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Parque de Merendas do Parque Natural de Serra de Aire e Candeeiros
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EM 557 - Vale da Serra
2350, Vale da Serra
Space with several stone tables and benches for picnics and a vast trees offering shade.
Miradouro da Boa Vista
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- leisure
Avões
5100, Lamego
The Miradouro da Boa Vista, justifies the name, since it lets you see Vila Real and the Serra do Alvão, as well as two of the most prestigious belvederes Douro: s. Domingos (Armamar) and s. Leonardo (Peso da Régua).
Miradouro do Monte de São Bráz
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- leisure
Monte de São Bráz
3420, Tábua
This belvedere has views of the village of Barrosa and, when the days are clear, the Estrela Mountain.
Barragem do Caldeirão
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EN 556
6300-225, Guarda
A dam in the Estrela Mountain massif. It belongs to the Mondego river basin, at the Caldeirão Brook.
Pragança
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- heritage
Pragança
2550, Pragança
Located in the Serra de Montejunto, this town has Neolithic remains until the 12th century, and this permanence is documented with protohistoric, prehistoric and Roman remains. The old houses from the 17th to the 19th century, with exterior staircases and porched balconies, are worth a visit. In Serra de Montejunto, the ruins of a convent and the Chapel of Senhora das Neves stand out.
Rio Águeda
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Fermentelos
3750, Águeda
River with a length of about 130 miles, serving for twenty miles as border between Portugal and Spain. Born in Spain, in the Serra das Mesas, and empties into the Douro River, near Barca d ´ Alva.
Penaverde
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- heritage
Penaverde
3570, Pena Verde
With its origins dating back to the neolithic (there is one cavern of that epoch at São Pedro dos Matos, with two rooms), the oldest parish in the ouncil of Aguiar da Beira has about on thousand inhabitants. It has strong gastronomical traditions (queijo da serra - Estrela mountain cheese -, sausages, cabbages soup and olive oil cake) and craftswork traditions too. Its inhabitants are mostly farmers and cattle raisers. A special note to the pillory (of the 15th century and classed as a public interest construction), the mother church, the castro (a celtic village) of Gralheira, the roman road …
Rio Mondego
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Rio Mondego
3090, São Pedro
The Mondego river has its spring on the Estrela mountain, municipality of Gouveia, at an altitude of 1425 metres. Between the spring and the mouth, the Mondego flows along around 220 kilometres. Its banks, between Coimbra and Figueira da Foz, are the most fertile lands in Portugal.
Rio Mondego
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Quinta das Cortinhas
6370, Fornos de Algodres
The Mondego river is the longest Portuguese river. It starts on the Estrela Mountain, at an approximate altitude of 1425 metres and flows to the Atlantic Ocean after 258 kilometres, near Fugueira da Foz. Its tributaries are the Dão, on the right bank, and the Alva, Ceira and Arunca, on the left bank.