Tourist Attractions & Monuments Portugal

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This agency offers transfers, guided tours, as well as organized excursions from Porto, from your hotel, in groups or personalized. It also offers themed stays ranging from gastronomy to wines. Throughout the year there are several routes to visit the main centres of interest or cities in the north and centre of Portugal as well as different cruises to taste the magic of the Douro Valley.

In Oporto, it is possible to take a guided walking tour of the historic city and the Port wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia, including of course a wine tasting.

Discovery of the north of Portugal, the centre or even Lisbon with several proposed day trips by car, minivan and minibus: the Historical Minho (Braga and Guimarães), the Atlantic Minho (Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima and Barcelos), the Douro (Amante, Régua, Pinhão), the Costa de Prata (Aveiro, Bussaco, Coimbra) Coimbra and Fatima, Obidos, Nazaré and Lisbon. The routes to Santiago de Compostela and Valença do Minho.

The tours last a day during which you will discover corners of Portugal where you might not always think you're coming at first glance but which are really worth the detour.

Transportation services: airport transfers to and from the airport, weddings, meetings, events, VIP guests and inter-city transportation.

Reservation by mail, by phone or on the website. On the latter, you will find details of the tours offered. Very professional and attentive communication.

Good exhibitions and conferences, but unfortunately not always open.

To see the waterfall of the "jump of the wolf" (whose legend suggests that a ferocious beast or werewolf would be capable of jumping over this difference in altitude), at an altitude of about thirty metres, you should prefer the right bank path indicated on the Mértola-Beja road. It is a site where the majestic Guadiana river gets carried away as it becomes a torrent and flows through gorges. Two platforms with black ledges on different coasts allow the observation of a geomorphological accident caused by the collapse of the sea level in the Quaternary period.

The museums of private collectors are the most surprising in Portugal. José Regio was a man marked, if not obsessed, by the Christ figure. The first room reveals this to us, surprising for its collection of Christ on the Cross. Collection is a weak word to talk about this accumulation of folk art sculptures from the 16th to the 18th century. Some of them have strange peculiarities, such as the Christ on the female hip or the sculpture with crucified hands, whose index fingers are the only ones stretched. The other parts are less interesting.

Regional information on the area of Évora.

The keep of Estremoz Castle houses the Santa Isabel Pousada, one of the most beautiful in Portugal. It was built in the 13th century by King Denis for his second wife Isabella of Aragon. After her death in 1336, the house was transformed into an ammunition depot. Unfortunately, the inevitable happened and, on 17 August 1698, an explosion destroyed most of the castle and its surroundings. It was restored by Joseph I in the 18th century. From the castle, you can admire an unobstructed view of the surrounding area.

Founded in 1875, it was the first earthenware factory to be established in Alcobaça. The company's productions can be appreciated in a museum that gathers about a hundred pieces representing the evolution of styles during several decades. The visit consists of two permanent exhibitions: "Os Trajes do Rancho do Alcoa, alusivos à louça de Alcobaça" which shows many ancient remains, and "Coleção de Cerâmica Raul da Bernard" for its ceramics. A beautiful discovery of this typically Portuguese and regional art.

Another small village typical of the area, surrounded by fields on the terrace, with also some espigueiros.

This village can serve as a base for hiking and excursions in the park. A small lake will refresh you in the summer.

A charming small town that presents itself as the miniature version of Ponte de Lima. Its name, da Barca, comes from the ferry used to transport the passengers (usually pilgrims who visit Santiago de Compostela) on the other side of the Rio. Beautiful th century bridge. On Wednesday, the city anime with the market. A good drop-down point to discover Peneda-Gerês Park.

He is known for his production of oranges.

Despite its small size (about 7,200 hectares), this natural park has, in terms of landscape and geomorphology, aspects of great interest, such as the series of waterfalls from the Rio Olo to Fisgas de Ermelo, or the granite chaos areas of Muas-Arnal. Not forgetting the waterfall of Moinho de Galegos da Serra. The spontaneous and highly diversified vegetation is due to this transition zone between the Atlantic influence and the drier inland environment. It's a beautiful place for a walk. Admire the scenery!

The brochures for sale or free of charge include a GR (Grande Rota) and PR trails (Selvagem Rota).

A detailed map of the park is required. It indicates roads and marked roads, but not all trails.

Very nice excursion that allows you to pass through Confluent de Caniçada (N 308) and then by Gerês (very tourist resort), by Geira (remains of the Roman track that connected Braga to Astorga). Then you can go to the dam of Vilarinho das Furnas and continue to Portela do Homem a pass that borders with Spain.

The local park protection office gives all the information on it. It extends from Alentejo to the Algarve over a coastal area that rarely exceeds 6 km wide and 120 km long, from the south of Sines to the tip of Cabo de São Vicente and beyond to Burgau. There are 60,624 ha of cliffs, shale and limestone coves and 28,992 ha of sea areas. An area where the osprey, the red-billed bitch, or carnivorous bats roam freely.