Blog about Portugal, where you can find photos and more information about this beautiful country.
14 Nov 2019 1 minute read 2 comments portugal
With a maximum altitude of 1993 meters in the Tower, Serra da Estrela is an area of rare landscape beauty with impressive mountain slopes where we can live the silence of the heights intensely. And enjoy these moments of communion with nature to obse...
13 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
On the south bank of Albufeira do Alto Rabagão is Vilarinho de Negrões, one of the most picturesque villages in the entire region, for its still relatively preserved houses and, above all, for being located on a narrow and beautiful peninsula a small...
12 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
Curral das Freiras is a valley and a parish of the municipality of Câmara de Lobos, which is hidden among the peaks of the central mountain range of the island of Madeira. This hidden valley, known as Curral das Freiras, has been described on seve...
11 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
Crowned by a castle set in a formidable rocky set at 760 m altitude, Sortelha maintains its medieval feature in the architecture of its granite country houses. It was part of the important defensive line of border castles, mostly built or rebuilt on...
10 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
São Jorge is the island of cliffs, cliffs and fajãs, one of the greenest of the Azores archipelago and the perfect place for a holiday in contact with nature and the sea. This 54 km long and 6.9 km wide maximum island is part of the Central Group...
9 Nov 2019 2 minute read 0 comments portugal
A peninsula bathed by the river Zêzere that would have served as a strategic military point at the beginning of nationality. It was the county seat, parish and now is simply a locality. Dornes has the charm of history and nature competing with each o...
8 Nov 2019 1 minute read 0 comments portugal
The medieval village of Óbidos is one of the most picturesque and well preserved in Portugal. Close enough to the capital (Lisbon) and situated high above the Atlantic coast, Óbidos had a strategic importance in the territory. Already occupied before...
7 Nov 2019 1 minute read 4 comments portugal
The fortified medieval settlement of Marvão sits high on a cliff surrounded by a meadow landscape in the Portuguese Alentejo region, very close to the Spanish border. Marvão was an important fortress in the defense of Portugal against Castile, esp...
6 Nov 2019 2 minute read 2 comments portugal
In the heart of the Douro, a UNESCO heritage site, is the beautiful village of Pinhão. Unlike many other towns or villages in the region, Pinhão is relatively recent, having been founded only in the 19th century, largely because of the necessity of t...
5 Nov 2019 1 minute read 2 comments portugal
A beautiful and quiet seaside town with breathtaking views from the top of a large cliff. From above - where you can climb by a funicular or by car - you have the view of the sea and the beach, from below, the beach itself and the view of the cliff....
