of May.As happens every year, International Museum Day will be celebrated on the forthcoming 18th of May. The initiative is promoted by ICOM – the International Council of Museums.In Portugal, museums (...)

   Find out more

   ---
2. 

   Suggestions

   Albufeira do Azibo

   Follow the path of many migratory birds towards the Albufeira do Azibo dam in the Northeast of Portugal. Come and discover what attracts them. Is it the tranquillity of this Protected Landscape? Or the transparency of the dam’s waters, where various (...)

   Find out more

   ---
3. 

   Beaches

   Costa de Caparica - Terras da Costa, Acácias e Medos

   Following the town of Costa da Caparica comes an expanse of sands that goes on to cover an approximate 30 kilometres through as far as Fonte da Telha and which mostly falls within the Arriba Fóssil (Fossil Cliff) Protected Area of Costa de Caparica. (...)

   Find out more

   ---
4. 

   Other

   Canas de Senhorim Carnival

   The development of the carnival in Canas de Senhorim has accompanied the town’s historical evolution. The carnival was launched following the formation of the neighbourhoods of Paço, where many nobleman lived, and Rossio, where the bourgeoisie and (...)

   Find out more

   ---
5. 

   Other

   A trip through the Alto Minho

   Embark on a reinvigorating trip through the Soajo and Peneda mountains . You'll find it difficult to take your eyes off the spectacular landscape, including pasture land, and magnificent views over rolling horizons that have a long historical and (...)

   Find out more

   ---
6. 

   Other

   In Montesinho Park, Bragança

   The mountain villages were protected over centuries from their isolation from the main centres of population and the harsh climate, due to communal forges and ovens, community watermills and wine and olive presses, and communal pasture land. (...)

   Find out more

   ---
7. 

   Other

   The Cistercian Order to the south of the river Douro

   Beginning its trajectory in Spain, the river Douro crosses Portugal from east to west, flowing into the Atlantic, next to the city of Oporto. Until construction of the railway in the 19th century, the river served as the region's main access route, (...)

   Find out more

   ---
8. 

   Monuments

   Igreja da Graça - Santarém

   The splendour of Flamboyant Gothic.Although its construction was only completed in the early 15th century, the first stone of Our Lady of Grace Church was laid in 1380 by D. Afonso Telo de Menezes, the first Count of Ourém, who decided to found a (...)
   
   Telephone: +351 243 304 441

   Find out more

   ---
9. 

   Monuments

   Castelo de Marvão

   Marvão Castle stands at a height of 843 metres above sea level, on one of the highest points in the Serra de São Mamede, known as the Serra do Sapoio. The crag on which it stands is a fairly rugged escarpment, forming a natural point of defence, to (...)

   Find out more

   ---
10. 

    Monuments

    Santuário de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios

    From Worship of St. Stephen to Marian Devotion.Built on top of Mount St. Stephen (Monte de Santo Estêvão), between the 18th and 20th centuries, this Marian shrine is visited by pilgrims from all over the country - especially on September 8, the day (...)
    
    Telephone: +351 254 614 392

    Find out more

    ---