Destination guide — Portugal

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MONUMENTS - CASTELO DE SAO JORGE: MEDIEVAL CASTLE OFFERING
A PANORAMIC VIEW OVER THE CITY.
- MOSTEIRO DOS JERONIMOS: LISTED AS AN UNIVERSAL
PATRIMONY, AS WELL AS:
- TORRE DE BELEM: BUILT IN 1521 AT THE MOUTH OF
THE TAGE
- AQUEDUTO DAS AGUAS LIVRES: AQUEDUCT OF THE
18TH CENTURY.
- NUMEROUS CHURCHES OF VARIED STYLES AS GOTHIC,
MEDIEVAL, ROMANESQUE, MANUELIN AND BAROQUE.
MUSEUMS - MUSEU DE ARTE ANTIGUA: THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE
IN THE COUNTRY. YOU WILL DISCOVER ALL THE
DIFFERENT POTUGUESE ARTS
- A LOT OF MUSEUMS SHOWING COACHES, MODERN ART,
TYPICAL CLOTHES, POTTERY, ETC.

OTHERS - ALFAMA AND BAIRRO ALTO: OLD TYPICAL
NEIGHBOURHOODS.
- CORRIDAS TAKEN PLACE FROM EASTER TO OCTOBER
EACH THURSDAY EVENING.

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CENTRAL PORTUGAL:
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- ALCOBACA AND BATALHA: GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

- COIMBRA: ITS UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST OF EUROPE.
TYPICAL MEDIEVAL CITY.

- FATIMA: CHAPEL OF APPARITIONS. FAMOUS PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE.

- ELVAS: FORTIFIED CITY WITH ITS ROMANESQUE ARABIAN CASTLE.

- SANTAREM: ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC HISTORICAL SITE OFFERING
A PANORAMIC VIEW OVER THE TAGE RIVER.


NORTHERN PORTUGAL:
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- PORTO: THE LARGEST CITY OF NORTHERN. TYPICAL
NEIGHBOURHOODS AS "LA BAIXA" MUST BE VISITED,
AS WELL AS THE SAO FRANCISCO CHURCH AND THE
"SE" (CATHEDRAL).

- GUIMARAES: ALBERTO SAMPAIO MUSEUM; CHURCH OF ST. FRANCIS
OF ASSISI.

- VIANA DO CASTELO: LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF LIMA RIVER
ON WHICH ROWS ARE AVAILABLE. PANORAMIC VIEW FROM SANTA
LUZIA OVER THE RIVER, THE CITY, AND THE OCEAN.

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THE ALGARVE:
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- TAVIRA: SEVEN ARCH ROMAN BRIDGE; CHURCH OF ST. MARY OF
THE CASTLE; NATIONAL MONUMENT BUILT ON RUINS OF A MOSQUE.

- CASTRO MARIM: FORTRESS TOWN; VILA REAL DE ST. ANTONIO.

- FARO: PROVINCIAL CAPITAL; MARITIME MUSEUM; CONVENT OF
OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION; REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM.
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