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OtherA trip through the Alto MinhoEmbark 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 (...)
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OtherThe Cistercian Order in the Alto MinhoIn the green and pleasant land of the Alto Minho, located nearby the great rivers that flow from East to West, in unforgettable settings, we can discover four important nuclei of Cistercian monasteries – in locations that, from the 11th century (...)
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OtherPassadiços do CôaCôa Walkways From the Côa Museum (Museu do Côa), you can take a short walk to the train station by the river, enjoying the enigmatic landscape of the valley that marks the region.Overcoming a 160 metre slope, the Côa walkways are 930 metres (...)
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OtherPort Wine Lodges, Vila Nova de GaiaPort wine is born in the valley of the River Douro, but it is beside the city that gave it its name that it ages and gains the flavour that makes it quite unmistakable.It is cultivated on terraces carved long ago by man on the banks of the River (...)
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OtherPlaces and patrimony of the regionThe human occupation of the region dates back to Neolithic times and there are still some well-conserved remains of this ancient period in human history. Around six kilometres away from the village of Soajo you can visit some important examples at (...)
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OtherThe Chiado charmLocated on one of Lisbon´s hills, the Chiado evokes the bourgeois charm of its 19th century origins. The neighbourhood was then the cultural and social heart of the city, home to the São Carlos Opera House, the São Luís and Trindade theatres, (...)
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OtherCister in the North of PortugalThe Northern region constituted the gateway to Portugal for the Cistercian order during the first half of the 12th century. The Abbey of São João de Tarouca, to the South of the River Douro, was the first institution to begin to observe the Order in (...)
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OtherThe Yule-LogIn the heart of Portugal, in the inland region, Christmas is marked by the ceremony known as the "burning of the yule-log", on Christmas Eve night. This ceremony is particularly popular in the area stretching from Trás-os-Montes to the Alto (...)
