Linhares da Beira is located at an altitude of 810 metres on the foothils of the Estrela Mountain. Its origins dat back to 850 bC, when it was occupied by the "Túrdulos". It was later crossed by the roman road that linked Emérita to Braga and thre are still vestiges of the road and of the roamn forum. The castle, a national monument, was built in 1291, in the reign of Dom Dinis, and has two towers. The mother church, from the 12th century, has three paintings by Grão Vasco. A special note to the manuelin pillory, the Casa da …

Os pinhões são um ingrediente muito utilizado em pratos típicos e doces um pouco por todo o Alentejo. As pinhoadas são um bom exemplo, sendo que facilmente se podem provar em Alcácer do Sal. Desconhece-se a sua origem e a quando remontam, mas estão em Alcácer há muito tempo, pois a produção de mel e pinhão nesta zona vem do tempo dos romanos e a junção destes dois ingredientes já era feita pelos muçulmanos (séculos IX e X) num manjar que estará na base da pinhoada.

Located on the hillside of the famous Serra do Buçaco, the Grande Hotel de Luso is flagship hotel that for almost 70 years is a meeting point of choice for any occasion. The building is a project of the Portuguese architect Cassiano Branco, and dominates the landscape of the village of Luso, it also rightly famous for the excellent quality of ultrapure water that was born here. Offers 132 rooms including 15 suites and communicating rooms, restaurant, lobby, bar, Olympic pool, heated indoor pool, squash, snooker, playground, gardens and direct and exclusive access to Malo Clinic Spa Luso. For events, …

It is located between the traditional white buildings of Santarém. The Riverside Park overlooking the river Tagus is just 3 km away. The rooms have simple décor and are equipped with air conditioning, a balcony, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a work desk. The private bathrooms feature a hairdryer. The restaurant serves a daily buffet breakfast freshly brewed in elegant dining room with floor-to-ceiling Windows. Guests can enjoy a drink in one of the tables on the terrace. During the day guests can walk to the historic centre of Santarem with several Gothic churches, including the Church of …

An imposing monument, inaugurated in 1789, whose facade has two twin bell towers and statues of saints and allegorical figures, including four statues that symbolize many other virtues: Faith, Devotion, Gratitude and Freedom. The building, with a single nave in the form of a Latin cross and with six chapels, is part of the Convent of the Santíssimo Coração de Jesus. The interior is spacious and majestic, with walls clad in gray, pink and yellow marble. You can visit a room where you can find an extraordinary set with more than 500 baked clay figures. It was the first church …

The medieval fortress, which comprises the castle and the urban fence, was built during the reign of D. Dinis, and was completed during the reign of Afonso IV, in 1327. In the 17th century, expansion works were carried out on the fortification that surrounds the town up to the limit of the current garden. The São Lourenço fort was built in the 18th century, when the bastioned fortification was extended with the Loureiros Wall. The fortress had a considerable extension, surrounding almost the entire town. Located on one of the highest mountains in the Serra de São Mamede, it served …

This church was founded in 1636 and it is an example from the sixteen hundreds architecture, with a plan in Latin cross, one only nave with lateral chapels, transept and ample main chapel. This last one displays coverage in barrel vault and elevations covered with blue and white glazed tiles, standing out the golden carved big altarpiece, with the throne and the sacrarium also in golden wood. The high choir is settled in three perfectly vaulted arches with balustrade. The lateral chapels are dedicated to Santa Quitéria, Santa Ana, Santíssimo Sacramento, Nossa Senhora do Rosário, Nossa Senhora de Soledade e …

O restaurante Saldanha Mar, integrado na unidade hoteleira DoubleTree by Hilton - Lisbon Fontana Park, na zona do Saldanha, não foge à regra da casa e também ele vive sobre um conceito estético diferenciador. Espaço minimalista, decorado em tons claros, onde o branco predomina, oferece longas janelas para a rua, criando uma iluminação brilhante, ofuscante e apaixonante. Fazendo jus ao nome “mar”, o peixe fresco tem presença de destaque na ementa. As cartas, que rodam ao sabor das épocas, são assinadas pela chefe Paula Carção.

The first documentary reference to this temple dates back to 1177 when Vela Rana, heir of Egas Moniz and Teresa Afonso, donates his assets in Lousada at the Savior's Monastery of Paço de Sousa. Subsequently, the patron saint of the Church is documented in 1218 and the Inquiries of 1258. Despite these references, the current building is of moth later, possessing elements of late-arriving from the late 13th century and 14TH century. Having undergone reforms in modern times, saves the ship and the western façade of Romanesque features, in testimony to the persistence of this current on Portuguese medieval architecture. …

This palace in castle shape has manifested Italian influences in the main body, which is a 16th century construction from where an elegant Renaissance loggia stands out on the frontage and on the shed galleys on the back door. It also stands out the fifteen hundreds stonework, the horseshoe windows semi – detached (Mudéjar), the frescoes from Moorish inspiration, the fountain and fresh garden house, the cylindrical small towers, besides several other traces from Gothic structures. This ensemble underwent several additions and changes throughout the centuries, distributing by different pavilions from different times. On the inside it is worth to …