Archives: Municípios

VILA REAL ÍMPAR More than seven hundred years of history have given Vila Real the priceless title of capital city of an entire region. With its unique diversity, it shares privileged access to that pearl of world heritage known as the Alto Douro Wine Region. Surrounded by unique landscapes and places, due to the quality…

In its roots, Vila Nova de Foz Côa finds the Paleolithic man who, with modest artifacts, carved ambitions and projects from his spiritual and material universe into the hardness of the schist, making this sanctuary the largest open-air rock art museum, now a World Heritage Site. Severe natural landscapes, indelibly marked by the vigorous furrows…

Of Neolithic occupation, the first written reference to Tarouca appears in the 6th century, attesting to its origin and preponderance during the Middle Ages, especially at the dawn of the foundation of nationality, through the connection of the first King of Portugal, Egas Moniz and Dona Teresa to the construction of the Monastery of S.…

TABUAÇO: MORE THAN GOLD! What if in a single place you could be in the mountains and by the river; in front of you were the terraced vineyards of the Douro and behind you the landscape of Beira? You could climb cliffs and embark on a walk along the river; venture out onto a network…

The municipality of Torre de Moncorvo is located in the north-east of Trás-os-Montes in the south of the Bragança district, bordered to the north by Alfândega da Fé, to the north-east by Mogadouro, to the north-west by Vila Flor, and to the south and south-west by Vila Nova de Foz-Côa and Freixo de Espada-à-Cinta, respectively.…

Spread from the basin of the River Corgo to the top of the Serra do Marão, the municipality, steeped in legends and traditions, is laid out along the hillside, integrating ancient castros from which the current settlements have emerged, having constituted, in the medieval period, the Judgment of Penaguião. A differentiated territory, strongly linked to…

SERNANCELHE, land of the chestnut. Sernancelhe is a land of history, heritage and tradition. It is the land of Aquilino Ribeiro, the Lapa Sanctuary and the chestnut. It’s a vast, mountainous territory, where the Marão and Estrela mountain ranges can be seen on the horizon. At the bottom of the valley, the River Távora dominates…

The municipality of Sabrosa is today one of the main gateways to the magnificent Douro Demarcated Region and one of the region’s main wine references. It is flanked to the north by the municipalities of Vila Pouca de Aguiar and Murça, to the east by Alijó, to the west by Vila Real and Peso da…

The municipality of Sabrosa is today one of the main gateways to the magnificent Douro Demarcated Region and one of the region’s main wine references. It is flanked to the north by the municipalities of Vila Pouca de Aguiar and Murça, to the east by Alijó, to the west by Vila Real and Peso da…

Recognized as one of the most iconic cities in the Alto Douro Wine Region, Peso da Régua’s history is intrinsically linked to the history of the oldest demarcated and regulated wine region in the world. It was here that, in August 1756, Marquês de Pombal set up the headquarters of the Companhia Geral da Agricultura…