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Points of interest
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Beach at Fontes, Castelo do Bode – Abrantes
Lovely beach at Fontes with sandy and stone areas. Full sun and shade. A platform and safe area for children and life guards during high season. This is one of the nicer cultured beaches at the Castelo do Bode lake with a view of the Ilha do Lombo, a small island in the Castelo do…
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River beach Alamal, Gavião, Tagus beach
River beach Alamal, Gavião, Tagus beach is a soft sandy beach on the Tagus river in Central Portugal. This beach has amazing view of the Belver castle and a 3 km wooden boardwalk along the river to the Belver bridge. The beach is a popular location for swimming, canoeing, watersports and team building. Its a…
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The bygone and now, rendezvous at Martim Moniz Square, Lisbon
One of the most famous central squares of Lisbon, the Martim Moniz was once the place where the walls of the castle bordered the outer edge of the city. Martim Moniz was a famous noble man who, as legend goes, saved the castle of Lisbon from Moorish occupation during the Reconquista of 1147, by offering…
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Santa Justa Lift Lisbon
Santa Justa Lift The Santa Justa lift was build to aid transport between the lower part of Lisbon city and the higher part at the Convento do Carmo, its original plan was an animal pulled lift but the Porto engineer, Mesnier came with an design for a fully automated lift which started building in 1882.…
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Obidos castle
Obidos is a truly beautiful medieval town in the center of the Leiria district. The old town is mostly intact or recovered and seems to have stood still, freezing its appearance somewhere in the middle ages. In the winter it is deserted and only populated by the locals but in the summer it becomes a…
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Railway Museum Entroncamento
The Railway Museum Entroncamento was recently opened and for anybody interested in the history of trains and the railways of Portugal and Europe its the only one of its type in Portugal. Entrocamento a small town in Central Portugal and literally translated the name means junction and it is in this town that all the…
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Furadouro beach, Ovar
Furadouro beach is a large sandy beach close to the town of Ovar and 40km from Porto. The beach is quiet most of the year but during the summer months reasonably popular, its never over crowded. Furadouro is a quiet seaside town with a large choice of restaurants and some activities. In the hotter months…
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Santa Maria tavern bar, Chamusca
The Santa Maria tavern , Chamusca is a bar of no pretense, no tourist wanders inside, no camera crews or Michelin guides are aware of its existence. Much like the small town of Chamusca where it is situated. We wouldn’t have known of its existence had we not passed through Chamusca many times noting some…
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Espinho beach
Espinho is mostly known for its beach and its Casino. The beach is one of the longer beaches close to Porto, its also one of the busier ones, very popular in the summer. Prices of most of the cafes and resstaurants along the beach are a little higher than the national average but not very…
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Museum Berardo Lisbon
Museum Berardo Lisbon is the reference for contemporary art in Lisbon. Situated close to the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos and the Torre de Belém in the prestigious parish of Belém Lisbon, it is a landmark for those visiting Lisbon that are interested in contemporary art. The museum has a permanent exhibition of the Berardo Collection and…
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Pastéis de Belém
Restaurant Dom Duarte Batalha is a lovely, traditional restaurant located on the main square in Batalha with a fantastic view of the Batalha monastery. Restaurant Dom Duarte excels in great dishes taken from the traditional and regional Portuguese ‘cozinha’ (kitchen) and international flavours. The restaurant has a large selection fine wines from both local and…
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Jerónimos Monastery Belém Lisbon
Jerónimos Monastery Belém is one of the best examples of late Gothic Manueline archtecture of Portugal. Its construction started in 1501 and it took 100 years to complete. The monastery is set in the parish of Belém on the shores of the mouth of the Tagus, 6 km from Lisbon´s city centre. Originally a small…
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Monastery of São Vicente de Fora
The Monastery of São Vicente de Fora Was originally built at the order of the first king of Portugal Afonso Henriques shortly after the reconquest of 1147 when Portugal existed for 8 years and most of the country had been reconquered from the Moors after roughly 450 years of occupation by the Moors. Specifically in…
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Tram 28 tour of Lisbon
Just for fun take tram 28 as a cheap alternative to a guided tour. Tram 28 has become very popular with tourists as a means to seeing the old historical centre of Lisbon (very often hanging out of the window with camera in hand) from an old local tram that also carries people to their…
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Rossio train station, Lisbon
The Rossio train station is the main Central train station that caters mainly the west coast train. It was deigned between 1886 and 1887 and originally had only one railway that commuted passengers between Lisbon and Sintra. The station is build in Neo Manueline style that refers to the typical architectural Manueline style of the…
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Oriente, Lisbon
Oriente train station in Lisbon is one of the main train stations of Lisbon. It was finished in 1998 world expo exhibition which gave birth to an entire new district of Parque das Nações in which the Oriente station is located. The station was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and contains relevance to…
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Mercado da Ribeira, food market Lisbon
Trade Offer: Food: fresh fish, vegetables, fruit, meat, cod and the like, organic produce, gourmet products, eggs, bread, cakes, roast suckling pig, grocery, café / patisserie and food and beverage Not food: flowers, plants and gardening items, packaging The market is set in the Baixa district of Lisbon and is the main central market. In…
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San Miguel de Alfama church
San Miguel is one of the oldest parishes in Lisbon set in the oldest district of Alfama. San Miguel is one the most authentic fado districts of Lisbon and you’ll find tourists and locals alike climbing the narrow streets and stairs in search of the better fado experience. The church of San Miguel de Alfama…
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Praça do Comércio, Principal square in the center of Lisbon
The Praça do Comércio is the most central square of Lisbon in the Chiado area and close to the Tagus river. It is commonly known as the Terreiro do Paço which means palace square as it used to be the location of the Royal Ribeira palace before it was completely destroyed in the 1755 earthquake…
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Sao Martinho do Porto
Sao Martinho do Porto is situated on a quiet bay not far from Caldas da Rainha. It is a small town very popular for beach days and beach holidays due to it’s large beaches and safe bay waters. Which make it a favourite place for parents with kids. In the summer months Sao Martinho do Porto turns into…
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Salir do Porto
Salir do Porto is a small town famous for it’s more than 50 meter high dune. It is a couple of kilometers from the busy beach resort S. martinho do Porto and 5 km from the city of Caldas da Rainha. The beach is large and on the bay that also goes into S. Martinho do Porto…
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Foz do Arelho beach
Foz do Arelho is a long beach that follows the water inland around the lagoa do Obidos (Lagoon of Obidos). It is situated 8km form the city of caldas de Rainha in Central Portugal on what is known as the Silver coast. Foz do Arelho was always mainly known as a holiday resort for the…
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Museum Jose Saramago Lisbon
The recently opened Museum Jose Saramago in the centre of Lisbon is dedicated to the works and personality of the great writer Jose Saramago. As you may possible know Jose Saramago was possibly one of the most famous Portuguese writers of the last century having won the Nobel prize for literature in 1998. More than…
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Monastery Santa Cruz Coimbra
Monastery of Santa Cruz Coimbra or the church of Santa Cruz as it is better known is situated right in the centre of Coimbra and is one of the most impressive churches in Coimbra. It is situated on the Praça 8 de Maio. The Church is a national monument and the monastery and church where…