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Museu Nacional do Pão
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Rua de Santana - Quinta Fonte do Marrão
6270-538, Seia
Space Museum opened in 2002, with three storeys and four exhibition halls, where displays the earliest artistic traditions and Portuguese bread. The space is divided in Bread cycle Room, Room of political, Social and religious Bread, Bread art Room and Pedagogical Room. There is also a restaurant where the King is, as expected, the bread. Be sure to visit the old grocery store, where they acquire various kinds of bread here produced. Tertulias and temporary exhibitions are frequent activities of the Museum.
Sabugueiro
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- heritage
Sabugueiro
6270-151, Seia
Located on a plain above the Alva river, Sabugueiro is the highest village in Portugal (an altitude of 1050 metres). It started from the shacks of sheperds that used the mountain's pastures for their sheep and their goats. The engraving on the rock by the Canariz Fountain is a testimony to the peopling of the area in remote times. Even though there are still shepherds and related activities (wool and cheese production), rural tourism has developed in the last few years and there are several typical houses currently adapted. The shpherds still move to the Douro region in the winter …
Cabeça da Velha
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Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Desterro
6270-277, Seia
Granitic rock in the shape of a head.
Centro de Interpretação da Torre - Geopark Estrela
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Torre da Serra da Estrela
6270-423, Seia
Tem como objetivo reconhecer e valorizar o Património Natural e Cultural deste território, bem como salvaguardar a sua identidade. Aqui pode encontrar uma exposição permanente que lhe permitirá conhecer a Serra da Estrela e as suas inúmeras potencialidades articuladas ao seu património e também à sua fauna e flora.
Lagoa Comprida
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EN339
6270-277, Seia
A lagoon with a length of 2500 metres and a width of 130 metres, located in the Estrela Mountain Natural Park, near the Escura, Seca and Redonda lagoons. The mountain scenery stands out for being covered with grass, due to the abundant rainfall. Huge granite blocks are also visible.
Museu Natural da Electricidade
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Senhora do Desterro
6270-277, São Romão
Este museu divide-se em vários espaços que edificam um discurso museológico contínuo com especial enfoque na história do Aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico da Serra da Estrela. Este sistema electroprodutor é composto por 6 centrais hidroelétricas em funcionamento e 2 centrais desativadas, construídas entre 1909 e 2003.
Mata do Desterro
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Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Desterro
6270-277, Seia
Forest area with about 136 acres, located in the southwest of the Serra da Estrela mountain range, at an altitude between 790 and 1061 meters. Its flora is diverse, predominantly pines-brave, chestnut and birch trees.
Praia Fluvial da Caniça / Lapa dos Dinheiros
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Lapa dos Dinheiros
6270-651, Seia
Little river beach, calm and pleasant, located in Lapa dos Dinheiros, surrounded by verdant slopes and wild waterfalls. It offers a nice snack-bar with terrace.