Turismo emotivo

City-Breaks: Portugal Destinations

This year the Festivities of Constância and 2018 Our Lady of Boa Viagem Pilgrimagewill take place on March 31 and April 1 and 2.
Beyond the National Craft Show and the Show of Sweet Flavors that will integrate the flowery streets, a vast program of entertainment, the XXX Easter Athletic Grand Prix , the 10th Hicking, a Mega Class of Zumba, the typical restaurants, several exhibitions, the arrival of the boats to Constância and a piromusical spectacle.
High point of the festivities will be the religious ceremonies that take place on the day of the Council, Easter Monday (April 2), of which stand out the Solemn Mass, the Procession in honor of Our Lady of the Good Voyage and the Blessings of the Boats in the Tejo and Zêzere rivers and the vehicles in the Alexandre Herculano Square.


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A não perder, em pleno centro histórico, a prova do doce tradicional: o Conventual "Queijinho do Céu" que encontrará no "O Café da Praça mesmo junto ao Pelourinho.

by Luis Gonçalves



The Castle of Almourol is one of the more emblematic and cenographic medieval military monuments of the Reconquista, and best representation of the influence of the Knights Templar in Portugal.
When it was conquered in 1129, by forces loyal to the Portuguese nobility, it was then known as Almorolan, and placed in the trust of Gualdim Pais, the master of the Knights Templar in Portugal, who rebuilt the structure.
The structure was reconstructed, starting in 1171 (from an inscription over the principal gate) and restored during the subsequent reigns.
Located on a small islet in the middle of the Tagus River, in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the municipal seat of Vila Nova da Barquinha a neigbour municipality of Constancia, in the Portuguese Centre Region.
The castle was part of the defensive line controlled by the Knights Templar, and a stronghold used during the Portuguese Reconquista.
From 10:00 am to 01:00pm and from 02:00pm to 07:30pm you may across the Tagus on a boat for € 2,20 per pax from Tancos wharf. In winter, the last crossing is earlier.
You can book or get more at Junta de Freguesia de Tancos, by phone (00351) 249 712 094 or (00351) 962 625 678, or e-mail jftancos@gmail.com.


The Great Route of Historic Villages of Portugal (GR 22) is a circular route which includes 565 kilometers divided into 12 stages and a variant (GR 22.1) that start and end in each of the 12 villages that make up the network: Almeida, Belmonte, Castelo Mendo, Castelo Novo, Castelo Rodrigo, Idanha-a-Velha, Linhares da Beira, Marialva, Trancoso, Monsanto, Piodão and Sortelha.
One of the many ways to become a connoisseur of the portuguese art is to follow the Route of Cathedral from north to south, east to west of Portugal Rota das Catedrais
The 28th October 1856, completely changed the mode of travel of the Portuguese; This was the day when first train journey has linked Lisbon to Carregado, which lasted 40 minutes (40 KM). Unbelievable landscapes ere passing along the windows of the train.. Thereafter, followed a long period of expansion of the rail network in Portugal, as in the rest of the world.
In addition to travel for professional reasons, other motivations were linked to the act of travel: visiting family and friends, place their children in good schools and universities, knowing other cultures, landscapes, and register them with a Kodak or in a paper with a pen.

Portugal has many more symbols than Fado, Football, Wines and Gastronomy, Beaches and Sun.
By car or train, or bike, discover hills and valleys, moorland and marshland, rivers and streams that from north to south lay the diversity of climate, landscapes and lifestyles.
If you like to keep your memories by painting, photographing or filming, take your brushes or camera and save the various landmarks of Portugal's history.
* Even before the foundation of Portucalense County, Mumadona Dias had built a castle in Guimaraes to house the population in case of attack, in which was born the “Conqueror”.
* Further north, the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, near Braga, is a mandatory reference of the European Baroque, which shows the evolution of the art.
Not far from here, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Peneda, located in the parish of Gavieira, Arcos de Valdevez, was built between the end of the eighteenth and the third quarter of the 19th century, as a landmark of important acts in defense of the portuguese crown, according to popular belief.
* The water distribution systems, the spas, the remains of the Forum suggest a visit to Conímbriga - ancient Roman city.
* Almourol Castle near Constancia, is an island in the middle of the Tagus, which was already inhabited in the time of the Roman occupation of the peninsula. From the eighth century, it was occupied by Muslims, who have conquered it from the Visigoths. In 1129 D. Afonso Henriques captured it and handed the castle to the Order of the Temple.
, by Luis Goncalves
* In 1760, the Crown Princess D. Maria Francisca, future Queen Maria I made a vow in her wedding day that if she have a son, who came to be born in 1761, proceed to the construction of a convent for Carmelite nuns. So, Basilica da Estrela was born in Lisbon.
If you want to know Lisboa as a local, Tourist Board suggests you the Lisbon Card that gives you free access to transports and monuments.
If you play golf, consider Aroeira, Estoril or Quinta da Marinha.
* Millions of photographs, paintings, and illustrated postcards representing the Temple of Diana in Evora were made. In Corinthian style, it was built in the early first century a.C.
* Silves Castle, considered the largest in the Algarve and the best example of Islamic military architecture in Portugal, comes from the eleventh century.
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