Considered one of the prettiest gardens in Portugal, the Gardens of the Casa da Ínsua (House of Ínsua) belong to a manor, the House of Ínsua. Its construction was ordered, in the second half of the 18th century, by Luís de Albuquerque de Mello Pereira e Cáceres, governor and captain general of Mato Grosso, in Brazil. The gardens are remarkable for their extension, their originality and the variety of species. They stand out for the rare tall trees (California sequoias, English pine trees, Australian eucaliptus), some of them approximately 200 years old, and mostly for the wide variety of plants …

This village is located on the northern slope of the Colcurrinho hill (at an altitude between 400 and 500 metres), with the Alcovo river in the background. It was already inhabited in the pre-roman epoch, as proven by the ruins of a Portuguese-roman castro (a celtic village) nearby. The parish was created in 1543 by the bishop of Coimbra, Dom Jorge de Almeida. The rural granit houses are extremely picturesque. The architctural heritage includes the mother church (18th century), the fountain's crucifix, the sanctuary of Our Lady of Preces (Prayers) - Located on the Colcorrinho Hill, at an altitude of …

Earthen dam located in Ribeira de Sor, an area with large cork oak forests. It was built to irrigate the fields of the Sorraia Valley. The reservoir, with a length of almost 20 km, extends from the vicinity of Ponte de Sor to close to the village of Montargil. Due to the large number of visitors to the site, a hotel (Hotel da Barragem) was built there, with a private ramp and rental service for boats, jet skis and sailboards. The public access ramp to the reservoir is located on the left bank, close to the wall. It has a …

In a landscape of unique beauty, arises, in the municipality of Mealhada, a real monumental garden, infected by the richness of the site, considered by many, unique in the world, where the colors of nature and the Sun's rays, which penetrate the Grove, mingle in the silence that reigns-Mata Nacional do Buçaco. Sent to plant by the Discalced Carmelites, in the 17th century, in confinement and contemplation for more than 200 years, the space impresses with amount of vegetable species which houses more than 700, from all over the world, such as: firs, Redwoods, lindens, ELMS, beech trees, laurels, rhododendrons, …