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Contents  Authentic Flavors of Portugal

11 Days / 10 Nights

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 Culture and Gastronomy Tour

08 Days / 07 Nights

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 Regional Flavors

10 Days / 09 Nights

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 A Gastronomy Tour Between the Douro and the Tagus Rivers

08 Days / 07 Nights

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 A Gastronomic Experience Lisbon and the South of Portugal by Vitor Sobral

07 Days / 06 Nights

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 A Gastronomic Experience Lisbon and Center of Portugal by Vitor Sobral

07 Days / 06 Nights

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 A Gastronomic Experience North and 07 Days / 06 Nights Center of Portugal by Vitor Sobral

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 North of Portugal Culture and Gastronomy Tour

08 Days / 07 Nights

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 A gastronomic Experience Porto and 05 Days / 04 Nights Minho by Vitor Sobral

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 Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants Porto and the North

04 Days / 03 Nights

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 Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants in Lisbon

04 Days / 03 Nights

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 Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants in Algarve

06 Days / 05 Nights

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Day Seven

Day Six

Day Five

Day Eight

Day Nine

Day Ten Day One Day Four

Day Eleven

Day Three

P O R T U G A L

Day Two

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Authentic Flavours of Portugal Featuring: Lisbon, Algarve, Beja, Évora, Coimbra, Porto, Braga, Fåtima, Óbidos and Sintra

Duration: 11 Days / 10 Nights Total Driving Distance: 1,311Km / 827mi

From the Phoenicians to the Romans, from the Moors to the new generations, Portuguese cuisine is a result of contributions by all those who have occupied the Peninsula. The Portuguese have long been intrepid travellers, playing a major role in the Age of Discoveries, which began in the 15th century with the introduction of spices and bittersweet flavors. Besides spices, a whole variety of products have been introduced. Today products such as bean, sugar, codfish, potato, aromatic herbs and many others are regarded as standard in the Portuguese kitchen. Portuguese gastronomy is therefore naturally connected to the capacity to integrate products from different parts of the world into its Mediterranean and Atlantic flavours, witnessed by the strong presence of fish and shellfish, bread, wine and olive oil, meats and sausages making up the base of core products in many Portuguese dishes.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon is a beautiful city, full of history and architecture which buildings made with limestone sparkle in the sunlight contributing to the town to be known as the City of Light. With its hills and ancient quarters spread on the banks of the Tagus River the sound of Fado music in the air and the appetising smell of grilled sardines, this city takes the visitors to a different place in time. Lisbon is also a cosmopolitan city bringing to the forefront the reinterpretation of local traditions adjusted to modern times.

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Praça do Comércio Square - Lisbon

The Arch at Rua Augusta - Lisbon

Rossio Square - Lisbon

While in Lisbon....

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Walk to Rossio Square which real name is Pedro IV Square (Praça de D. Pedro IV) located in downtown Lisbon and one of Lisbon main squares since the Middle Ages and the setting of popular revolts and celebrations, bullfights and executions, and nowadays a preferred meeting place.

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Walk from Rossio to Praça do Comércio by taking Rua Augusta (Street) all the way to the end.

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At Praça do Comércio visit the Sala Ogival de Lisboa for a complimentary tasting of Portuguese wines.

Building in Chiado District - Lisbon

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Walk in Rua Aurea, veer left at Rua de Santa Justa and take Santa Justa Elevator. Turn right at Rua do Carmo and left at Rua Garret. You are in Lisbon's elite shopping area, and west of the Baixa district full of fine jewelry and fashion stores, coffee shops and beautiful old stores. This area is home to the National Opera House São Carlos Theatre, São Roque Church, the Brasileira Coffee Shop and the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Chiado. Turn right at Rua da Misericórdia and walk up to Rua São Pedro de Alcântara and enjoy the beautiful view of downtown Lisbon with the São Jorge Castle as its background. Take Glória funicular next to the belvedere back to Restauradores square.

Go in the evening to Bairro Alto, an old neighborhood next to Chiado, characterized by its narrow cobbled streets and old buildings ridden with graffiti, a popular meeting area.

Try a Pastel de Nata the famous Belém custard cream tart.

Have a bowl of Caldo Verde a soup made with potatoes and kale.

Taste a Bolinho de Bacalhau, codfish cakes..

Santa Justa Elevator – Baixa District Lisbon

Try the Caracóis, miniature snails offered in Lisbon traditional restaurants.

Try the Ameijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams stew on white wine and fresh herbs.

Drink a Ginjinha, a locally produced sour cherry liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices.

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Casa da Mó Restaurant

While in Lisbon....

Try the Sardinhas Assadas, fresh barbecued sardines.

Chafariz do Vinho – Wine Bar

Drink the wines from the Setubal Peninsula and the Bucelas wine region.

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Wine Tasting...

Chafariz do Vinho Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079

Traditional Restaurants Casa da Mó Rua Condes de Monsanto 1 Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

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Cervejaria Ramiro Avenida Almirante Reis 1-H (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 851 024

Solar do Vinho do Porto Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707

Cervejaria Trindade Rua Nova da Trindade 20 C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 423 506

Gambrinus Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 23 (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 421 466

Fado Restaurants Mesa de Frades Rua dos Remédios 139 A (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 917 029 436

Casa de Linhares / Bacalhau de Molho Beco dos Armazéns de Linho nº1 (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 863 767

Adega Machado Rua Norte 91 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 224 640 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Alma Restaurant

Eleven Restautant

Largo Restaurant

Gourmet Restaurants Largo

Alma Calçada Marquês de Abrantes, 92/94 (Santos) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 963 527

Bica do Sapato

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Av. Infante D.Henrique, Armazém B (Santa Apolónia) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 810 320

Bistro 100 Maneiras Largo da Trindade 9 (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 210 990 475 Lisbon - Algarve

Day Two

Rua Serpa Pinto, 10 A Lisbon Tel: +351 213 477 225

Tavares Rua da Misericórdia, 35 R/C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

Eleven Rua Marques da Fronteira Jardim Amália Rodrigues Lisbon Tel: +351 213 862 211 Distance: 356Km / 221mi

The Algarve is the southernmost region of Portugal. The region is known for its beautiful coast with long stretches of gold coloured sandy beaches and emerald green waters, steep cliffs made of red rock, cocooned beaches and rolling hills dotted with olive, carob, fig, almond and oak trees. Bearing a strong Mediterranean influence, the Algarve is the ideal place to sample fresh fish and seafood, accompanied by a glass of cold Alentejo white wine and recently by the acclaimed locally produced white, red and rosé wines.

While in the Algarve....

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Falésia Beach – Vila Moura

Enjoy your day by going to the beaches of Quarteira, a large sandy beach stretching for several miles opposite the Quarteira promenade and very busy during the summer season; Praia da Rocha Baixinha Leste Beach a large and flat sandy beach between Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste and the Vilamoura Marina with excellent infrastructures, perfect for families with children; the Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste, a flat sandy beach adjacent to Praia de Falésia direction Vilamoura with good infrastructures, perfect for families with children; and Praia da Marina de Vilamoura Beach, a wide sandy beach stretching from Marina of Vilamoura to the fishing port of neighbouring Quarteira, a flat beach well protected by breakwaters and perfect for children. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Streets in Faro Old Town

Faro Old Town Main Square

While in the Algarve....

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Faro Cathedral Main Altar

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Drive to Faro de main city in the Algarve with both Arab and Roman ruins and attractive old buildings. Visit the old part of the city still surrounded by the Roman walls dating back to the 9th century visit the 13th century Cathedral and the neighbouring 16th century Convent now turned into the city’s archaeological museum housing a section devoted to the Arab occupation.

Continue your tour by paying a visit to Nossa Senhora do Carmo church acclaimed to be the best example of gold-leaf woodwork in southern Portugal and featuring a chapel lined with the bones from over 1200 monks. Next to Dom Francisco Gomes Square visit the small Naval Museum composed of scale model boats and galleons showing the maritime history of the Algarve´s coast.

Shop at Algarve Forum on the outskirts of Faro featuring an underground car park.

Faro is also the home of the Ria Formosa lagoon, a nature reserve of over 17.000 hectares a stopping place for hundreds of different birds during the spring and autumn migratory periods. We recommend Formosa Mar as one of the Tour Companies offering guided tours of the area. For more info visit www.formosamar.com Try the Peixe Assado, fresh locally caught barbecued fish Try the Salada de Polvo, octopus salad.

Faro Shopping Streets

Try a Cataplana (fish, seafood or shellfish cooked in a special cookware traditionally made of copper and shaped like two clamshells hinged at one end and able to be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly)..

Have a Bife de Atum, a fabulous tuna steaks.

Eat Laranjas, locally grown oranges.

Try the Gaspacho , a local gazpacho style soup.

Taste the Mel de Monchique, honey collected from bees living in the Monchique mountains.

Faro City Museum - Cloisters

Drink an Amarguinha, a sweet bitter-almond liqueur from the Algarve, ideal as an apéritif or digestif. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Willie´s Vilamoura Restaurant

Gigi Praia Restaurant

While in the Algarve....

Try the Aguardente de Medronho, a spirit produced from the fruit of an evergreen shrub or small tree of 1-5 meters with dark red fruit distributed mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean area..

Try the Bolos de Massapão, fruit shaped marzipan sweets and the Dom Rodrigos sweet egg strings, almonds and cinnamon wrapped in colourful tin foil.

Try the Bolo de Alfarroba, carob cake, a great alternative to chocolate cake for those who are allergic to chocolate.

Adega do Cantor Vineyards

Wineries Adega do Cantor

Wine Tasting...

Quinta do Miradouro Guia Tel: + 351 968 776 971.

Quinta do Francês Silves Tel: + 351 282 106 303

Restaurants by the beach Evaristo Paia do Evaristo (Albufeira) Tel: +351 289 591 666

Gigi Praia Praia da Quinta do Algo (Almancil) Tel: +351 964 045 178

Gourmet Restaurants Vila Joya

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Hotel Vila Joya Estrada da Praia da Galé (Albufeira) Tel: + 351 289 591 795

Willie’s Rua do Brasil 2 Vilamoura Tel: +351 289 380 849 Caldo Verde Soup

EMO Hotel Tivoli Victoria Avenida dos Descobrimentos Vilamoura Tel: + 351 289 317 000

Amadeus Escanxinas Estrada de Almancil Tel: + 351 289 399 134 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Carrob Cake – Bolo de Alfarroba

Dom Rodrigo Sweet

Traditional Restaurants

A Carruagem Loulé Railway Station Tel: + 351 289 416 288

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Algarve - Beja

Day Three

Casa Paixanito Olhos d’Água Albufeira Tel: + 351 289 414 655

Distance: 104Km / 64mi

The Alentejo region is the largest region of Portugal, comprising almost 1/3 of the land. This is a diversified and beautiful region renowned for its excellent local food and wine. Bread, wine and olives are daily staples of any Alentejo household and a complement to all meals. Herbs and plants such as oregano, horseradish, rosemary, bay laurel and pennyroyal which grow wild in the region give local food the special taste of the region. Beja is the capital of the Lower Alentejo region with a rich historic background with records dating from 48 AC when Roman Emperor Julius Caesar gave it the name of Pax Julia and declared it as a regional capital, but there is evidence that the location was inhabited since the Bronze Age. The Moors renamed the town when they occupied it from 711 to 1162.

While in Beja....

Castle of Beja

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Walk to the city tower and go up its 100 steps to look out over the ancient layout of houses, patios and gardens set against boundless views over the plains.

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Visit the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição housing one of the best national collections of Hispano-Arab tiles.

Try the Açorda (bread porrige), migas (a mash of corn bread and cabbage), pork or lamb stews (Ensopado de Borrego) being the most traditional dishes in this region.

Try the Sericaia a traditional dessert made of eggs, sugar, milk and cinnamon. It represents the Alentejo cuisine's typical skilfulness, achieving great results based only in centuries of convents' culinary wisdom and some ordinary ingredients.

Beja Tower

Have Ameixas de Elvas, plums specially selected and harvested in July, cooked and soaked in sugar syrup for six weeks, then washed and sun-dried. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Herdade dos Grous Estate

While in Beja....

Try the Sopa de Beldroegas an herb soup made of purslane also known as cat's tongue.

Try the Queijo de Serpa cheese , the Presunto de Barrancos cured ham from Barrancos and Presunto Pata Negra, Pata Negra ham.

Herdade do Rocim Wine Tasting

Wineries Herdade

Wine Tasting...

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Grous

Located in Albernoa produces excellent wines with all the characteristics from which the Alentejo region is renowned, with a predominance of local grape varieties. Visitors can taste the wines produced by the estate and purchase various products at the estate store. The restaurant offers a menu based on regional produce.

Tel. + 351 284 960 000

Herdade

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Rocim

Located in Cuba has a vineyard where visitors can learn about the different grape varieties, the various stages of wine making, wines and grapes.

Tel. +351 284 415 180

Herdade da Malhadinha Nova Located in Albernoa this winery produces elegant, intensely fruity and very complex wines. Visitors can participate in a guided tour of the estate followed by a wine tasting session.

The gourmet restaurant next to the wine cellars serves creative cuisine, making the most of local produce.

Tel. + 351 284 965 210

Casa

Santa

Vitória

Located on the Malhada Estate in Vitória and has 127 hectares of the best grape varieties. Visitors can tour the vineyards and cellar, walk through the estate and taste wines, from smooth fruity whites to intense and highly structured reds.

Tel. +351 284 970 170

Casa Santa Vitória Winery

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Espelho d´Água Restaurant

Adega Típica 25 Abril Restaurant

A Pipa Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants

Espelho d’Água Rua de Lisboa Beja Tel: +351 284 325 103

Adega Típica 25 de Abril

A Pipa

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Rua da Moeda 8 Beja Tel: +351 284 327 043 Beja - Évora

Day Four

A Esquina Rua Infante Dom Henrique 26 Beja Tel: +351 284 389 238 Rua da Moeda 23 Beja Tel: + 351 284 325 960 Distance: 75Km / 46mi

Évora is the capital of the Upper Alentejo, rising up in the middle of the beautiful Alentejo plains since Roman time. This town has always been considered an important city evidenced by the ruins of a classic temple and the vestiges of surrounding walls now considered one of the world’s great historical towns and recognised by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1986.

While in Évora....

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Visit the Templo Romano (Roman Temple), also referred to as Temple of Diana, the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity and believed to be built in first century A.D. in homage to Emperor Augustus who was venerated as a god during and after his rule. Nowadays only the base and 14 Corinthian columns remain.

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Visit the Sé Catedral (the Cathedral), one of the oldest and most important monuments in the city, which main façade built in rose granite is flanked by two massive towers, completed in the 16th century featuring an ogival main portal a masterpiece of Portuguese Gothic sculpture with marble columns occupied by huge statues of the Apostles executed in the 1330s.

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Visit the São Francisco Church, built between 1480 and 1510 in Gothic-manueline style featuring a very beautiful golden gilt altar and impressive tile panels.

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Bones Chapel – São Francisco Church

While in Évora....

D E Dom Manuel Palace - Évora

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Visit the Bones Chapel, Capela dos Ossos in Portuguese and built by Franciscan monks in 16th century. The chapel is decorated with about 5000 people's bones.

Visit D. Manuel Palace, built in the 16th century and also known as the Royal Palace of São Francisco this building is a mixture of Gothic, Manueline, Neo-moorish and Renaissance styles which all that now remains is the Gallery of Ladies, where it is said that the Portuguese sea navigator Vasco da Gama received his command of the squadron he led to discover the sea route to India.

Visit the Lóios Church, which Convent founded in 1485 was built over the ruins of Evora's Arabian castle, The church private property of the Duques de Cadaval, who still occupy a section of their palace next door The entrance is through a large Gothic portal under the tower which interiors houses a floor-to-ceiling collection of blue tiles by António Oliveira Bernardes (early 1700s), depicting scenes of life of Saint Lourenço Justiniano, founder of the Lóios order.

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Vist the Graça Church built in built in the 16th century, and of Palladian influence with a robust Mannerist façade, including a monumental doorway topped by a double fronton with angels above it and four robust Atlas-style figures placed around the four corners, symbolising four rivers.

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Visit the wineries of Esporão and Monte da Ravasqueira.

Roman Temple - Évora

Try the Sopa de Cação, a shark broth traditionally made in Alentejo seasoned with olive oil and coriander..

Try the Gaspacho Alentejano, a traditional gazpacho soup made of chunks of tomato seasoned in its juices.

Try the Carne de Porco à Alentejana, chunks of fried pork tenderloin seasoned with red pepper paste and served with steamed clams.

Try the Sopa de Grão á Alentejana, a soup made of chickpea cooked in meat stock with potatoes, carrots and green beans.

Évora Cathedral

Try the Açorda à Alentejana, a mash of bread cooked on a broth of olive oil and coriander served with poached eggs. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Monte da Ravasqueira Winer Cellar

While in Évora....

Try the Encharcada, a desert originated at Santa Clara Convent in Évora made of eggs cooked on sugar syrup seasoned with cinnamon and oven baked.

Try the Tibornas de Vila Viçosa, an exquisite egg, pumpkin, almond bread shaped cake.

Try the Pão da Rala, bread shaped cake made of almond paste, pumpkin jam and sugary egg yolk.

Esporão Vineyards

Wineries Herdade do Esporão

Wine Tasting...

Located at Reguengos de Monsaraz, at this wine estate one can visit the wine cellar and olive oil presses and take a jeep ride through the vineyard and olive groves. The Herdade do Esporão’s wine production has resulted in a vast portfolio of wines, well known for its large-scale brands such as Monte Velho, Alandra and Vinha da Defesa. Visitors can taste wines at the wine bar, which offers spectacular views over the Caridade reservoir and some excellent regional cuisine at the “A Galeria do Esporão” restaurant.

Tel. +351 266 509280

Monte da Ravasqueira Located at Arraiolos has vineyards which cover an area of over 44 hectares.

You can enjoy wine tasting and even a picnic.

Tel. +351 266 490 200

Gourmet Restaurants Degust’AR PortugalRes Recommends...

Rua Cândido dos Reis, 72 Évora Tel: + 351 266 740 700 Degus´AR Restaurant

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O Fialho Restaurant

Luar de Janeiro Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants ¼ para as 9

Fialho Travessa das Mascarenhas, 16 Évora Tel: +351 266 703 079

Botequim da Mouraria

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Rua da Mouraria, 16 A Évora Tel: +351 266 746 775

Luar de Janeiro Travessa do Janeiro, 13 Évora Tel: +351 266 749 114

Évora - Coimbra

Day Five

Rua Pedro Simões, 9-A Évora Tel: +351 266 706 774

Dom Joaquim Rua dos Penedos 6 Évora Tel: +351 266 731 105

Quarta-feira Taberna Típica Distance: 75Km / 46mi Rua do Inverno 16/18 Évora Tel: +351 266 707 530 Distance: 260Km / 161mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and the seat to the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress, Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra....

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Visit the Joanine Library, the Biblioteca Joanina, of Coimbra University with walls lined with more than 200,000 books from the 12th to the 19th century kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features.

Visit the São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated from 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles panel.

Downtown Coimbra www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Santa Clara –a-Velha Convent - Coimbra

Coimbra University

While Coimbra....

Joanine Library – Coimbra University

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Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

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Visit Convent of Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating from 1733, designed by Carlos Mardel.

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Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house, and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum. As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

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Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

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Drive to Conímbriga and visit the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics.

Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

Santo António dos Olivais Church

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Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Roman Ruins – Machado de Castro Museu

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive served with baked potatoes. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Arrufadas

Suckling Pig Bairrada Style

Caldeirada de Peixe

While in Coimbra....

Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Caldeirada de Lampreia - Lamprey stew. When in season this is one of the dying delicacies bound to disappear from menus any time soon, due to the rarity in finding this jawless fish-like vertebrate in Portuguese river waters.

Try the Arroz Doce, rice pudding Portuguese style.

Try the Egg lamprey a sweet made of marzipan filled with egg yolk in the shape of a lamprey.

Try an Arrufada a special soft bun made of flower and eggs.

Quinta do Encontro Winery

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

Tel: +351 234 732 000

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Arroz Doce – Rice Pudding

Traditional Restaurants Zé Manel (Dos Ossos) Beco do Forno 12 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 823 790

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Dom Azeite Rua dos Combatentes 95 Taveiro Tel: +351 239 981 010

A Taberna

Pastel de Santa Clara

Gourmet Restaurants Arcadas da Capela Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 86 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 716 265

Manuel Júlio EN1 Santa Luzia Mealhada Tel: +351 239 913 459 Coimbra - Porto

Day Six

Distance: 116Km / 72mi

Porto is an enchanted city for people of all ages. Rich in history and culture, beautiful monuments, gardens and buildings, parks, museums and nice places to stroll along the beach and showing a vibrant nightlife, Porto is a city catering to all tastes. The restaurant list is endless and the quality and variety is excellent. In the old part of the city the bars and restaurants open until very late and at the old industrial part of the city (not far from Boavista neighborhood) the best dance clubs are filled with rhythm.

While in Porto....

São João National Theatre - Porto

A

Walk in vibrant Ribeira neighbourhood and Vila Nova de Gaia riverfront to tour the Port Wine Lodges lining the quayside. At night have fun at the glitzy clubs and restaurants located at the end of the quay.

B

Walk on Avenida dos Aliados and head to Bolhão, a buzzing market place open from Monday to Saturday and a great place to buy local cheeses, meats and flowers.

C

Walk to Rua Santa Catarina the place for shopping, and to Batalha Square to see the São João National Theatre building dating back to 1794. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Santa Clara Church - Porto

São Francisco Church Porto

While in Porto....

D

E Porto Cathedral – Sé do Porto

F

Visit the Neo-classical style Palácio da Bolsa steeped in the history of those kings, adventurers, and merchants who made Porto a rich merchant town which incredible beautiful interior architecture can be enjoyed on its atrium, in the marquetry of its unique parquet floors and at the Arab Room, an room covered in an amazing combination of western and eastern engravings.

Visit the Porto Cathedral one of the most impeccable embodiments of the Romanesque style, which initial construction dates from 12th and the 13th century followed by significant alterations carried out between the 17th and the 18th century. Its Gothic cloister built in the 14th century with ceramic tile decorations depicting scenes inspired by the Song of Solomon is worth visiting.

G

Visit São Bento Railway Station designed by José Marques da Silva and completed in 1903, displaying in the main hall gigantic tile panels entirely of Portuguese creation made by artist Jorge Colaço.

H

Visit the Congregados Church dating from 1680 with a 17th century Baroque facade covered in tiles. This is a church dedicated to Saint Anthony whose life is depicted in interior mural paintings.

I

Visit the Clérigos Church and Tower a Baroque building built between 1732 and 1750. The church was one of the first Baroque churches in Portugal its adornments reflecting the city’s seaside way of life, with a façade carved with shells and garlands. The bell tower completed in 1763, based upon a Roman Baroque design scheme and standing at 75m (245 ft) tall offers amazing, panoramic views of the city, the Douro River and the Atlantic coast.

Árabe Room – Palácio da Bolsa

J Clérigos Church - Porto

Visit the São Francisco Church built between 1383 and 1410, which suffered a huge Baroque re-decoration in the 17th and 18th centuries becoming the perfect example of Rococo or Late Baroque architecture displaying pillars and columns wood carved and profusely covered in gold with ornate cherubs, rose garlands, fruits, and animals.

Visit Trindade Church (Holy Trinity Church) built in the 19th century which building designed by Carlos Amarante and Jose Francisco features an impressive austere facade overtopped by a bell tower, and interior replete with gilded woodwork and marble carvings and sculptures. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Porto Old Town

While in Porto....

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L

Trindade Church - Porto

Visit the Santo Ildefonso Church built in the first half of the 18th century, a fine example of the Baroque style with its blue and white ceramic tiles adorning the façade and housing a mid-18th century retable by Nicolau Nasoni, the Italian architect who also contributed to the design of various parts of the Porto Cathedral and Clérigos Tower.

Visit Santa Clara Church a marvelously balanced decorative interior consisting of superb gilded woodwork combining Baroque style ornaments with elements typical of the Rococo style. Angels, cherubs and saints immortalized in gilded woodwork populate the church, generating a dream like scenery of overwhelming ornamental abundance.

Try a Francesinha a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with French fries.

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, a typical dry stew of cod, potatoes, sliced onions cooked in olive oil and served with black olives and parsley .

Try the Cabrito Assado no Forno, kid baked in a traditional wood fire oven.

Try the Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean stew made with tripe, chunks of pork and beef seasoned with cumin.

Wine Tasting Places Caves Graham´s

Santo Ildefonso Church

Sala Ogival do Porto

Wineries...

Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

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Porto Croft Wine Lodges – Vila Nova de Gaia

Calem Port Wine Lodges at Vila Nova de Gaia

Wine Tasting Places Caves Porto Calém

Wineries...

Caves Croft

Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront.

Caves Taylor´s Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports. You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Gourmet Restaurants Porto DOP Palácio das Artes Largo de São Domingos 18 Porto Tel: +351 222 014 313

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Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo, 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Mesa Rua D. Domingos Pinho Brandão, 74-4ºT Porto Tel: +351 226 169 255

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986

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Cabrito Assado no Forno

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

Traditional Restaurants Casa Aleixo

A Cozinha do Manel

Rua da Estação, 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

Capa Negra II

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Rua do Campo Alegre 191 Porto Tel: +351 226 078 383 (famous for Francesinha

Santiago Rua Passos Manuel 226 Porto Tel: Tel. +351 222 055 797 (famous for Francesinha) Porto - Braga

Day Seven

Rua do Heroísmo, 215 Porto Tel: +351 225 363 388

Adega São Nicolau São Nicolau,1 Porto Tel: +351 222 008 232

Adega Vila Meã Rua dos Caldeireiros, 62 Porto Tel: +351 222 082 967

Distance: 40Km / 24mi

Located in the Minho Region and known as the city of the archbishops, Braga is an important religious destination in Portugal. Extremely rich in architectural buildings dating back to the late Neolithic and Roman times, this historical city has been a storehouse of religious, military and civic architecture and a modern city with a young population, bustling with a lively and attractive old centre and various pedestrian streets.

While in Braga....

A B

Braga Downtown

C

Visit the Archbishop's Palace, a huge fortress-like building, home to the council offices, public library and local archive.

Visit the Braga Cathedral built in an extraordinary diversity of styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Baroque styles, featuring a richly decorated interior and a Baroque double organ painted in gold and adorned with cherubs and sea creatures.

Visit the Capela dos Coimbras, a chapel featuring a flamboyant Manueline tower and an interior with tile panels depicting the story of Adam and Eve. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Sameiro Basilica - Braga

Coimbras Chapel

Raio Palace

While in Braga....

Braga Cathedral´s Pipe Organ

D

See the Casa do Raio, a Rococo building covered in blue tiles.

E

Visit Biscaínhos Museum housed in a 17th century palace and home to a vast collection of Roman relics, pottery, and furniture, surrounded by a beautiful garden.

F

Visit at the outskirts of Braga on top of a hill the Bom Jesus Sanctuary, a twin-towered Neo-classical church built in 1784 sitting on top of an impressive Baroque staircase lined with chapels representing the Stations of the Cross.

G

Visit nearby Sanctuary of Sameiro a late 19th century domed church offering beautiful views over the Minho region.

Try the Arroz de Pato à Moda de Braga, rice cooked with duck meat.

Try Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota, a stew made of rice and octopus.

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, fried codfish in a bed of caramelized onions and fried potatoes.

Try the Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões, chunks of pork meat cooked in pigs blood and seasoned with cumin.

Try the Frango Pica no Chão, country chicken cooked in its blood and served with rice.

Braga Cathedral - Exterior

Try the Pudim Abade de Priscos, a thick rich egg pudding covered in thick caramel sauce.

Try the Toucinho-do-Céu, a flat heavy cake made of egg yolk, sugar, almond paste and pumpkin jam.

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, fried codfish in a bed of caramelized onions and fried potatoes.

Abade de Priscos Pudding www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Arroz de Pato à moda de Braga

Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota

Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões

Traditional Restaurants Expositor do Migaitas Parque Municipal de Exposições Braga Tel: +351 253 217 031

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Abade de Priscos Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque, nº 7 Braga Tel: +351 253 276 650

Sameiro Avenida do Santuário Braga Tel: +351 253 675 114

O Pórtico

Arcoense Rua Engenheiro José Justino Braga Tel: +351 253 278 952 Braga - Fátima

Day Eight

Cozinha da Sé Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão, 95 Braga Tel: +351 253 277 343

Largo Arco, Bom Jesus Braga Tel: +351 253 676 672 Distance: 192Km / 140mi

Fatima is a town housing one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world. During most of the year, the shrine of Fatima is a quiet and peaceful place featuring a beautiful basilica, small chapel and an architectonically impressive underground church visited by locals and a few hundred pilgrims. On May 13, commemorating the day of the first apparition and on October 13, the day of the final apparition, half-a-million Pilgrims crowd into the great square in front of the basilica. During these times there is an atmosphere of extremely passionate religious devotion.

While in the Area....

A

Visit the Serra D´Aire Dinosaur Footprints Park where more than 200 dinosaur footprints have been discovered.

B

Visit the Moeda Caves located in S.Mamede, near Fátima, and open to the public all year round. During the visit an area 350m long and 45m deep can be reached and the visit is guided and takes about 25 minutes.

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Santo António Caves

Moeda Caves

While in the Area....

A

B Dinosaur Footprints Mira D´Aire National Park

Visit the Mira D´Aire Caves extend for about 10.000m, which visiting area is a 600m walk with 683 steps along the way. This is Portugal's largest cave system and the underground tour leads down through a series of colourfully lit caverns with some impressive speleothems. The last cavern, 110m below the surface contains a huge lake with artificial waterfalls and dramatic artificial fountains.

Visit the Alvados Caves discovered in 1964 and located in a chalky region, right in the heart of the Serra de Aires and Candeeiros Natural Park comprising of a sequence of rooms of stalagmites and stalactites more than 180 million years old, formed in the mid Jurassic period, when dinosaurs inhabited this region. Special lighting and background music enhances the beauty of this natural wonder.

C

Visit the Batalha Monastery a UNESCO’s World Heritage building a magnificent construction of Portuguese Late-gothic style and one of the first to receive “Manueline” art decoration and considered one of the most beautiful European churches of the late Middle Ages.

D

Visit the Castle of Leiria located in the town of the same name and its main focus point. Standing proud on top of a hill the castle was rebuilt numerous times following Moorish attacks. The well restored remains were built in the 14th century for the summer residence of King Dom Dinis and Queen Isabel of Aragon.

Try the locally made corn bread, pork sausages and goat cheese.

Batalha Monastery Church Vault

Try the Arroz de Marisco a seafood rice traditionally made in the coastal towns of the region.

Try the Bacalhau com Migas, baked cod and potatoes pie with a crust of corn bread.

Try the Borrego à Moda de Vale Travesso, a simple stew of lamb marinated meat served with potatoes.

Borrego à Moda Vale Travesso

Try the Coelho à Conde de Ourém, a refined rabbit stew in which the meat seats marinated for over 8 hours before been cooked with local herbs and spices. After tender and thoroughly cooked the rabbit meat is seasoned with walnuts and rapped in cabbage leafs before being slightly baked. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Bacalhau com Migas de Broa

Arroz de Marisco

While in the Area....

Try the Friginada, a pork stew, accompanied by a mash of black bean, collard greens and rustic corn bread.

Try the Brisas do Liz, a traditional sweet made of egg yolk, almond and sugar.

Try the Ovos Folhados, a traditional local dessert made of egg yolks and sugar syrup.

Try the Bolinhos dos Santos, a sort of sweet bread made with dried nuts and fruits, traditionally made for the All Saints Day, 1st of November.

Try the Bolo-de-Arco D´Ourém, a sort of sweet bread brioche style but slightly harder on the crust.

Brisas do Liz

Traditional Restaurants Tia Alice Rua do Adro Fátima Tel: +351 249 531 737

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Day Nine

O Convite Rua Jacinto Marto, 100 Fátima Tel: +351 244 855 952

Fátima - Óbidos

Casinha Velha Rua Professor Portelas 23 (Marrazes)Fátima Tel: +351 244 855 952

O Truão Estrada da Minde Largo da Capela (Boleiros) Fátima Tel: +351 249 521 542 Distance: 88Km / 55mi

Surrounded by ancient walls the town of Óbidos is a living testimony of a past full of history and of important events that have marked the country´s history. A charming little town where one can still feel the medieval atmosphere with its narrow, labyrinthine streets, ancient whitewashed houses, trimmed in blue, red and yellow, its balconies with flowers (geraniums, bougainvillea and arums), and its Manueline style doors.

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Óbidos Castle

Chapel in the Village Walls - Óbidos

Town of Óbidos

While in Óbidos....

Main Square - Óbidos

A

Walk the ancient walls of Roman and Arab origin, rebuilt in the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries and visit King Dinis tower 30 meters tall (98ft) offering unobtrusive views of the countryside.

B

See the aqueduct a 3 Km (1.8mi) long stone structure in use until 1946.

C

Visit each of the town 6 doors, each one featuring at the entrance a chapel or oratory carved in the rocky walls with the Virgin's statue.

The south door has tiles from the 17th century.

D

Visit Santa Maria church the main church inside Óbidos, built in Renaissance style in the 17th century featuring beautiful blue and white tiles from the end of the 17th century, Hispanic-Arab tiles from the 15th century, paintings by the painter of João da Costa and school of Josefa Ayala.

E

Visit in the town main square the Municipal Museum housing pieces of Josefa of Óbidos, souvenirs from the war against Napoleon and Luso-Roman archaeological remains.

F Óbidos Lagoon

Drive to nearby Quinta dos Loridos located at the heart of the Óbidos region with an history linked to wine and sparkling wine production dating back to the 15th century. This is a unique place, where the imposing beauty of the manor, Solar dos Loridos, stands out amongst the vineyards and terraced gardens, a lake, a forest and the largest oriental garden in Europe, the impressive Buddha Eden.

Drink a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices which can be drunk from a chocolate shot glass.

Try the Caldeirada de Peixe da Lagoa de Óbidos, a fish stew made from freshly caught fish at Óbidos Lagoon.

Try the Enguias fritas, fried eels.

Try the Alcaides and Pegadas traditional sweets made in Óbidos.

Santa Maria Church - Óbidos www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Loridos Wine Estate – Main Entrance

Cozinha das Rainhas Restaurant

Wineries Quinta dos Loridos

Wineries...

Quinta dos Loridos, is an impressive wine estate featuring a Buddha Eden the largest oriental garden in Europe, with 35 hectares and created as a reaction to the destruction of the Buddhas of Banyan. Buddhas, pagodas, terracotta statues and various carefully-placed sculptures can be found throughout the gardens, it is estimated that some six thousand tons of marble and granite were used to create this monumental work of art. The garden features seven hundred hand-painted terracotta soldiers, each of them unique copies of those which were buried some 2,200 years ago. The garden's open all year round but wine tastings require pre-booking by contacting Telmo Santos + 351 913 005 087 or e-mail: info@loridos.com

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Day Ten

Rua Porta do Vale Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 194

Óbidos - Sintra

Cozinha das Rainhas Rua Padre Nunes Tavares, 6T Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 360

Distance: 75Km / 46mi

Sintra and its mountains are truly unique places. It would be a difficult task to find a parallel either in Europe, or anywhere else in the world where palaces, elegant manor houses, with their gardens and forests, mansions and chalets surrounded by a dense vegetation and long sections of walls winding around the highest of the peaks of the surrounding mountains reminding us of centuries past. In Sintra convents, mossy cliffs, murmuring fountains, austere churches and chapels, making this town the most romantic town in Portugal classified as world heritage

by UNESCO.

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Sintra National Palace

While in Sintra....

A

Berardo Collection Museum - Sintra

B

Visit the National Palace located right at the centre of town and dating from the 14th century distinguish by its two gigantic conical chimneys. Of Moorish, Gothic and Manueline styles its interior houses one of the most extensive collection of Mudejar tiles in the world, and several exceptional roomsincluding the Coat-of-Arms Room hall with a domed ceiling decorated with stags holding the coats of arms of 74 Portuguese noble families, the former banquet hall, Sala dos Cisnes featuring a magnificent ceiling made of octagonal panels decorated with swans, the Royal Chapter of King John I and the huge kitchen with a capacity for 1000 diners.

Visit the Moorish Castle, called the Castelo dos Mouros is a charming castle set admits lush forested stands commandingly on top of a hill. Dating from the 9th century and the Moorish occupation of Portugal much of the castle ruins where reconstructed during the 19th century.

C

Visit the Convent of Capuchos built in the 16th century for Franciscan monks under the most humble principles way of life the "cork convent" as it was called (doors and some walls covered by old cork) was built in the rocks itself and it is a rare example of integration and respect on the nature environment.

D

Visit the Quinta da Regaleira Estate, a fascinating ensemble of constructions built in the early 20th century in middle of the dense forest in a mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Renaissance style based on Portuguese mythological and esoteric traditions. The buildings are surrounded by an exotic, fabulous park and a vast ensemble of turrets providing breathtaking views and strange recesses.

E

Visit the Monserrate Palace An exuberant garden and Palace, built by the millionaire Englishman Francis Cook and a unique testimony to the extravagance of the eighteen hundreds. In the strongly English style inspired Park is one of the richest botanical gardens in Portugal full of exotic trees, waterfalls and lakes.

Toy Museum - Sintra

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Sintra National Forrest

While in Sintra....

F

Visit the Pena Palace Built in the 1840s and one of Europe's most fantastic palaces, including a drawbridge, a conglomeration of turrets, ramparts, and domes, and a gargoyle above a NeoManueline arch, all washed in an array of pastel shades and which extravagant interior decorated in late Victorian and Edwardian furnishings, houses rich ornaments, paintings, and priceless porcelain preserved just as the royal family left them.

Surrounding the palace the mystical Pena Park is filled with a variety of trees and exotic plants from the former colonies of the Portuguese empire, ponds, fountains, and black swans.

G

Visit the Queluz Palace a small version of a Versailles-like palace and Portugal's finest example of Rococo architecture. Built in the 17th century as a manor house for King Pedro II, and later enlarged and transformed into a graceful palace featuring a grandiose and elegant Throne Room, once the scene of splendid balls and banquets, lined with mirrors and adorned with crystal chandeliers and gilded statues, a music room, where the queen's orchestra performed operas and concerts, a royal bedroom, in the shape of a square with stunning murals of Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a domed ceiling, and a floor decoration in exotic woods giving it a circular appearance and an Ambassadors' Room with a marble floor and a ceiling painting of the royal family attending a concert all decorated with English and French-style furniture, fine porcelain, and Arraiolos carpets. The original kitchen is now a restaurant called Cozinha Velha, retainning the old stone chimney, arches, and vaulted ceiling. .

Window detail Pena Palace - Sintra

Monserrate Palace - Sintra

H

I

Visit Odrinhas Archaeological Museum located at the village of São Miguel de Odrinhas, near the village of Janas and about 15 minutes away from Sintra. One of the region´s oldest museums, founded in the 16th century by a group of local scholars housing unique items, of great archaeological value, from prehistoric times to the Roman and Visigothic occupations and the Medieval period.

Visit Sintra´s Regional Museum, known as Museu Municipal de Sintra and housing collections of archaeology, ethnology and other local items, sacred art and pictures devoted to local themes. The museum also stages temporary exhibitions.

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Town of Sintra

Sintra National Palace

While in Sintra....

Visit the Sintra Modern Art Museum displaying a fine collection of modern art that is part of the Berardo Collection including works

by Andy Warhol, Pollock, Francis Bacon, Mirรณ, and Picasso.

F

Visit the Toy Museum home to a extraordinary collection of more than 20,000 items including 3000-year old Egyptian toys, Hornby trains from the 1930s, Nazi toy soldiers made in Germany during World War II, birthday and Christmas gifts given to royal children, and some of the first ever toy cars.

Try Queijadas, traditional hard cheese cake pastries.

Moors Castle - Sintra

Try the Travesseiros, puff pastry filled with a paste of sugar, egg yolk, and almond and sold famously at Periquita Pastry Shop.

Order a grilled sea bream or sea bass.

Drink Colares wine, locally produced wine made from grapes harvested in the area around Sintra.

Queijadas de Sintra

G

Try the Leitรฃo de Negrais, locally raised piglets which meat is roasted to perfection.

Traditional Restaurants Colares Velho Largo Doutor Carlos Franรงa, 1-4 (Colares), Sintra Tel: +351 219 280 028

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Adraga Praia da Adraga (Almoรงageme) Sintra Tel: + 351 219 280 028

Gourmet Restaurants Arola Penha Longa Hotel Estrada da Lagoa Azul Penha Longa Tel: +351 219 249 011

GSpot Gastronomia Alameda Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 12 Sintra Tel: +351 927 508 027

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Sintra National Palace

Day Eleven

Restaurant Fortaleza do Guicho

Sintra - Lisbon

Distance: 25Km / 16mi

If you have time on the return to Lisbon, visit the amazing beach of Guincho and have lunch at the Fortaleza do Guincho restaurant a 5 star Michelin restaurant. Before driving to the airport and depending on your journey do some final shopping. We recommend Allegro Mall (Alfragide) Cascais Shopping, Colombo Shopping Mall and Vasco da Gama Shopping Mall.

Pena Palace - Sintra www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

Day Five

Day Four

Day Three

Day Six

Day Two

Day One Day Seven Day Eight

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Wine & Gastronomy

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Culture & Gastronomy Tour of Portugal Featuring: Lisbon, Óbidos, Coimbra, Porto, Peso da Régua and Tomar

Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights Total Driving Distance: 889Km / 552,4mi

Gastronomy is a combination of art, science and style and the Portuguese surely have a distinct style.

Portuguese are famous for the variety of fare, including many types of fish and crustaceans, meats, cheeses, and desserts in its rich culinary heritage using a wide range of spices and flavours borrowed from nearby and far away cultures and countries. Portugal's proud history of gastronomy relies on tradition and skilful combinations of different spices such as coriander, ginger, curry, pepper, paprika and saffron cooked in flavourful recipes.

Museums, monuments, buildings and places of historical interest, archaeological remains, ancient churches and monasteries are all to be found in Portugal. At a glance the historic and culinary value of the country can be taken all in when you choose this itinerary.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon is an enchanting capital with a fortress circled by neighbourhoods drenched with medieval charm, fine monuments and picturesque houses whose facades are lined with ornate ceramic tiles. The yellow electric tramcars winding their way up and down the hills of this old capital and the sound of traditional Fado songs accompanying many a candle-lit dinner lends an old-world mystery to this burgeoning cosmopolitan city.

While in Lisbon....

A

Tour the downtown area, known as Baixa, starting at Rossio square and walking to Praça do Comércio. On your return turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa neighborhoods.

A street at Alfama Neighborhood (Lisbon)

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Ancient Arts Museum - Lisbon

Estrela Basilica - Lisbon

Conceição Velha Church - Lisbon

While in Lisbon....

B

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisbon Cathedral,São Vicente de Fora, Conceicão Velha, São Roque, Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela.

C

Visit some of the city museums: the Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation.

Modern Arts Museum - Lisbon

D

Head to Alfama neighbourhood to a special evening of a traditional Portuguese meal and Fado Music. We suggest Casa de Linhares, Pateo de Alfama, Clube de Fado, Parreirinha de Alfama and Sr. Fado. Dine a bowl of Caldo Verde a tasty soup made of shredded kale and select from the menu any of the codfish dishes in order to experience a truly Portuguese meal.

Try the local Tavernas or Tascas either in Alfama or Bairro Alto and request a plate of miniature snails to accompany your drink.

Try the grilled sardines, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, grouper, turbot, or mullet.

Order an Arroz de Marisco a dish of rice cooked with seafood including lobster, shrimp, mussels and crabs.

Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Foundation Museum

Try the most popular pastry the Pastel de Nata, a small custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon.

Drink a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur at any of the many cafés lining Rossio square.

Lisbon National Theatre .- Rossio Square www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Solar do Vinho do Porto - Lisbon

Sala Ogival – Lisbon

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa

Solar do Vinho do Porto

Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707

Chafariz do Vinho

Wine Tasting...

Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079

Traditional Restaurants Casa da Mó Rua Condes de Monsanto 1 Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

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Cervejaria Ramiro Avenida Almirante Reis 1-H (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 851 024

Cervejaria Trindade Rua Nova da Trindade 20 C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 423 506

Gambrinus Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 23 (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 421 466

Fado Restaurants Mesa de Frades Rua dos Remédios 139 A (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 917 029 436

Casa de Linhares / Bacalhau de Molho Beco dos Armazéns de Linho nº1 (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 863 767

Adega Machado Rua Norte 91 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 224 640

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Page 39 A shot of Ginginha in a chocolate cup

Sour Cherries base of Ginginha liqueur

Day Two

Lisbon - Óbidos

Bottle of Ginginha

Distance: 89Km / 55mi

Surrounded by ancient walls the town of Óbidos is a living testimony of a past full of history and of important events that have marked the country´s history. A charming little town where one can still feel the medieval atmosphere with its narrow, labyrinthine streets, ancient whitewashed houses trimmed in blue, red and yellow, its balconies with flowers (geraniums, bougainvillea and arums), and its Manueline style doors.

While in Óbidos....

A B C Walls of the town of Óbidos

D E Chapel located at Door of Óbidos Castle

F

Walk the ancient walls of Roman and Arab origin and rebuilt in the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries and visit King Dinis tower 30 meters (98ft) tall offering unobtrusive views of the countryside.

See the aqueduct a 3 Km (1.8mi) long stone structure in use until 1946.

Visit each of the town 6 doors, each one displaying at entrance a chapel or oratory caved in the rocky walls with the Virgin's statue.

The south door has tiles from the 17th century.

Visit Santa Maria church the main church inside Óbidos, built in Renaissance style in the 17th century featuring beautiful blue and white tiles from the end of the 17th century, Hispanic-Arab tiles from the 15th century, paintings by the painter of João da Costa and school of Josefa Ayala.

Visit in the town main square the Municipal Museum housing pieces of Josefa de Óbidos, souvenirs from the war against Napoleon and Luso-Roman archaeological remains.

Drive to nearby Quinta dos Loridos located at the heart of the Óbidos region with a history linked to wine and sparkling wine production dating back to the 15th century. This is a unique place, where the imposing beauty of the manor, Solar dos Loridos, stands out amongst the vineyards and terraced gardens, a lake, a forest and the largest oriental garden in Europe, the impressive Buddha Eden.

Try the Caldeirada de Peixe da Lagoa de Óbidos, a stew made with fresh caught fish from the nearby Óbidos lagoon.

Try the Ensopado de Enguias, an eel stew.

Try the Óbidos speciality brandy Ginginha made from sour cherries and drunk from a chocolate shot glass.

Loridos Winery - Óbidos

Try the Lampreias das Gaeiras a dessert in the shape of a lamprey made of egg yolks and sugar. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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A Ilustre Casa de Ramiro Restaurant

Cozinha das rainhas Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants A Ilustre Casa de Ramiro Rua Porta do Vale Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 194

PortugalRes Recommends...

Alcaide Rua Direita nº 60 Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 220

Day Three

Óbidos - Coimbra

Pousada do Castelo Restaurant

Cozinha das Rainhas Rua Padre Nunes Tavares 6T Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 360

Pousada do Castelo Paço Real Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 080

Distance: 141Km / 88mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and the seat to the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra....

A

Visit the Joanine Library (Biblioteca Joanina) of Coimbra University with walls lined with more than 200,000 books from the 12th to the 19th centuries kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features..

B

Visit São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles panel.

C

Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

D

Visit Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating from 1733, designed by Carlos Mardel.

Sé Velha Church - Coimbra

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University of Coimbra

Town of Coimbra

Botanical Gardens - Coimbra

While in Coimbra....

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Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum.

As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

F

Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

Downtown Coimbra

G H Conimbriga Roman Ruins

Drive to Conímbriga to visit the the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics.

Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive served with baked potatoes Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig.

Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Try a Pastel de Tentugal, a filo pastry cake filled with almond and egg yolk sweet paste.

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Quinta do Encontro Winery

Adega Campolargo Winery

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Traditional Restaurants

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

Tel: +351 234 732 000

Gourmet Restaurants

Zé Manel (Dos Ossos) Beco do Forno 12 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 823 790

PortugalRes Recommends...

Dom Azeite Rua dos Combatentes 95 Taveiro Tel: +351 239 981 010

A Taberna

Arcadas da Capela Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 86 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 716 265

Manuel Júlio EN1 Santa Luzia Mealhada Tel: +351 239 913 459

Chanfana

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Santa Clara Church - Porto

Serra do Pilar Monastery – Vila Nova de Gaia

Day Four

Coimbra - Porto

Distance: 121Km / 75mi

Portugal's second city a pretty old town with characterful winding streets and tiled churches is best known as the historic home of Port Wine. Porto is still a great place with major must-see landmarks, a truly array of architectural buildings from Roman, Gothic, Baroque, Neoclassic and Renaissance eras built into the granite cliffs at the mouth of the river Douro.

While in Porto....

A B Trindade Church - Porto

C D

Main Hall – Palácio da Bolsa - Porto

Visit the Porto Cathedral a huge cathedral built in the 12th century but extensively remodelled at later stages and featuring a magnificent cloister covered in blue tile panels..

Visit São Francisco Church showing plain Gothic facade which interiors house tons of gold-leaf gilding, a small museum and catacombs.

Walk along the old Ribeira neighbourhood characterized by a cluster of buildings, smoky bars and seafood restaurants lining the river waterfront.

Visit the Clérigos Tower, a 75 meter tall structure which 225 steps will take the visitor to its top.

Drive to Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, from where a splendid view of the river Douro and old town of Porto can be fully enjoyed.

E

Visit the Port Wine lodges dominating the riverfront in Vila Nova de Gaia facing the old neighbourhood of Ribeira and home to more than 50 Port Wine producers. A Tour and tasting is a must for a visitor with a taste for wine.

F

Embark on a Douro River Cruise lasting around 45 to 55 minutes and departing from Porto's Cais da Ribeira or Cais da Estiva, or from Vila Nova de Gaia's Cais de Gaia or Cais Amarelo.

G

Visit Palácio da Bolsa, Porto former Stock Exchange and a splendid neoclassical monument built from 1842 to 1910 honoring Porto’s past and present money merchants. See the glass-domed Pátio das Nações (Hall of Nations), where the exchange once operated and the stupendous ballroom called the Salão Árabe (Arabian Room), with stucco walls that have been teased into complex Moorish designs. .

Congregados Church - Porto

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Porto Modern Arts Museum

Casa da Musica - Porto

Coffee Bar at Foz do Douro - Porto

While in Porto....

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Restaurants at Gaia Quayside

Visit Serralves Foundation and the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum located in a leafy, upscale suburb off Porto's and designed by architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, which building is an arrestingly minimalist construction of vast, whitewashed spaces bathed in natural light. The museum is devoted to cutting edge exhibitions, though there is a permanent collection featuring works from the late 1960s to the present by the likes of Georg Baselitz, Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Richter.

I

Visit the nearby Casa de Serralves, a pink 1930s Art Deco mansion and the foundation's 18-hectare estate, Parque de Serralves filled with intriguing sculptures.

J

Walk along pedestrianized Rua Santa Catarina, to see the exterior wall of Capela das Almas a church displaying magnificent panels depicting scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine painted by Eduardo Leite in the early 20th century.

K

Visit the Romantic Museum of Quinta da Macieirinha an ancient house and bush garden built on the south slope of Quinta da Macieirinha, where the exiled king of Sardinia spent his final days.

Try Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean and meat stew including pork sausage and tripe..

Restaurant at Gaia Quayside

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, steamed codfish and potato mash cooked in olive oil garnished with parsley and black olives..

Try a Francesinha, a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roasted meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce.

Bar in downtown Porto

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Page 45 Caves Graham´s Port Lodges

Caves Taylor´s – Wine Lodges

Caves Porto Calem, Wine Lodges

Wine Tasting Places

Caves Croft

Sala Ogival do Porto Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Caves Graham´s

Wineries...

Caves Taylor´s

Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports. You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Caves Porto Calém Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront.

Gourmet Restaurants Porto DOP Palácio das Artes Largo de São Domingos 18 Porto Tel: +351 222 014 313

PortugalRes Recommends...

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986

Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo, 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Mesa Rua D. Domingos Pinho Brandão, 74-4ºT Porto Tel: +351 226 169 255 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Tripas à Moda do Porto

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

Francesinha

Traditional Restaurants A Cozinha do Manel Rua do Heroísmo, 215 Porto Tel: +351 225 363 388

Adega São Nicolau

PortugalRes São Nicolau,1 Porto Recommends...Tel: +351 222 008 232 Capa Negra II

Rua do Campo Alegre 191 Porto Tel: +351 226 078 383 (famous for Francesinha Day Five

Adega Vila Meã Rua dos Caldeireiros, 62 Porto Tel: +351 222 082 967

Casa Aleixo Rua da Estação, 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

Santiago

Distance: 141Km / 88mi Rua Passos Manuel 226 Porto Tel: Tel. +351 222 055 797 (famous for Francesinha)

Porto – Peso da Régua

Distance: 94Km / 58mi

Peso da Régua is a commercial town located on the banks of the Douro River, considered the Capital of the Upper Douro, a depot through which much of the Port Wine passes on its way to Porto and a hub of the Douro river cruise trade.

While in Peso da Régua....

Régua Quayside

A

Walk on the riverfront Avenue and riverside quay and take one of the various river cruises ranging from one hour-long cruises to half-day and full-day cruises going up to the village of Pinhão and including lunch.

B

Visit the local Solar do Vinho do Porto (Mon– Sat 11am–8pm), housed in a converted warehouse and offering a large choice of wines for tasting, featuring also exhibitions on Port Wine and the Douro Region.

C

Visit the Douro Museum, home to works of art, pictures and items related to the region.

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Douro River Cruise

Douro Museum - Régua

While in Peso da Régua....

Try de Arroz de Forno com Cabrito Assado, roast kid baked in oven with rice.

Try the Rabelo, a pastry made with rice flower, sugar, eggs, almonds, cinnamon and port wine in the shape of a Rabelo boat.

Try the Rebuçados da Régua hard candy infused with traditional herbs.

Try de Doçe Dourado a dessert made of sugar, bread and almonds mixed with a egg and sugary base syrup.

Downtown Peso da Régua

Try the Leite Créme, traditional crème brulée.

Wine Tasting Places Quinta Seara d'Ordens Palácio da Bolsa Poiares – Peso da Régua Tel. +351 254 323 147 Located on the banks of the Corgo River, this historic estate includes a house purchased by Dona Antónia Adelaide Ferreira, nicknamed Ferreirinha, a famous female wine producer. Visit the cellars, stroll through the vineyards and, sample wine produced at the estate.

Wineries...

Quinta Nova de Nossa Senhora do Carmo Quinta Nova - Covas do Douro Tel. +351 254 730 430 This historical estate offers various walking circuits through the vineyards.

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Page 48 Rebuçados da Régua Candies

Leite Creme

Doce Dourado

Traditional Restaurants A Repentina Casal de Canelas Poiares, Peso da Régua Tel: +351 254 906 145

Varanda da Régua

PortugalRes Lugar da Boavista Loureiro, Peso da Régua Recommends...Tel: +351 254 336 949 Douro In Avenida João Franco S/n Peso da Régua +351 254 323 009 Day Six

Gourmet Restaurants Castas e Pratos Rua José Vasques Osório Peso da Régua Tel: +351 254 323 290

Restaurante Doc EN 222, Folgosa do Douro Armamar Tel: +351 254 858 123

Cacho d'Oiro Restaurante Travessa Branca Martinho Peso da Régua Tel: +351 254 321 455

Peso da Régua - Tomar

Distance: 225Km / 140mi

The original medieval town of Tomar is a pretty city on the banks of the Nabão River, with an extremely interesting medieval historic centre built on a grid pattern with streets cobbled in marble interspersed with Templar crosses. Tomar is also a cosmopolitan town with many boutique style shops, high quality restaurants, modern art galleries and a catalogue of festivals and outdoor events throughout the year.

While in Tomar....

A

Visit São João Baptista Church built in the 12th century but featuring a Gothic façade from the 15th century. The 16th century clock face highly decorative with skull and cross bones was brought from the Templar´s Castle, its symbolic design can also be seen in the church interiors where the holy water basin is decorated with a sun and a moon. The church also houses magnificent paintings from the 16th century, notably the Última Ceia (Last Supper) by Gregorio Lopes.

Templars Castle - Tomar

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Rua Serpa Pinto Street - Tomar

While in Tomar....

B

Walk on Rua Serpa Pinto known as Corredoura, a pedestrianized street, stretching from the Nabão River to Praça da Republica and enjoy light refreshments at the many cafes lining the streets.

C

Visit the Templários Castle located on top of a hill dominating the skyline of Tomar.

D

Convent of Tomar – Manueline Style Window

E

Visit the Convento de Cristo bequeathed to the Knights Templar by Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal becoming the permanent home to the Order of Christ, in 1357. The octagonal church was completed in the second half of the 12th century and has eight large, stone pillars allowing the Knights to pray while seated on horseback. The Convent has eight cloisters built during the 15th and 16th centuries, each with their own distinctive style.

Visit the Claustro do Cemitério (Cemetery Cloister) and the Claustro da Lavagem (Cloister of Washing) and see the Chapterhouse window (Janela do Capítulo) an intricate work of art celebrating the Age of Discoveries with motifs of coral, ropes and the seal of the Order of Christ.

Walk on Mata dos Sete Montes (Wood of the Seven Hills), 39 hectares of forest and gardens with a statue of Henry the Navigator at the entrance and home to a French style garden with gravel paths leading to the forest.

Try the Couves à D. Prior, a stew made with kale and minced meat.

Try the Vaca com Molho de Bruxa, a beef stew cooked on a pot and done when the water from the overhead pot has fully evaporated.

Try the Maranhos, goat meat cooked with rice, chourizo and mint on sealed pouches made of goat´s stomach skin.

Try the Plangaio, marinated pork meat cooked on its blood, with rice and mint and steamed on sealed pouches of pig´s stomach skin.

Try the Coelho na Abóbora, a rabbit stew oven baked inside a pumpkin.

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Castanhas Doces

Fatias de Tomar

While in Tomar....

Try the Tigeladas, a sort of Crême Brulée.

Try the Cartuxos de Amendoa, a sweet which shape is similar to a Cannoli filled with a rich almond and egg filling.

Try the Castanhas Doces, a sweet made of egg yolk and sugar in the shape of a chestnut.

Try the Fatias de Tomar, a sweet shaped very light pound cake made of eggs.

Try the Fofas de Mação, a meringue shaped cookie made of eggs, sugar and flower..

Chico Elias Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Chico Elias PortugalRes Recommends...

Estrada de Paialvo (EN 349-3) Algarvias, Tomar Tel: +351 249 311 067

Tomar - Lisboa

Day Seven

A Lúria Rua da Alegria, Portela de São Pedro, Tomar Tel: +351 249 381 402 Distance: 135Km / 84mi

Lisbon the “pearl of Portugal” will enchant you with its churches, castles, medieval streets and museums. From modern urban constructions to picturesque neighborhoods, Lisbon is rich in steep slopes offering quite spectacular views in a relaxed and unconstrained atmosphere. A mixture of different architectural styles filled with wide avenues, green trees, modernist-style buildings, mosaic decorations and numerous cafes. Lisbon is like an impressionist and modernist painting depicting small pastel-painted houses, domes and towers in a lively, energetic pattern of colours.

While in Lisbon....

National Tile Museum

A

Visit the National Tile Museum (Museu Nacional do Azulejo) one of Portugal's most important museums, displaying Ceramic tiles grouped together in panels dating back to the 15th century.

B

Visit the National Pantheon a pretty domed church and burial site of many of Portugal’s most prominent figures, ranging from Presidents of the Republic to artists. . www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Oceanarium – Parque das Nações

Parque das Nações - Lisbon

While in Lisbon....

C

Madre Deus Convent - Lisbon

D

E São Vicente de Fora Church

Drive to Parque das Nações, a lively neighborhood where the city’s inhabitants have fun, go for a walk, play sports, shop, work and live in quality and harmony. Located in the former grounds of 98 World Expo and taking full advantage of a vast riverfront area with a magnificent view overlooking the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe, the area has a train station, an enjoyable shopping mall and an extensive complex that combines culture, leisure, homes and businesses. See the Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal Pavilion) and the Pavilhão Atlântico (Atlantic Pavilion), visit the Oceanário (Oceanarium) one of the largest aquariums in Europe and take the cable car to see the grounds from higher up..

Visit Convento Madre Deus, a convent built in 1509 and altered during the 17th and 18th centuries which Church presents an interesting Manueline Portal and interiors decorated in Baroque blue and white glazed tiles and gold carved wood. The Convent also houses an Arabic Chapel, with a beautiful Mudéjar ceiling.

Visit the Church of São Vicente de Fora located in a lovely old part of Lisboa, considered to be one of the most important monuments of Lisbon built between 1582 and 1629 which Church’s façade is attributed to Baltazar Alvares, showcasing a Mannerist austere style, with Italian influence adapted to Portuguese style, flanked by towers and containing the images of Saint Augustine, Saint Sebastian and Saint Vincent. Its architectonic model was for many years the guideline of the façades of temples built in the Portuguese colonies in Africa, India, Macau and Brazil. The church’s interior with only one nave covered by a famous vault, houses the biggest pipe organ of Lisbon, dated from 1765. Its cloisters and rooms are covered in interesting glazed tiles of white and blue panels, with scenes of La Fontaine fables. .

Try a Pastel de Nata the famous Belém custard cream tart.

Have a bowl of Caldo Verde, a soup made with potatoes and kale.c Snack on Caracóis, miniature snails offered at traditional restaurants.

Detail Casa dos Bicos - Lisbon

Taste a Bolinho de Bacalhau , codfish cakes. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Bica do Sapato Restaurant

Bistro 100 Maneiras Restaurant

Alma restaurante

While in Lisbon....

Try the Ameijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams steamed over white wine and fresh herbs. .

Try the Ginjinha, a sour cherries liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices.

Try the Sardinhas Assadas, fresh barbecued sardines.

Try the wines from the Setubal Peninsula and Bucelas wine region.

Vin Rouge Restaurant - Cascais

Gourmet Restaurants Alma Calçada Marquês de Abrantes, 92/94 (Santos) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 963 527

Bica do Sapato

PortugalRes Recommends...

Av. Infante D.Henrique, Armazém B (Santa Apolónia) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 810 320

Bistro 100 Maneiras Largo da Trindade 9 (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 210 990 475

Albatroz Rua Frederico Arouca, 100 (Cascais Tel: +351 214 847 380

Largo Rua Serpa Pinto, 10 A Lisbon Tel: +351 213 477 225

Tavares Rua da Misericórdia, 35 R/C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125 Distance: 135Km / 84mi

Eleven

Rua Marques da Fronteira Jardim Amália Rodrigues Lisbon Tel: +351 213 862 211

Vin Rouge Estalagem Villa Albatroz Rua Fernandes Tomás Cascais Tel: +351 214 684 439

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Chiado Neighborhood

Day Eight

Lisbon

In Lisbon you will be surprised and delighted by the number and variety of shops and shopping malls to suit all tastes from cheaper brands to top international fashion brands. If you're a Non-European Union tourist you can enjoy Tax Free shopping (VAT or IVA in Lisbon) on purchased goods. The big department stores (such as El Corte Ingles) and shopping malls (such as Colombo, Vasco de Gama, Amoreiras, and Allegro) open from 10am to 11pm or midnight, Monday to Sunday, while smaller shops often close at around 7pm.

While in Lisbon....

Lisboa Baixa District

A

Buy handmade gloves, hats, shoes, embroidered bed linen and monogrammed towels, honey-scented ecclesiastical candles, soaps, beautifully-packaged tinned sardines and framed black-andwhite family photographs, all at bargain prices at old-fashioned shops with wooden counters and antique glass display cabinets located in the Chiado area.

B

Buy leather goods, shoes, handbags, purses, wallets, clothing gear, all size of luggage, gloves, made locally of fine Portuguese leather at the Baixa district.

C

Buy local crafts and souvenirs at little boutiques located near S達o Jorge Castle such as Barcelos Roosters, nick-knacks and statuettes.

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Day Seven

Day Six

Day Eight

Day Nine

Day Five

Day One Day Ten

Day Three Day Four

P O R T U G A L

Day Two

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Wine & Gastronomy

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Regional Flavors Featuring: Lisbon, Portimão, Silves, Monchique, Faro, Tavira, Castelo de Vide, Coimbra, Porto, Caldas da Rainha and Sintra

Duration: 10 Days / 9 Nights Total Driving Distance: 1,438Km / 894mi

From the Phoenicians to the Romans, from the Moors to the new generations, Portuguese cuisine is a result of contributions by all those who have occupied the Peninsula. The Portuguese have long been intrepid travelers, playing a major role in the Age of Discoveries, which began in the 15th century with the introduction of spices and bittersweet flavors. Besides spices, a whole variety of products have been introduced. Today products such as bean, sugar, codfish, potato, aromatic herbs and many others are regarded as standard in the Portuguese kitchen. Portuguese gastronomy is therefore naturally connected to the capacity to integrate products from different parts of the world into its Mediterranean and Atlantic flavors, witnessed by the strong presence of fish and shellfish, bread, wine and olive oil, meats and sausages making up the base of core products in many Portuguese dishes.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon the capital of Portugal is a charming city full of narrow and steep old streets. Due to the all year-long moderate and sunny climate it is the perfect place to enjoy culinary delights by having a candle-lit dinner in a cosy small restaurant, on a terrace, outdoors or at a traditional Fado restaurant. Lisbon gastronomy is highly influenced by the proximity of the sea due to its location near the Atlantic Ocean.

While in Lisbon....

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Tour the downtown area the known as Baixa, start at Rossio square and walk to Praça do Comércio. On the way back turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk left up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa neighborhoods.

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Downton Lisbon

São Jorge Castle - Lisbon

While in Lisbon....

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D Jerónimos Monastery – Exterior detail

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisboa Cathedral, São Vicente de Fora, Conceicão Velha, São Roque, Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela.

Visit some of the city museums: the Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation.

Head to Alfama neighbourhood to a special evening of a traditional Portuguese meal and Fado Music. We suggest Casa de Linhares, Pateo de Alfama, Clube de Fado, Parreirinha de Alfama and Sr. Fado. Dine a bowl of Caldo Verde a tasty soup made of shredded kale and select from the menu any of the codfish dishes for a truly Portuguese dining experience.

Try the most popular pastry the Pastel de Nata, a small custard cream tart sprinkled with cinnamon.

Drink a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur available at any of the many cafés lining Rossio square.

Try the grilled fish: sardines, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, grouper, turbot, or mullet.

Order an Arroz de Marisco, a dish of rice cooked with seafood including lobsters, shrimp, mussels and crabs.

Try the local Tavernas or Tascas either in Alfama or Bairro Alto and request a plate of miniature snails to accompany your drink.

Monument to the Discoveries

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Wine Tasting...

Chafariz do Vinho Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079

Solar do Vinho do Porto Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Cervejaria Trindade Restaurant

Gambrinus Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Casa da Mó Rua Condes de Monsanto 1 Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

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Cervejaria Ramiro Avenida Almirante Reis 1-H (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 851 024

Day Two

Cervejaria Trindade Rua Nova da Trindade 20 C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 423 506

Gambrinus Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 23 (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 421 466

Lisbon - Portimão

Cervejaria Ramiro Restaurant

Fado Restaurants Mesa de Frades Rua dos Remédios 139 A (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 917 029 436

Casa de Linhares / Bacalhau de Molho Beco dos Armazéns de Linho nº1 (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 863 767

Adega Machado Rua Norte 91 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 224 640 Distance: 282Km / 175mi

Being the southernmost region of Continental Portugal blessed with a mild climate in the winter and hot sunny days from May to late October the Algarve region is mainly a coastal area brimming with fishermen. Its culinary delights are therefore mostly centred in the sea, being a gastronomic paradise for lovers of fresh fish and seafood. The base of meals is mostly composed by fish, meat, vegetables and fruit, making for a varied gastronomy that mixes styles from both the coastal and the interior areas. Every morning boats full of fresh fish arrive to the markets. This fish is then carefully prepared and simply grilled or cooked with kidney beans, bread, fava beans, and chickpeas. Figs, almonds, eggs, sugar, carob and honey are the basis of the vast majority of Algarve sweets.

Portimão the biggest town in western Algarve located on the bank of the Arade River and not far from Praia da Rocha Beach a resort town with hotels, apartments, restaurants, bars, discos, clubs and shops.

While in the area....

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Walk down Portimão river front to the Manuel Bivar gardens and if inclined have a meal at one of the famous fish restaurants located at the end of the waterfront near the bridge.

Visit Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Our Lady of Conception).

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Portimão Marina

While in the area....

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Church interior Jesuit Colege - Portimão

Visit the Colégio dos Jesuítas (Jesuit School).

Visit the Fortaleza de Santa Catarina (St. Catherine Fortress).

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Visit the Museu Municipal Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portimão City Museum) an old fish canning factory.

F

When in season drive to Praia da Rocha, Praia do Vau and Praia dos Três Irmãos beach located in the city outskirts.

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Take a coastal cruise or river boat trip along the River Arade to the old town of Silves, for this visit Alvor Boat Trips at Alvor.

Try a Cataplana (fish, seafood or shellfish cooked in a special cookware traditionally made of copper and shaped like two clamshells hinged at one end and able to be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly).

Order a Bife de Atum, the fabulous tuna steaks.

Try Bolos de Massapão, fruit shaped marzipan sweets.

Try the Bolo de Alfarroba, carob cake, a great alternative to chocolate cake for those who are allergic to chocolate.

Três Irmãos Beach

Wineries Adega do Cantor Wine Tasting...

Quinta do Miradouro Guia Tel: + 351 968 776 971.

Quinta do Francês Silves Tel: + 351 282 106 303

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Porches Ocean Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Recanto dos Mouros Monte Branco Silves Tel: +351 282 443 240

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Day Three

Marisqueira Rui Rua Comendador Vilarinho, 23/25 Silves Tel: +351 282 442 682 Portimão – Silves - Monchique

Gourmet Restaurants Vila Joya Hotel Vila Joya Estrada da Praia da Galé (Albufeira) Tel: +351 289 591 795

Porches The Ocean Vila Vita Parc Hotel Alporcinhos, Armação de Pêra Tel: +351 282 310 200 Distance: 75Km / 47mi

Silves is one of the oldest best preserved towns of Algarve identified by the dark red of its mighty castle walls that loom over the city of white houses that reflect the sun and the blue sky.

High in the Monchique mountain range is the town of Monchique offering spectacular views of coastal Algarve which houses of white walls and colour trimmed around the windows and doors, feature the peculiar and unique 'saia' (skirt) chimneys.

While in the area....

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Visit in Silves, the Sé Velha (Old Cathedral) built with fine red sandstone on the site of an old mosque which main facade is dominated by a Gothic doorway. Its interior consists of three naves, with plain pillars and intersecting arches. The beauty of the transept and the apse makes it a good example of Gothic architecture.

B

Walk on Rua da Sé used to be known as Rua Direita and where the most important merchants had their shops.

C

See the Jewish quarter located between Rua da Porta de Loulé and what is nowadays the Town Hall.

D

Visit Misericordia Church a building dating from the 16th century which interior is made of a single nave, ribbed vaults and a Renaissance altar with paintings from a later period.

Silves downtown

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Silves Cathedral

Town of Silves

While in the area....

Cobbled street - Monchique

E

Visit the chapel of Nossa Senhora dos Mártires located outside the old city walls and built in the 12th century in order to receive the remains of the Portuguese soldiers and crusaders who died during the first campaign to conquer Silves.

F

Visit Silves Castle, Portugal´s Islamic period most impressive military building.

G

Walk in Monchique town centre following the narrow cobbled streets criss-crossing up the hillside lined with cafes and restaurants.

H

See at Monchique´s central square the attractive paved area with benches, trees and a lovely water feature, including an example of a Moorish water wheel.

I

Visit the spa town of Caldas de Monchique where the Romans built baths to take advantage of its natural spring waters still in use today for treating rheumatism and respiratory illnesses.

Have Laranjas, locally grown oranges.

Try the famous Medronho liqueur. .

Order an Amarguinha, a sweet bitter-almond liqueur from the Algarve, ideal as an apéritif or digestif.

Taste the Mel de Monchique, honey collected from bees living in the Monchique mountain range.

View of Monchique Mountain Range

Try the local Gaspacho soup.

Gourmet Restaurants Longevity Cuisine by Olivier

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Longevity Wellness Resort Monchique Tel: +351 282 240 141 Longevity Cuisine by Olivier Restaurant

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Jardim das Oliveiras Restaurant

A Charrete Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants A Charrete Rua Dr. Samora Gil, 30-34 Monchique Tel: +351 282 912 142

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A Tasca Praia da Baleeira Sagres Tel: +351 282 624 177

Day Four

Abrigo da Montanha Corte Pereiro Monchique Tel: +351 282 912 131

Fortaleza de Santa Catarina Restaurant Avenida Tomás Cabreira Praia da Rocha Tel: +351 282422066 Portimão – Faro - Tavira

Fortaleza de Santa Catarina Restaurant

Gourmet Restaurants Jardim das Oliveiras Estrada da Fóia Porto Seco Monchique Tel: + 351 282 912 8747

Casa Balau Restaurant Largo da Barca 10 Portimão Tel: +351 282418854 Distance: 75Km / 47mi Forte e Feio Restaurant Largo da Barca 1 Zona Ribeirinha Portimão Tel: +351 282 413 809 Distance: 205Km / 155mi

Faro an old Roman town called Ossonoba was in the 9th century the capital of a short lived princedom, becoming in the middle of the 13th century part of Portugal. In 1540 Faro was made a city and in 1577 became the Bishops seat of the Algarve. The city is full of history, great shops, restaurants, cafes and great beaches located on the sandy shores of Ria Formosa nature reserve. The oldest part of town is located on the eastern side of Faro marina with Faro Cathedral, in the middle of a square. Outside of the old town at the waterfront at Porta Nova you can find the pier where you can get a ferry to the beaches.

Tavira is a beautifully elegant old town and one of the main trading ports in the Algarve during the 16th to 18th centuries. Today it is a city of unique tradition and handsome character with a seven arch bridge, spanning over the river Gilão, reputedly of Roman origin. The local market at the river front is home to several shops, cafes and restaurants.

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Ria Formosa Natural Park

Faro Marina

While in the area....

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Visit Faro´s old part of town still surrounded by the Roman walls dating back to the 9th century.

B

Visit the 13th Century Cathedral and the neighbouring 16th Century Convent now turned into the city’s archaeological museum housing a section devoted to the Arab occupation.

C Faro Town Hall

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At Dom Francisco Gomes Square visit the small Naval Museum composed of scale model boats and galleons showing the maritime history of the Algarve´s coast.

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Shop at Algarve Forum on the outskirts of Faro featuring an underground car park. .

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Faro is also the home of the Ria Formosa lagoon, a nature reserve of over 17.000 hectares a stopping place for hundreds of different birds during the spring and autumn migratory periods. We recommend Formosa Mar as one of the Tour Companies offering guided tours of the area. For more info visit www.formosamar.com

G

In Tavira visit the 16th century Igreja da Misericórdia one of the finest churches in Tavira, with blue and white tiles and magnificent wood carvings.

H

Visit the 13th century Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo church the resting place of seven Christian knights of the Order of St. James killed by the Moors.

I

Visit the 13th century castle, re-built by King Dinis from Moorish fortifications.

J

Walk around Praça da República a square lined with old houses with tiled fronts.

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End your tour of Tavira by boarding the ferries which will take you across the bay to the fabulous island beach of Tavira, a 14km (8mi) long stretch of white sand.

Carmo Church - Faro

Town of Tavira

Visit Nossa Senhora do Carmo church acclaimed to be the best example of gold-leaf woodwork in southern Portugal and featuring a chapel lined with the bones from over 1200 monks.

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Grilled fish

While in the area....

Try the Peixe Assado, fresh locally caught barbecued fish.

Try the Salada de Polvo, octopus salad served cold.

Try a Dom Rodrigo, a moist sweet made of a combination of sugar, egg thread and sweet almonds wrapped in colored paper.

Sea food Cataplana

Traditional Restaurants Camané Praia de Faro Tel: +351 289 817 539

O Estaminé

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Day Five

Ilha Deserta Faro Tel: +351 917 811 856

Pousada Convento da Graça Rua D. Paio Peres Correia Tavira Tel: +351 281 329 040

4 Águas Tavira Tel: +351 281 325 329

Distance: 374Km / 232mi

Portimão – Castelo de Vide

Castelo de Vide is a town of Roman origin not far from the Roman ruins of Miróbriga. .

While in the area....

Castelo de Vide

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Visit the Jewish Quarter, with its narrow cobbled streets and whitewashed houses with Gothic doorways and potted plants on the doorsteps.

B

Visit Portugal´s oldest synagogue which all that remains is one modest little room.

C

Visit the pretty town square home to a Renaissance style fountain with a pyramid roof supported by six marble columns.

D

Visit the 14th century castle housing inside its walls a medieval quarter.

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A street – Castelo de Vide

Castelo de Vide Castle

While in the area....

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Parish Church – Castelo de Vide

Walk down the hill along streets lined with houses dating from the 17th and 18th centuries to the elegant main square, Praça Dom Pedro V, surrounded by Baroque buildings, churches, and the Town Hall..

Try the Sarapatel a stew made from pork offal and pork blood and incorporating also lamb or beef. The sauce of Sarapatel is most often a combination of vinegar, blood and spices made and allowed to cook for some time before the meat is added to it.

Try the Açorda (bread porrige), the migas (a mash of corn bread and cabbage) or the pork or lamb stews (Ensopado de Borrego) being the most traditional dishes in this region.

Try the Sericaia a traditional dessert made of eggs, sugar, milk and cinnamon. It represents the Alentejo cuisine's typical skilfulness achieving great results based only in centuries of convents' culinary wisdom and some ordinary ingredients. .

Have Ameixas de Elvas, plums specially selected and harvested in July, cooked and soaked in sugar syrup for six weeks, then washed and sun-dried.

Try Sopa de Beldroegas a soup made of purslane an herb also known as cat's tongue, providing many health benefits.

Sarapatel

Try the Queijo de Serpa cheese made from ewe´s milk, Presunto de Barrancos cured ham from Barrancos and Presunto Pata Negra, cured ham from locally grown black pigs.

Açorda Alentejana

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Monte da Ravasqueira Wine Estate

Wineries Herdade do Esporão

Wine Tasting...

Located at Reguengos de Monsaraz, at this wine estate one can visit the wine cellar and olive oil presses and take a jeep ride through the vineyard and olive groves. The Herdade do Esporão’s wine production has resulted in a vast portfolio of wines, well known for its large-scale brands such as Monte Velho, Alandra and Vinha da Defesa. Visitors can taste wines at the wine bar, which offers spectacular views over the Caridade reservoir and some excellent regional cuisine at the “A Galeria do Esporão” restaurant.

Tel. +351 266 509280

Monte da Ravasqueira Located at Arraiolos has vineyards which cover an area of over 44 hectares.

You can enjoy wine tasting and even a picnic.

Tel. +351 266 490 200

Traditional Restaurants Casa do Parque Restaurant Av. da Aramenha, 37 Castelo de Vide Tel: +351 245 901 250

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O Alentejano Largo dos Mártires da República Castelo de Vide Tel: +351 245 901 355‎

D. Pedro VDistance: 75Km / 47mi

Praça D. Pedro V Castelo de Vide Tel: +351 245 901 236

Sever Estrada do Rio Sever (Portagem) Marvão Tel: +351 245 993 192

Mil Homens Restaurant Rua Nova 14 (Portagem) Marvão Tel: +351 245 993 122

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São Miguel Chapel - Coimbra

Day Six

University of Coimbra

Town of Coimbra

Castelo de Vide - Coimbra

Distance: 224Km / 140mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and the seat to the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress, Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra...

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Visit the Joanine Library, the Biblioteca Joanina, of Coimbra University with walls lined with more than 200,000 books from the 12th to the 19th century kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features.

Visit the São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated from 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles Distance: 282Km / 175mi panel.

C

Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

D

Visit Convent of Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating from 1733, designed by Carlos Mardel.

Coimbra University Library – Biblioteca Joanina

E

Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house, and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum.

As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

Santa Clara-a-Nova Convent

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Roman Ruins - Conimbriga

Machado de Castro Museum

While in Coimbra....

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Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

G

Drive to Conímbriga and visit the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics.

Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

H

Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Figueira da Foz Beach

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive served with baked potatoes Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig.

Park and building at Figueira da Foz

Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Caldeirada de Lampreia - Lamprey stew. When in season this is one of the dying delicacies bound to disappear from menus any time soon, due to the rarity in finding this jawless fish-like vertebrate in Portuguese river waters.

Try the Arroz Doce, rice pudding Portuguese style.

Try the Pudim de Ovos a very rich and sweet egg pudding.

Try the Egg lamprey a sweet made of marzipan filled with egg yolk in the shape of a lamprey.

Sé Velha Church - Coimbra

Try an Arrufada a special soft bun made of flower and eggs.

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Pudim de Ovos – Egg Pudding

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Traditional Restaurants Zé Manel (Dos Ossos) Beco do Forno 12 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 823 790

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Dom Azeite Rua dos Combatentes 95 Taveiro Tel: +351 239 981 010

A Taberna

Lampreia de Ovos

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

Tel: +351 234 732 000

Gourmet Restaurants Distance: Arcadas da Capela374Km / 232mi Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 86 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 716 265

Manuel Júlio EN1 Santa Luzia Mealhada Tel: +351 239 913 459

Arcadas da Capela Restaurant

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Day Seven

Batalha Square - Porto

Coimbra - Porto

Distance: 121Km / 75mi

Porto is an enchanted city for people of all ages. Rich in history and culture, beautiful monuments, gardens and buildings, parks, museums and nice places to stroll along the beach and showing a vibrant nightlife, Porto is a city catering to all tastes. The restaurant list is endless and the quality and variety is excellent. In the old part of the city the bars and restaurants open until very late and at the old industrial part of the city (not far from Boavista neighborhood) the best dance clubs are filled with rhythm. .

While in Porto...

A B Porto Cathedral

C

Capela das Almas Church

Walk to Ribeira the oldest neighbourhood of Porto located on the banks of the Douro River with tall houses made of granite clad with tiles or painted in warm colours seeming to be holding to each other and arching through the narrow cobbled streets in an eternal embrace.

Visit São Francisco Church a Gothic style church built in the 14th century with a rich interior made of pillars and columns holding carvings of plants, animals, and cherubs all covered in gold.

Distance: 282Km / 175mi Visit the Cathedral, Sé do Porto, a fortress like construction initially built in the 12th century and altered over time which only part of the original façade is a rose window. Do not miss its Gothic cloisters covered with blue and white tiles, even more dazzling than the church.

D

Visit the Clerigos Church and Tower the tallest tower in Portugal when completed in 1763.

E

Visit the Port Wine Lodges located at Vila Nova de Gaia where you can learn about and taste Port Wine.

F

Visit the Palácio da Bolsa the first building in the city to have electricity and home to some amazing antique light fixtures. All the rooms are done in a different style one specially, the Arabian room, which took 18 years to complete and is a stunning sight of glass and plaster.

G

Walk in Santa Catarina Street where a mix of hip boutiques, local brands and well-known global names can be found. The Via Catarina Shopping Mall offers shoppers three floors of stores.

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Taylor Port Wine Lodge

Sala Ogival Wine Tasting Room - Porto

While in the Porto....

Try Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean and meat stew including various pork sausages and tripe.

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá a steamed codfish and potato mash cooked in olive oil garnished with parsley and black olives.

Try a Francesinha, a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak/roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce.

Francesinha

Try Cabrito Assado no Forno – Kid baked on a traditional wood fire oven..

Wine Tasting Places Caves Porto Calém

Wineries...

Caves Croft Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port.

Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront.

Sala Ogival do Porto Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: .+351 223 323 072

Caves Taylor´s Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports. You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Caves Graham’s Rua Rei Ramiro, 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 22 377 64 84 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the Port Wine and enjoy a wine tasting session. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Casa Aleixo Restaurant

A Cozinha do Manel Restaurant

Capa Negra II Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Casa Aleixo Rua da Estação, 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

Capa Negra II

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Gourmet Restaurants Porto DOP Palácio das Artes Largo de São Domingos 18 Porto Tel: +351 222 014 313

Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo, 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Day Eight

Rua do Campo Alegre 191 Porto Tel: +351 226 078 383 (famous for Francesinha

Santiago Rua Passos Manuel 226 Porto Tel: Tel. +351 222 055 797 (famous for Francesinha)

Mesa Rua D. Domingos Pinho Brandão, 74-4ºT Porto Tel: +351 226 169 255 Porto – Caldas da Rainha

A Cozinha do Manel Rua do Heroísmo, 215 Porto Tel: +351 225 363 388

Adega São Nicolau São Nicolau,1 Porto Tel: +351 222 008 232

Adega VilaDistance: Meã 75Km / 47mi Rua dos Caldeireiros, 62 Porto Tel: +351 222 082 967

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986 Distance: 232Km / 144mi

Located in the region of Óbidos the historic town of Caldas da Rainha is known for its thermal waters, its surrounding orchard estates and ceramic industry.

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Old Water Fountain – Caldas da Rainha

Caldas da Rainha - Downtown

While in Caldas da Rainha....

F G H

Figueira da Foz Beach D. Carlos Park – Caldas da Rainha

Visit the Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pópulo church, designed and built by Diogo Boitac, the same architect who created the imposing Mosteiro dos Jeróminos in Lisbon.

Visit the José Malhoa Museum displaying works of art from this accomplished artist of the late 19th and early 20th Century and famous ceramist Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro.

Visit the Museu da Cerâmica (Pottery and ceramics museum) housed in the old mansion of the Visconde de Sacavém home to a collection of hand painted objects, including tiles from the last two centuries.

Order a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur drink infused with cinnamon and spices which can be drunk from a chocolate shot glass..

Try a Caldeirada Peixe, a fish stew made from freshly caught fish.

Try the Enguias fritas, fried eels.

Try the Bacalhau Dourado, a stew made with codfish, potatoes, onions cooked in olive oil and seasoned with paprika..

Try the Cozido á Portuguesa, a stew made with meat, sausages, vegetables and potatoes.

Try the Alcaides and Pegadas traditional sweets made in Óbidos.

Bacalhau Dourado

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Try the Beijinhos, hard shell candied cookies made of sugar, flower and eggs with a crunchy sugar covering.

Try the Cavacas das Caldas, small-bowl-sized, shell-shaped confection of flour and eggs, with a crunchy sugar covering.

Traditional Restaurants Adega Típica das Caldas Rua de Camões 11 Caldas da Rainha Tel: +351 262 831 901

Lagoa Foz do Arelho Tel +351 262 979 123

Adega do Albertino Rua Júlio de Sousa 7 (Imaginário), Caldas da Rainha Tel: +351 262 835 152

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Moorish Castle - Sintra

National Palace - Sintra

Day Nine

Caldas da Rainha - Sintra

Distance: 75Km / 46mi

Sintra and its mountains are truly unique places. It would be a difficult task to find a parallel location in Europe, or anywhere else in the world where palaces, elegant manor houses with their gardens and forests, mansions and chalets surrounded by a dense vegetation with long sections of walls winding around the highest of the peaks of the surrounding mountains reminding us of centuries past. Sintra is made of convents, mossy cliffs, murmuring fountains; austere churches and chapels, making it the most romantic town in Portugal classified as world heritage by UNESCO.

While in Sintra...

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Capuchos Convent - Sintra

B

Sintra Berardo Collection Museum

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D Regaleira Estate

Visit the National Palace located right at the centre of town and dating from the 14th century distinguish by its two gigantic conical chimneys. Of Moorish, Gothic and Manueline styles its interior houses one of the most extensive collection of Mudejar tiles in the world, and several exceptional roomsincluding the Coat-of-Arms Room hall with a domed ceiling decorated with stags holding the coats of arms of 74 Portuguese noble families, the former banquet hall, Sala dos Cisnes featuring a Distance: magnificent ceiling/ 175mi 282Km made of octagonal panels decorated with swans, the Royal Chapter of King John I and the huge kitchen with a capacity for 1000 diners.

Visit the Moorish Castle, called the Castelo dos Mouros is a charming castle set admits lush forested stands commandingly on top of a hill. Dating from the 9th century and the Moorish occupation of Portugal much of the castle ruins where reconstructed during the 19th century.

Visit the Convent of Capuchos built in the 16th century for Franciscan monks under the most humble principles way of life the "cork convent" as it was called (doors and some walls covered by old cork) was built in the rocks itself and it is a rare example of integration and respect on the nature environment.

Visit the Quinta da Regaleira Estate, a fascinating ensemble of constructions built in the early 20th century in middle of the dense forest in a mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Renaissance style based on Portuguese mythological and esoteric traditions. The buildings are surrounded by an exotic, fabulous park and a vast ensemble of turrets providing breathtaking views and strange recesses. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Sintra

Monserrate Palace - Sintra

While in Sintra....

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Visit the Monserrate Palace An exuberant garden and Palace, built by the millionaire Englishman Francis Cook and a unique testimony to the extravagance of the eighteen hundreds. In the strongly English style inspired Park is one of the richest botanical gardens in Portugal full of exotic trees, waterfalls and lakes.

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Visit the Pena Palace Built in the 1840s and one of Europe's most fantastic palaces, including a drawbridge, a conglomeration of turrets, ramparts, and domes, and a gargoyle above a NeoManueline arch, all washed in an array of pastel shades and which extravagant interior decorated in late Victorian and Edwardian furnishings, houses rich ornaments, paintings, and priceless porcelain preserved just as the royal family left them. Surrounding the palace the mystical Pena Park is filled with a variety of trees and exotic plants from the former colonies of the Portuguese empire, ponds, fountains, and black swans.

A street detail in Sintra

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Queluz Palace

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Visit the Queluz Palace a small version of a Versailles-like palace and Portugal's finest example of Rococo architecture. Built in the 17th century as a manor house for King Pedro II, and later enlarged and transformed into a graceful palace featuring a grandiose and elegant Throne Room, once the scene of splendid balls and banquets, lined with mirrors and adorned with crystal chandeliers and gilded statues, a music room, where the queen's orchestra performed operas and concerts, a royal bedroom, in the shape of a square with stunning murals of Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a domed ceiling, and a floor decoration in exotic woods giving it a circular appearance and an Ambassadors' Room with a marble floor and a ceiling painting of the royal family attending a concert all decorated with English and French-style furniture, fine porcelain, and Arraiolos carpets. The original kitchen is now a restaurant called Cozinha Velha, retainning the old stone chimney, arches, and vaulted ceiling.

Visit Odrinhas Archaeological Museum located at the village of São Miguel de Odrinhas, near the village of Janas and about 15 minutes away from Sintra. One of the region´s oldest museums, founded in the 16th century by a group of local scholars housing unique items, of great archaeological value, from prehistoric times to the Roman and Visigothic occupations and the Medieval period. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Cape Roca

While in Sintra....

H Queijadas Sintra

Visit Sintra´s Regional Museum, known as Museu Municipal de Sintra and housing collections of archaeology, ethnology and other local items, sacred art and pictures devoted to local themes.

The museum also stages temporary exhibitions.

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Visit the Sintra Modern Art Museum displaying a fine collection of modern art that is part of the Berardo Collection including works by Andy Warhol, Pollock, Francis Bacon, Miró, and Picasso.

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Visit the Toy Museum home to a extraordinary collection of more than 20,000 items including 3000-year old Egyptian toys, Hornby trains from the 1930s, Nazi toy soldiers made in Germany during World War II, birthday and Christmas gifts given to royal children, and some of the first ever toy cars.

Try the Queijadas, traditional hard cheese cake pastries.

Try the Travesseiros, a puff pastry filled with a paste of sugar, egg yolk, and almond and sold famously at Periquita Pastry Shop.

Travesseiros de Sintra

Order grilled sea bream or sea bass.

Try the Colares Wine, locally produced wine from grapes harvested in the area around Sintra.

Try the Colares Wine, locally produced wine from grapes harvested in the area around Sintra.

Goumet Restaurants Arola

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Penha Longa Hotel Estrada da Lagoa Azul Penha Longa Tel: +351 219 249 011

Colares Wine

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Jardim das Oliveiras Restaurant

Colares Velho Restaurant

Arola Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Adraga Praia da Adraga (Almoรงageme) Sintra Tel: + 351 219 280 028

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Day Ten

Colares Velho Largo Doutor Carlos Franรงa, 1-4 (Colares), Sintra Tel: +351 219 280 028

GSpot Gastronomia Alameda Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 12 Sintra +351 927 508 027 Sintra - Lisbon

Distance: 25Km / 16mi

If you have time on the return to Lisbon, visit the amazing beach of Guincho and have lunch at the Fortaleza do Guincho restaurant a 5 star Michelin restaurant. Before driving to the airport and depending on your journey do last minute shopping at Allegro Mall (Alfragide), Cascais Shopping, Colombo Shopping Mall and Vasco da Gama Shopping Mall.

Distance: 232Km / 144mi

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Day Five

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Day Eight

Day One

Day Seven

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Wine & Gastronomy

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A gastronomic tour between the Douro and Tagus Rivers Featuring: Lisbon, Óbidos, Coimbra, Braga, Porto, Tomar, Palmela and Azeitão Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights Total Driving Distance: 1000Km / 621,4mi

The Portuguese are proud of their gastronomy which is for them a combination of art, science and style of eating good foods, combining food with wines. Portugal gastronomy includes many types of fish and crustaceans, meats, cheeses, and desserts. With so many choices available in food and wine, this tour of Portugal will be an experience that you will want to savor again and again.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon is an enchanting capital with a fortress circled by neighborhoods drenched with medieval charm, fine monuments and picturesque houses whose facades are decked in ornate ceramic tiles. The yellow electric tramcars winding their way up and down the hills of this old capital and the sound of traditional Fado songs accompanying many a candle-lit dinner lends an old-world mystery to this burgeoning cosmopolitan city.

While in Lisbon....

Santa Justa Elevator - Lisbon

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Tour the downtown area the known as Baixa, starting at Rossio square and walking to Praça do Comércio. On your return turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk left up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa.

B

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisbon Cathedral; São Vicente de Fora; Conceicão Velha, São Roque, Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela.

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Visit some of the city museums Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

Page 81 Jerónimos Monastery

While in Lisbon....

C Estrela Basilica - Lisbon

Head to Alfama neighbourhood to a special evening of a traditional Portuguese meal and Fado Music. We suggest Casa de Linhares, Pateo de Alfama, Clube de Fado, Parreirinha de Alfama and Sr. Fado. Dine a bowl of Caldo Verde a tasty soup made of shredded kale and for a trult Portuguese experience select from the menu any of the codfish dishes.

Try the local Tavernas or Tascas either in Alfama or Bairro Alto and request a plate of miniature snails to accompany your drink.

Try the grilled fish: sardines, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, grouper, turbot, or mullet.

Order an Arroz de Marisco a dish of rice cooked with seafood including lobsters, shrimp, mussels and crabs.

Try the most popular pastry the Pastel de Nata, a small custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon.

Maritime Museum - Lisbon

Order a Ginjinha a locally made sour cherry liqueur served at any of the many cafés lining Rossio square.

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa

Solar do Vinho do Porto

Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707

Chafariz do Vinho

Wine Tasting...

Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079

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Casa de Linhares

Traditional Restaurants Casa da Mó Rua Condes de Monsanto 1 Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

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Cervejaria Ramiro Avenida Almirante Reis 1-H (Downtown) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 851 024

Cervejaria Trindade Rua Nova da Trindade 20 C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 423 506

Gambrinus

Adega Machado

Fado Restaurants Mesa de Frades Rua dos Remédios 139 A (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 917 029 436

Casa de Linhares / Bacalhau de Molho Beco dos Armazéns de Linho nº1 (Alfama) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 863 767

Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 23 Adega Machado (Downtown) Lisbon Rua Norte 91 Tel: +351 213 421 466 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 224 640

Day Two

Lisbon - Óbidos

Distance: 89Km / 55mi

Surrounded by ancient walls the town of Óbidos is a living testimony of a past full of history and important events that have marked the country´s history. A charming little town where one can still feel the medieval atmosphere with its narrow, labyrinthine streets, ancient whitewashed houses trimmed in blue, red and yellow, its balconies with flowers (geraniums, bougainvillea and arums), and its Manueline style doors.

While in Óbidos....

House in the Village of Óbidos

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Walk the ancient walls of Roman and Arab origin and rebuilt in the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries and visit King Dinis tower 30 meters (98ft) high offering unobtrusive views of the countryside.

B

See the aqueduct a 3 Km (1.8mi) long stone structure in use until 1946.

C

Visit each of the town 6 doors, each one has at the entrance its chapel or oratory made in the rocky walls displaying the Virgin's statue. The south door has tiles from the 17th century.

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Eden Garden at Quinta dos Loridos

While in Óbidos....

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Visit Santa Maria church the main church inside Óbidos, built in Renaissance style in the 17th century featuring beautiful blue and white tiles, Hispanic-Arab tiles from the 15th century and paintings by the painter João da Costa and school of Josefa Ayala.

Visit in the town main square the Municipal Museum housing pieces of Josefa of Óbidos, souvenirs from the war against Napoleon and Luso-Roman archaeological remains.

Drive to nearby Quinta dos Loridos located at the heart of the Óbidos region with a history linked to wine and sparkling wine production dating back to the 15th century. This is a unique place, where the imposing beauty of the manor, Solar dos Loridos, stands out amongst the vineyards and terraced gardens, a lake, a forest and the largest oriental garden in Europe, the impressive Buddha Eden.

Senhor da Pedra Church - Óbidos

Try Óbidos speciality brandy Ginginha made from sour cherries and drunk from a chocolate shot glass.

Try the Caldeirada de Peixe da Lagoa de Óbidos, a stew made with fresh caught fish from the nearby Óbidos Lagoon.

Try the Lampreia das Gaeiras a dessert in the shape of a lamprey made of egg yolks and sugar.

Try the Ensopado de Enguias, an eel stew

Óbidos Castle

Traditional Restaurants A Ilustre Casa de Ramiro Rua Porta do Vale Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 194

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Alcaide Rua Direita nº 60 Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 220

Cozinha das Rainhas Rua Padre Nunes Tavares 6T Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 360

Pousada do Castelo Paço Real Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 080

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Biblioteca Joanina – Library at Coimbra University

Day Three

Óbidos - Coimbra

Distance: 141Km / 88mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and the seat to the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra....

São Miguel Chapel - Coimbra

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Visit the Joanine Library (Biblioteca Joanina) of Coimbra University with walls lined with more than 250,000 books dating back from the 12th to the 19th centuries are kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features.

B

Visit São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated to 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles panel.

C

Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

Distance: 89Km / 55mi

D

Visit Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating from 1733, designed by Carlos Mardel.

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Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum.

As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

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Figueira da Foz – The Promenade

While in Coimbra....

G Chanfana

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Drive to the nearby town of Conimbriga to visit the Roman ruins, the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics. Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive oil served with baked potatoes Tibornada

Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Try a Pastel de Tentugal, a filo pastry cake filled with almond and egg yolk sweet paste.

Pastel de Tentúgal

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

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Zé Manel (Dos Ossos) Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Zé Manel (Dos Ossos) Beco do Forno 12 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 823 790

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Dom Azeite Rua dos Combatentes 95 Taveiro Tel: +351 239 981 010

A Taberna

Gourmet Restaurants Arcadas da Capela Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Rua dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, 86 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 716 265

Manuel Júlio EN1 Santa Luzia Mealhada Tel: +351 239 913 459

Day Four

Coimbra - Braga

Distance: 170Km / 106mi

Located in Minho and known as the city of the archbishops Braga is an important religious destination in Portugal.

Extremely rich in architectural buildings dating back to the late Neolithic and Roman times, the historical city has been a storehouse of religious, military and civic architecture a modern city with a young population, bustling with a lively and attractive old centre and various pedestrian streets.

While in Braga....

A B Ceiling – Braga Cathedral

C

Visit the Archbishop's Palace, a huge fortress-like building home to the council offices, public library and archive..

Visit the Braga Cathedral built in an extraordinary diversity of styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Baroque and featuring a richly decorated interior and a Baroque double organ painted in gold and adorned with cherubs and sea creatures.

Visit the Capela dos Coimbras, a chapel featuring a flamboyant Manueline tower and an interior with tile panels depicting the story of Adam and Eve. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Ceiling Detail – Coimbras Chapel Braga

Biscainhos Museum - Braga

While in Braga....

Main Altar – Church Bom Jesus do Monte

D

See the Casa do Raio, a Rococo building covered in blue tiles.

E

Visit Biscaínhos Museum housed in a 17th-century palace home to a vast collection of Roman relics, pottery, and furniture and surrounded by a beautiful garden.

F

Drive to Bom Jesus Sanctuary, located at a nearby hill featuring a twin-towered Neo-classical church built in 1784 sitting on top of an impressive Baroque staircase lined with chapels representing the Stations of the Cross.

G

Drive to nearby Sanctuary of Sameiro a late 19th-century domed church offering beautiful views over the Minho region.

Try the Arroz de Pato à Moda de Braga, rice cooked with duck meat.

Try Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota, a stew made of rice and octopus.

Santa Barbara Gardens - Braga

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, fried codfish in a bed of caramelized onions and fried potatoes.

Try the Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões, chunks of pork meat cooked in pigs blood and seasoned with cumin.

Try the Toucinho-do-Céu, a flat heavy cake made of egg yolk, sugar, almond paste and pumpkin jam.

Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota

Try the Pudim Abade de Priscos, a thick rich egg pudding covered in thick caramel sauce.

Try the Frango Pica no Chão, country chicken cooked in its blood and served with rice.

Abade de Priscos Puding

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Expositor do Migaitas Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Expositor do Migaitas Parque Municipal de Exposições Braga Tel: +351 253 217 031

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Abade de Priscos Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque, nº 7 Braga Tel: +351 253 276 650

Sameiro Avenida do Santuário Braga Tel: +351 253 675 114

O Pórtico

Arcoense Rua Engenheiro José Justino Braga Tel: +351 253 278 952 Day Five

Cozinha da Sé Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão, 95 Braga Tel: +351 253 277 343

Braga - Porto

Largo Arco, Bom Jesus Braga Tel: +351 253 676 672 Distance: 56Km / 39mi

Portugal's second city and a pretty old town with characterful winding streets, tiled churches and best known as the historic home of Port Wine, is still a great place to visit with a truly array of architectural buildings from Roman, Gothic, Baroque, Neoclassic and Renaissance eras built into the granite cliffs at the mouth of the river Douro.

While in Porto....

Ribeira - Porto

A

Visit the Porto Cathedral a huge cathedral built in the 12th century but extensively remodelled at later stages and featuring a magnificent cloister covered in blue tile panels.

B

Visit São Francisco Church showing plain Gothic facade which interiors house tons of gold-leaf gilding, a small museum and catacombs.

C

Walk along the old Ribeira neighbourhood characterized by a cluster of buildings, smoky bars and seafood restaurants lining the river waterfront.

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Serra do Pilar Monastery – Vila Nova de Gaia

While in Porto....

Clérigos Church - Porto

D

Visit the Clérigos Tower, a 75 meter (246ft) high with 225 steps to climb in order to reach its top..

E

Drive to Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, from where a splendid view of the river Douro and old town of Porto can be fully enjoyed.

F

Visit the Port Wine lodges dominating the riverfront in Vila Nova de Gaia facing the old neighbourhood of Ribeira and home to more than 50 port producers. A Tour and tasting is a must for a visitor with a taste for wine.

G

Embark on a Douro River Cruise lasting around 45 to 55 minutes and departing from Porto's Cais da Ribeira or Cais da Estiva, or from Vila Nova de Gaia's Cais de Gaia or Cais Amarelo.

H

Visit Palácio da Bolsa, Porto´s former Stock Exchange and a splendid neoclassical monument built from 1842 to 1910 honoring Porto’s past and present money merchants. See the glass-domed Pátio das Nações (Hall of Nations), where the exchange once operated and the stupendous ballroom called the Salão Árabe (Arabian Room), with stucco walls that have been teased into complex Moorish designs, gilded with gold.

I The Arab Room – Bolsa Palace

Visit the Serralves Foundation and the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum located in a leafy, upscale suburb off Porto's which building was designed by architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, in an arresting minimalist style with whitewashed spaces bathed in natural light. The museum is devoted to cutting edge exhibitions, though there is a permanent collection featuring works from the late 1960s to the present by the artist such as Georg Baselitz, Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Richter.

J

Visit the nearby Casa de Serralves, a pink 1930s Art Deco mansion and the foundation's 18-hectare estate, Parque de Serralves filled with intriguing sculptures.

K

Walk along pedestrianized Rua Santa Catarina, to see the exterior wall of Capela das Almas a church displaying magnificent panels depicting scenes from the lives of various saints, including the death of St Francis and the martyrdom of St Catherine painted by Eduardo Leite in the early 20th century.

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Palácio de Cristal Gardens - Porto

Capela das Almas - Porto

While in Porto....

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Visit the Romantic Museum of Quinta da Macieirinha an ancient house and bush garden built on the south slope of Quinta da Macieirinha, where the exiled king of Sardinia spent his final days.

Try Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean and meat stew including various pork sausages and tripe.

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá a steamed codfish and potato mash cooked in olive oil garnished with parsley and black olives.

Bacalau à Gomes de Sá

Try a Francesinha, a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak/roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce.

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival do Porto Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Caves Graham´s

Wineries...

Caves Taylor´s

Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports. You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Caves Croft Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Caves Porto Calém Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Adega São Nicolau Restaurant

Gourmet Restaurants Porto DOP Palácio das Artes Largo de São Domingos 18 Porto Tel: +351 222 014 313

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Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986

Santiago Rua Passos Manuel 226 Porto Tel: Tel. +351 222 055 797 (famous for Francesinha) Day Six

Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo, 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Mesa Rua D. Domingos Pinho Brandão, 74-4ºT Porto Tel: +351 226 169 255

Capa Negra II Rua do Campo Alegre 191 Porto Tel: +351 226 078 383 (famous for Francesinha Porto - Tomar

Capa Negra II - Porto

Traditional Restaurants A Cozinha do Manel Rua do Heroísmo, 215 Porto Tel: +351 225 363 388

Adega São Nicolau São Nicolau,1 Porto Tel: +351 222 008 232

Adega Vila Meã Rua dos Caldeireiros, 62 Porto Tel: +351 222 082 967

Distance: 56Km / 39mi

Casa Aleixo

Rua da Estação, 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462 Distance: 247Km / 153mi

The original medieval town of Tomar is a pretty city on the banks of the Nabão River, with an extremely interesting medieval historic centre built on a grid pattern with streets cobbled in marble interspersed with Templar crosses. Tomar is also a cosmopolitan town with many boutique style shops, high quality restaurants, modern art galleries and a catalogue of festivals and outdoor events throughout the year.

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Main Square - Tomar

Town of Tomar - Nabão River

While in Tomar....

A

Walk on Rua Serpa Pinto known as Corredoura, a pedestrianized street, stretching from the Nabão River to Praça da Republica and enjoy light refreshments at the many cafes lining the street.

B

Visit the Templários Castle located on top of a hill dominating the skyline of Tomar and being visible from just about every location in town.

C

Visit São João Baptista Church built in the 12th century but featuring a Gothic façade from the 15th century. The 16th century clock face, highly decorative with skull and cross bones, was brought from the Templar´s Castle which symbolic design can also be seen in the church interiors which holy water basin is decorated with a sun and a moon. The church also houses magnificent paintings from the 16th century, notably the Última Ceia (The Last Supper) by Gregorio Lopes.

D

Visit the Convento de Cristo bequeathed to the knights Templar by Dom Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal which became the permanent home to the Order of Christ, in 1357. The octagonal church was completed in the second half of the 12th century and has eight large, stone pillars allowing the Knights to pray while seated on horseback. The Convent has eight cloisters constructed during the 15th and 16th centuries, each with their own distinctive style. Visit the Claustro do Cemitério (Cemetery Cloister) and the Claustro da Lavagem (Cloister of Washing) and see the Chapterhouse window (Janela do Capítulo) which style is an intricate work of art celebrating the Age of Discoveries with motifs of coral, ropes and the seal of the Order of Christ.

E

Walk in Mata dos Sete Montes (Wood of the Seven Hills), 39 hectares of forest and gardens with a statue of Henry the Navigator at the entrance and home to a French style garden with gravelled paths leading to the forest.

Castel of the Templars - Tomar

São João Batista Church - Tomar

Try the Couves à Dom Prior, a stew made with kale and minced meat.

Try the Vaca com Molho de Bruxa, a beef stew cooked on a pot and done when the water from the overhead pot has fully evaporated.

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Coelho na Abóbora

Vaca com Molho de Bruxa

Maranhos

While in Tomar....

Try the Maranhos, goat meat cooked with rice, chourizo and mint on sealed pouches made of goat´s stomach skin.

Try the Plangaio, marinated pork meat cooked on its blood, with rice and mint and steamed on sealed pouches of pig´s stomach skin.

Try the Coelho na Abóbora, a rabbit stew oven baked inside a pumpkin.

Tigeladas

Try the Tigeladas, a sort of Crême Brulée.

Try the Cartuxos de Amendoa, a sweet which shape is similar to a Cannoli filled with a rich almond and egg filling.

Try the Castanhas Doces, a sweet made of egg yolk and sugar in the shape of a chestnut.

Try the Fatias de Tomar, a sort of an egg bavaroise.

Cartuxos de Amendoa

Try the Fofas de Mação, a meringue shaped cookie made of eggs, sugar and flower.

Traditional Restaurants Chico Elias PortugalRes Recommends...

Day Seven

Estrada de Paialvo (EN 349-3) Algarvias, Tomar Tel: +351 249 311 067 Tomar – Palmela – Azeitão - Lisbon

A Lúria Rua da Alegria, Portela de São Pedro, Tomar Tel: +351 249 381 402 Distance: 280Km / 174mi

Palmela is a charming small village centred on a fortified castle at the edge of the Arrabida mountain range. Its past strategic importance is evident given that the views from the village are astounding, taking in vast expanses of farmland, the Sado estuary to the south and Lisbon and the entire Setubal peninsula to the north.

The Arrábida National Park which formation goes back 180 million years houses the only surviving example of primitive Mediterranean vegetation in Portugal. The park covers the Arrabida Mountains, which Mediterraneanlike vegetation and microclimate resemble Adriatic locations.

Azeitão is a tiny village located amongst olive and cork trees dotted with country manors, running fountains and narrow alleyways at the base of the Arrábida Mountain slopes. The place is famous for its wines, olives and creamy ewe´s milk cheese, the Queijo de Azeitão prized as one of the best in the country. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Muscatel Wine

Palmela Castle

While in the area....

A B

Drive to Alto do Formosinho, at Arrábida National Park to enjoy the truly spectacular view.

C

Drive to Portinho da Arrábida, a beautiful beach with crystalline turquoise waters quiet restaurants where grilled sardines are the order of the day.

D

Visit the José Maria da Fonseca cellars in Azeitão producing the region’s renowned Muscat wine, as well as a wide variety of popular red and white table wines.

Arrábida Mountains

Portinho da Arrábida

Visit the Castle of Palmela originally a Moorish stronghold built in the 12th century and still remaining a solid example of fine military architecture of the time, with magnificent views of the Arrabida Mountains. A monastery was also added and recently transformed into possibly Portugal’s most desirable Pousada.

E

Visit Quinta da Bacalhoa considered one of the loveliest country houses in the country and built by King Manuel I in the 16th century as a summer palace for his mother and featuring melon domes and Italianate loggias and a garden with rare 16th century tile panels.

Try the Ameijoas à Bolhão Pato, a clam stew made with wine and coriander.

Try the Caldeirada de Peixe a stew made with several different fish.

José Maria da Fonseca Winery at Azeitão

Try the Sardinhas Fritas com Molho de Tomate, fried sardines served in a tomato sauce.

Try the Queijadas de Azeitão, an egg and flour cake.

Try the Barquilhos de Laranja, small cakes in the shape of a boat made of Orange peel paste.

Taste the Queijo de Azeitão, a soft cheese made of ewe´s milk from organically raised sheep.

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Ameijoas á Bulhão Pato

Tortas de Azeitão

Wine Tasting Places Quinta da Bacalhôa Estrada Nacional 10 Azeitão Tel: +351 21 219 80 60

José Maria da Fonseca Rua José Augusto Coelho, nº 11 Azeitão Tel: +351 212 198 940

Wineries...

Gourmet Restaurants Largo

Alma Calçada Marquês de Abrantes, 92/94 (Santos) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 963 527

Bica do Sapato

PortugalRes Recommends...

Day Eight

Av. Infante D.Henrique, Armazém B (Santa Apolónia) Lisbon Tel: +351 218 810 320

Bistro 100 Maneiras Largo da Trindade 9 (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 210 990 475

Rua Serpa Pinto, 10 A Lisbon Tel: +351 213 477 225

Tavares Rua da Misericórdia, 35 R/C (Chiado) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 478 125

Eleven Rua Marques da Fronteira Jardim Amália Rodrigues Lisbon Tel: +351 213 862 211 Distance: 280Km / 174mi

Lisbon

In Lisbon you will be surprised and delighted by the number and the variety of shops and shopping malls to suit all tastes ranging from cheaper brands to top international fashion brands. If you're a Non-European Union tourist you can enjoy Tax Free shopping (VAT or IVA in Lisbon) on purchased goods. The big department stores (such as El Corte Ingles) and shopping malls (such as Colombo, Vasco de Gama, Amoreiras, and Allegro) open from 10am to 11pm or midnight, Monday to Sunday, while smaller shops often close at around 7pm.

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While in the area....

Vasco da Gama Shopping Mall

A

Buy handmade gloves, hats, shoes, embroidered bed linen and monogrammed towels, honey-scented ecclesiastical candles, soaps and beautifully-packaged tinned sardines and framed black-and-white family photographs; all at bargain prices at oldfashioned shops with wooden counters and antique glass display cabinets located in the Chiado area,

B

Buy leather goods, shoes, handbags, purses, wallets, clothing gear, all size of luggage, gloves, made locally of fine Portuguese leather at Baixa district.

C

Buy local crafts and souvenirs at little boutiques located near SĂŁo Jorge Castle such as Barcelos Roosters, nick-knacks and statuettes.

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Day Six Day Seven

Day One Day Five

Day Four

Day Two

P O R T U G A L

Day Three

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Wine & Gastronomy

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A Gastronomic Experience Lisbon and the South of Portugal by Vitor Sobral

Duration: 7 Days / 6 Nights Total Driving Distance: 729Km / 453mi

Featuring: Lisbon, Algarve, Beja and Évora

Vítor Sobral’s is one of

Portugal´s most reputed Chefs with an impressive curriculum including jobs as a food consultant, teacher, cookbook author, jury member, and television celebrity. Recipient of various awards he is nowadays Portugal’s culinary ambassador.

Originally from the Alentejo region, his cooking is based on the use of locally grown herbs, chives, coriander, wild mint, rosemary, parsley, and others which cannot be found elsewhere.

When he was seven or eight years old he showed an interest in cooking and attended food and beverage courses at the Estoril Hotel School when he was sixteen. His culinary education continued at the Lyons Higher School of Pastries under the guidance of Alain Ducasse and chef Jean Luc Valentin, followed by internships at the restaurants “Quincaillerie,” a top brasserie located in a former hardware store in Brussels, at “Dock’s Café” in Antwerp and at the Sofitel hotel chain in France. He describes himself as an organized person, good leader and knowing how to delegate responsibility. Nowadays to be a good chef you need to know which foods combine well together and which wine to be paired with. You have to be able to experiment and combine different flavors in cooking. Vitor Sobral main goal is to promote Portuguese cuisine and use Portuguese olive oil in many different ways. His most famous dish is Arroz de Cabidela or Rice cooked with Chicken Blood. He became a consummate Chef when in 2006 was bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic of Portugal the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator for his work promoting Portuguese cuisine and Portuguese food products abroad.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon is an enchanting capital with a fortress circled by neighbourhoods drenched with medieval charm, fine monuments and picturesque houses whose facades are covered in ornate ceramic tiles. The yellow electric tramcars winding their way up and down the hills of this old capital and the sound of traditional Fado songs accompanying many a candle-lit dinner lends an old-world mystery to this burgeoning cosmopolitan city.

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Museum of Modern Art

São Vicente de Fora Church

While in Lisbon....

A B C

Restauradores Monument

D

E

Tour the downtown area known as Baixa, starting at Rossio square and walking to Praça do Comércio. On your return turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk left up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa neighborhoods.

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisbon Cathedral; São Vicente de Fora, Conceicão Velha, São Roque, Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela

Visit some of the city museums: Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation.

Head to Alfama neighbourhood to a special evening of a traditional Portuguese meal and Fado Music. We suggest Casa de Linhares, Pateo de Alfama, Clube de Fado, Parreirinha de Alfama and Sr. Fado. Dine a bowl of Caldo Verde a tasty soup made of shredded kale and select from the menu any of the codfish dishes for a truly Portuguese dining experience.

Go to local Tavernas or Tascas either in Alfama or Bairro Alto and request a plate of miniature snails to accompany your drink.

Try the grilled fish, sardines, horse mackerel, cuttlefish, grouper, turbot, or mullet.

F Lisbon Cathedral

Order an Arroz de Marisco, a dish of rice cooked with seafood including lobsters, shrimp, mussels and crabs.

Try the most popular pastry the Pastel de Nata, a small custard cream tart sprinkled with cinnamon.

G

Drink a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur at any of the many cafés lining Rossio square.

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Tasca da Esquina Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants

Solar dos Presuntos Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 150 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 424 253

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

O Poleiro Rua de Entrecampos 30 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 976 265

O Galito Established Restaurants

Rua da Fonte 18 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 111 088

Cervejaria Ramiro

Gourmet Restaurants Alma Calçada do Marquês de Abrantes 92 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 963 527

Bistro 100 Maneiras Largo da Trindade, 9 (Chiado) Lisboa Tel: +351 91 030 7575

Tasca da Esquina Rua Domingos Sequeira 41C (Campo de Ourique) Lisboa Tel: +351 210 993 939

Panorama Restaurante

Avenida Almirante Reis nº1 – H Lisboa Tel: +351 218 851 024

Day Two

Solar dos Presuntos Restaurant

Sheraton Lisboa Hotel Rua Latino Coelho 1 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 120 000 Lisbon - Algarve

Distance: 268Km / 166mi

The Algarve is the southernmost region of Portugal. The region is known for its beautiful coast with long stretches of gold colored sandy beaches and emerald green waters, steep cliffs made of red rock, cocooned beaches and rolling hills dotted with olive, carob, fig, almond and oak trees. Bearing a strong Mediterranean influence, the Algarve is the ideal place to sample fresh fish and seafood, accompanied by a glass of cold Alentejo white wine and recently by the acclaimed locally produced white, reds and rosé wines.

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Algarve – Vilamoura Beaches

Vilamoura Beach

While in Lisbon....

A

Algarve - Beaches

B C

D Vilamoura Marina

E

Enjoy your day by going to the beaches of Quarteira (a large sandy beach stretching for several miles opposite the Quarteira promenade and very busy during the summer season), Praia da Rocha Baixinha Leste Beach (a large and flat sandy beach between Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste and the Vilamoura Marina with excellent infrastructures, perfect for families with children, the Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste, a flat sandy beach adjacent to Praia de Falésia direction Vilamoura with good infrastructures, perfect for families with children, or Praia da Marina de Vilamoura Beach, a wide sandy beach stretching from Marina of Vilamoura to the fishing port of neighbouring Quarteira, a flat beach well protected by breakwaters and perfect for children.

Try the Peixe Assado, fresh locally caught barbecued fish.

Try the Salada de Polvo, an octopus salad served cold.

Try a Cataplana (fish, seafood or shellfish cooked in a special cookware traditionally made of copper and shaped like two clamshells hinged at one end and able to be sealed using a clamp on either side of the assembly).

Have a Bife de Atum, the fabulous tuna steaks.

Have a Laranja, locally grown oranges.

Try a Gaspacho, local gazpacho soup.

Algarve - Beaches

F

Try the Mel de Monchique, honey collected from bees living in the Monchique mountain range.

Drink an Amarguinha, a sweet bitter-almond liqueur from the Algarve, ideal as an apéritif or digestif.

G

Vale de Lobo Beach

Have an Aguardente de Medronho a spirit produced from the fruit of an evergreen shrub or small tree of 1-5 meters with dark red fruit distributed mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean area.

Try a Bolos de Massapão, fruit shaped marzipan sweets and the Dom Rodrigos sweet egg strings, almonds and cinnamon wrapped in colourful tin foil.

Try the Bolo de Alfarroba, carob cake, a great alternative to chocolate cake for those who are allergic to chocolate. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Paixa Restaurant

Marisqueira o Jacinto Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants

Day Three

Gourmet Restaurants Henrique Leis

Paixa

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Restaurante Veneza

Quadradinhos, Lote 52 Almancil Loulé Tel: + 351 289 394 699

Marisqueira o Jacinto Avenida Francisco Sá Carneiro 2 Loulé Tel: +351 289 301 887 Vilamoura – Faro - Tavira

Vale Formoso Almancil Tel: +351 289 393 438

Restaurante Veneza Sítio Mem Moniz Paderne Tel: +351 289 367 129 Distance: 110Km / 68mi

Faro is an old Roman town called Ossonoba in ancient times and in the 9th century the capital of a short lived princedom, becoming in the middle of the 13th century part of Portugal. In 1540 Faro was made a city and in 1577 became the Bishops seat of the Algarve. The city is full of history, great shops, restaurants, cafes and great beaches located on the sandy shores of Ria Formosa nature reserve. The oldest part of town is located on the eastern side of Faro marina with Faro Cathedral, in the middle of a square. Outside of the old town at the waterfront at Porta Nova you can find the pier where you can get a ferry to the beaches.

Tavira is a beautifully elegant old town and one of the main trading ports in the Algarve during the 16th to 18th centuries. Today it is a city of unique tradition and handsome character with a seven arch bridge, spanning over the river Gilão, reputedly of Roman origin. The local market at the river front is home to several shops, cafes and restaurants.

While in the area....

Faro Church

A

Visit Faro´s old part of town still surrounded by the Roman walls dating back to the 9th century.

B

Visit the 13th Century Cathedral and the neighbouring 16th Century Convent now turned into the city’s archaeological museum housing a section devoted to the Arab occupation.

C

Visit Nossa Senhora do Carmo church acclaimed to be the best example of gold-leaf woodwork in southern Portugal and featuring a chapel lined with the bones from over 1200 monks. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Tavira Old Town

Street in Faro

While in the area....

D

At Dom Francisco Gomes Square visit the small Naval Museum composed of scale model boats and galleons showing the maritime history of the Algarve´s coast. .

E

Shop at Algarve Forum on the outskirts of Faro featuring an underground car park.

F

Faro is also the home of the Ria Formosa lagoon, a nature reserve of over 17.000 hectares a stopping place for hundreds of different birds during the spring and autumn migratory periods. We recommend Formosa Mar as one of the Tour Companies offering guided tours of the area. For more info visit www.formosamar.com

G

In Tavira visit the 16th century Igreja da Misericórdia one of the finest churches in Tavira, with blue and white tiles and magnificent wood carvings.

H

Visit the 13th century Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo church the resting place of seven Christian knights of the Order of St. James killed by the Moors.

I

Visit the 13th century castle, re-built by King Dinis from Moorish fortifications.

J

Walk around Praça da República a square lined with old houses with tiled fronts.

K

End your tour of Tavira by boarding the ferries which will take you across the bay to the fabulous island beach of Tavira, a 14km (8mi) long stretch of white sand.

Town of Tavira

Ria Formosa natural park

Downtown Tavira

Traditional Restaurants O Lagar Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Sitio Belmonte de Cima Pechão Olhão Tel: +351 289 715 437

Noélia e Jerónimo Avenida Ria Formosa Cabanas de Tavira Tel: +351 281 370 649

Camané Avenida Nascente Praia de Faro Tel: +351 289 817 539 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Town of Beja

Day Four

Beja cathedral

Vilamoura – Beja

Distance: 140Km / 87mi

The Alentejo region is the largest region in Portugal, comprising almost 1/3 of the land. This is a diversified and beautiful region renowned for its excellent local food and wine. Bread, wine and olives are daily staples of any Alentejo household and a complement to all meals. Herbs and plants such as oregano, horseradish, rosemary, bay laurel and pennyroyal which grow wild in the region give local food the special taste of the region. Beja the capital of the Lower Alentejo region has a rich historic background with records dating from 48 AC when Roman Emperor Julius Caesar gave it the name of Pax Julia and declared it as a regional capital, but there is also evidence that the location was inhabited since the Bronze Age. The Moors renamed the town when they occupied it from 711 to 1162.

While in Beja....

A B C Beja Pilory

Visit the city tower and go up its 100 steps to look out over the ancient layout of houses, patios and gardens set against boundless views over the plains.

Visit the Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição housing one of the best national collections of Hispano-Arab tiles.

On your way to, and from Beja, stop at some of the recommended wineries.

Try the Açorda (bread porrige), migas (a mash of corn bread and cabbage), pork or lamb stews (Ensopado de Borrego) being the most traditional dishes in this region.

Try the Sericaia a traditional dessert made of eggs, sugar, milk and cinnamon. It represents the Alentejo cuisine's typical skilfulness - achieving great results based only in centuries of convents' culinary wisdom and some ordinary ingredients.

Try the Ameixas de Elvas, plums specially selected and harvested in July, cooked and soaked in sugar syrup for six weeks, then washed and sun-dried.

Try the Sopa de Beldroegas a soup made of herb purslane also known as cat's tongue providing many health benefits.

Castle Tower - Beja

Try the Queijo de Serpa cheese and Presunto de Barrancos cured ham from Barrancos or Presunto Pata Negra, Pata Negra ham. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Herdade dos Grous

Herdade do Rocim

Wineries Herdade

dos

Grous

Located in Albernoa produces excellent wines with all the characteristics from which the Alentejo region is renowned, with a predominance of local grape varieties. Visitors can taste the wines produced by the estate and purchase various products at the estate store. The restaurant offers a menu based on regional produce.

Tel. + 351 284 960 000

Wine Tasting...

Herdade

do

Rocim

Located in Cuba has a vineyard where visitors can learn about the different grape varieties, the various stages of wine making, wines and grapes.

Tel. +351 284 415 180

Traditional Restaurants

A Esquina Rua Infante Dom Henrique 26 Beja Tel: +351 284 389 238

A Pipa

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Rua da Moeda 8 Beja Tel: +351 284 327 043

Herdade da Malhadinha Nova Located in Albernoa this winery produces elegant, intensely fruity and very complex wines. Visitors can participate in a guided tour of the estate followed by a wine tasting session.

The gourmet restaurant next to the wine cellars serves creative cuisine, making the most of local produce.

Tel. + 351 284 965 210

Casa

Santa

Vitória

Located on the Malhada Estate in Vitória and has 127 hectares of the best grape varieties. Visitors can tour the vineyards and cellar, walk through the estate and taste wines, from smooth fruity whites to intense and highly structured reds.

Tel. +351 284 970 170

Espelho d’Água Rua de Lisboa Beja Tel: +351 284 325 103

Adega Típica 25 de Abril Rua da Moeda 23 Beja Tel: + 351 284 325 960

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Giraldo Square

Beja - Évora

Day Five

Distance: 81Km / 51mi

Évora, capital of the Upper Alentejo, a town rising up in the middle of the beautiful Alentejo plains has since Roman times been always considered an important town evidenced by the ruins of a classic temple and the vestiges of surrounding walls now recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

While in Beja....

A

Visit the Templo Romano (Roman Temple), also referred to as Temple of Diana, the ancient Roman goddess of the moon, the hunt, and chastity and believed to be built in first century A.D. in homage to Emperor Augustus who was venerated as a god during and after his rule. Nowadays only the base and 14 Corinthian columns remain.

B

Visit the Sé Catedral (the Cathedral), one of the oldest and most important monuments in the city, which main façade built in rose granite is flanked by two massive towers, completed in the 16th century featuring an ogival main portal a masterpiece of Portuguese Gothic sculpture with marble columns occupied by huge statues of the Apostles executed in the 1330s.

C

Visit the São Francisco Church, built between 1480 and 1510 in Gothic-manueline style featuring a very beautiful golden gilt altar and impressive tile panels.

D

Visit the Bones Chapel, Capela dos Ossos in Portuguese and built by Franciscan monks in 16th century. The chapel is decorated with about 5000 people's bones.

E

Visit D. Manuel Palace, built in the 16th century and also known as the Royal Palace of São Francisco this building is a mixture of Gothic, Manueline, Neo-moorish and Renaissance styles which all that now remains is the Gallery of Ladies, where it is said that the Portuguese sea navigator Vasco da Gama received his command of the squadron he led to discover the sea route to India.

Graça Church

Evora Cathedral

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Evora Old Town

While in Évora....

D

E F Street detail Évora

G

Visit the Lóios Church, which Convent founded in 1485 was built over the ruins of Evora's Arabian castle, The church private property of the Duques de Cadaval, who still occupy a section of their palace next door The entrance is through a large Gothic portal under the tower which interiors houses a floor-to-ceiling collection of blue tiles by António Oliveira Bernardes (early 1700s), depicting scenes of life of Saint Lourenço Justiniano, founder of the Lóios order..

Visit the Graça Church built in built in the 16th century, and of Palladian influence with a robust Mannerist façade, including a monumental doorway topped by a double fronton with angels above it and four robust Atlas-style figures placed around the four corners, symbolizing four rivers.

Visit the wineries of Esporão and Monte da Ravasqueira.

Street in Evora

H

Try the Sopa de Cação , a shark broth traditionally made in Alentejo seasoned with olive oil and coriander.

I

Try the Gaspacho Alentejano, a traditional gazpacho soup made of chunks of tomato seasoned in its juices.

J

Try the Carne de Porco à Alentejana, chunks of fried pork tenderloin seasoned with red pepper paste and served with steamed clams.

K

Try the Sopa de Grão á Alentejana, a soup made of chickpea cooked on meat stock with potatoes, carrots and green beans.

Try the Açorda à Alentejana, a mash of bread cooked on a broth of olive oil and coriander served with poached eggs.

Try the Encharcada, a desert originated at Santa Clara Convent in Évora made of eggs cooked on sugar syrup seasoned with cinnamon and oven baked.

Try the Tibornas de Vila Viçosa, an exquisite egg, pumpkin, almond bread shaped cake.

Encharcada

Try the Pão da Rala, a bread shaped cake made of almond paste, pumpkin jam and sugary egg yolk.

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Page 108 Moinho do Cu Torto Restaurant

Botequim da Mouraria Restaurant

O Fialho Restaurant

Wineries Herdade do Esporão

Wine Tasting...

Located at Reguengos de Monsaraz, at this wine estate one can visit the wine cellar and olive oil presses and take a jeep ride through the vineyard and olive groves. The Herdade do Esporão’s wine production has resulted in a vast portfolio of wines, well known for its large-scale brands such as Monte Velho, Alandra and Vinha da Defesa. Visitors can taste wines at the wine bar, which offers spectacular views over the Caridade reservoir and some excellent regional cuisine at the “A Galeria do Esporão” restaurant.

Tel. +351 266 509280

Monte da Ravasqueira Located at Arraiolos has vineyards which cover an area of over 44 hectares.

You can enjoy wine tasting and even a picnic.

Tel. +351 266 490 200

Traditional Restaurants Fialho Travessa das Mascarenhas, 16 Évora Tel: +351 266 703 079

Gourmet Restaurants Degust’AR Rua Cândido dos Reis, 72 Évora Tel: + 351 266 740 700

Botequim da Mouraria

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Moinho do Cu Torto Rua Santo André 2 Évora Tel: +351 266 77 1060

Rua da Mouraria, 16 A Évora Tel: +351 266 746 775

Quarta-feira Taberna Típica Rua do Inverno 16/18 Évora Tel: +351 266 707 530

Quarta-feira Taberna Tipica

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Parque das Nações

Évora - Lisboa

Day Six

Distance: 130Km / 81mi

Lisbon the “pearl of Portugal” will enchant you with its churches, castles, medieval streets and museums. From modern urban constructions to picturesque neighborhoods, Lisbon is rich in steep slopes offering quite spectacular views in a relaxed and unconstrained atmosphere. A mixture of different architectural styles filled with wide avenues, green trees, modernist-style buildings, mosaic decorations and numerous cafes. Lisbon is like an impressionist and modernist painting depicting small pastel-painted houses, domes and towers in a lively, energetic pattern of colors.

While in Lisbon....

Graça Church

A

Cable Car – Parque das Nacoes

B

Drive to Parque das Nações, a lively neighborhood where the city’s inhabitants have fun, go for a walk, play sports, shop, work and live in quality and harmony. Located in the former grounds of 98 World Expo and taking full advantage of a vast riverfront area with a magnificent view overlooking the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe, the area has a train station, an enjoyable shopping mall and an extensive complex that combines culture, leisure, homes and businesses. See the Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal Pavilion) and the Pavilhão Atlântico (Atlantic Pavilion), visit the Oceanário (Oceanarium) one of the largest aquariums in Europe and take the cable car to see the grounds from higher up.

Visit the Church of São Vicente de Fora located in a lovely old part of Lisboa and considered to be one of the most important monuments of Lisbon. Built between 1582 and 1629 the church’s façade is attributed to Baltazar Alvares, and showcases a Mannerist austere style, with Italian influence adapted to Portuguese style, flanked by towers and containing the images of Saint Augustine, Saint Sebastian and Saint Vincent. Its architectonic model was for many years the guideline of the façades of temples built in the Portuguese colonies in Africa, India, Macau and Brazil. The church’s interior with only one nave covered by a famous vault, houses the biggest pipe organ of Lisboa, dated from 1765. Its cloisters and rooms are covered in interesting glazed tiles of white and blue panels, with scenes of La Fontaine fables.

São Vicente de Fora Church www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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National Tile Museum

While in Lisbon....

C

Madre Deus Convent - Cloisters

D

Visit Convento Madre Deus, a convent built in 1509 and altered during the 17th and 18th centuries which Church presents an interesting Manueline portal and interiors decorated in Baroque blue and white glazed tiles and gold carved wood. The Convent also houses an Arabic Chapel, with a beautiful Mudéjar ceiling.

Visit the National Pantheon a pretty domed church and burial site of many of Portugal’s most prominent figures, ranging from Presidents of the Republic to artists.

Try a Pastel de Nata the famous Belém custard cream tart at the historic Antiga Confeitaria de Belém next to Jerónimos Monastery.

Have a bowl of Caldo Verde a soup made with potatoes and kale.

Oceanarium – Lisbon Aquarium

Try a Bolinho de Bacalhau , codfish cakes.

Snack on Caracóis, miniature snails, a delicacy and appetizer offered at traditional restaurants.

Try the Ameijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams steamed over white wine and fresh herbs.

Try the Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices.

Bolinho de Bacalhau – Codfish Cakes

Try the Sardinhas Assadas fresh barbecued sardines.

Try the wines from the Setubal Peninsula and Bucelas wine region.

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa Wine Tasting...

Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Solar do Vinho do Porto Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707

Chafariz do Vinho Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Adega da Tia Matilde Restaurant

Cervejaria da Esquina Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Adega da Tia Matilde Rua Beneficência 77 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 972 172

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Gourmet Restaurants

O Fuso Rua Cândido dos Reis 94 Arruda dos Vinhos Tel: +351 263 975 121

XL

Manifesto Restaurant

Contemporary Restaurants Cervejaria da Esquina Rua Correia Teles 56 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 874 644

Manifesto Largo de Santo 9C (Santos), Lisboa Tel: +351 213 963 419

Largo

Calçada da Estrela 57 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 956 118

Rua Serpa Pinto 10 (Chiado), Lisboa Tel: +351 213 477 225 Lisbon

Day Seven

In Lisbon you will be surprised and delighted by the number and variety of shops and shopping malls to suit all tastes ranging from cheaper brands to top international fashion brands. If you're a Non-European Union tourist you can enjoy Tax Free shopping (VAT or IVA in Lisbon) on purchased goods. The big department stores (such as El Corte Ingles) and shopping malls (such as Colombo, Vasco de Gama, Amoreiras, and Allegro) open from 10am through to 11pm or midnight, Monday to Sunday, while smaller shops often close at around 7pm.

While in Lisbon....

Old Shop Chiado

A

Buy handmade gloves, hats, shoes, embroidered bed linen and monogrammed towels, honey-scented ecclesiastical candles, soaps, beautifully-packaged tinned sardines, and framed blackand-white family photographs, all at bargain prices at oldfashioned shops with wooden counters and antique glass display cabinets located in the Chiado area.

B

Buy leather goods, shoes, handbags, purses, wallets, clothing gear, all size of luggage, gloves, made locally of fine Portuguese leather at the Baixa district. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Day Two

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Day Five

Day Six Day Seven

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P O R T U G A L www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

Wine & Gastronomy

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A Gastronomic Experience Lisbon and Center of Portugal

by Vitor Sobral Duration: 7 Days / 6 Nights Featuring: Lisbon, Coimbra, Aveiro, Fátima and Óbidos

Total Driving Distance: 599Km / 372mi

Vítor Sobral’s is one of

Portugal´s most reputed Chefs with an impressive curriculum including jobs as a food consultant, teacher, cookbook author, jury member, and television celebrity. Recipient of various awards he is nowadays Portugal’s culinary ambassador.

Originally from the Alentejo region, his cooking is based on the use of locally grown herbs, chives, coriander, wild mint, rosemary, parsley, and others which cannot be found elsewhere.

When he was seven or eight years old he showed an interest in cooking and attended food and beverage courses at the Estoril Hotel School when he was sixteen. His culinary education continued at the Lyons Higher School of Pastries under the guidance of Alain Ducasse and chef Jean Luc Valentin, followed by internships at the restaurants “Quincaillerie,” a top brasserie located in a former hardware store in Brussels, at “Dock’s Café” in Antwerp and at the Sofitel hotel chain in France. He describes himself as an organized person, good leader and knowing how to delegate responsibility. Nowadays to be a good chef you need to know which foods combine well together and which wine to be paired with. You have to be able to experiment and combine different flavors in cooking. Vitor Sobral main goal is to promote Portuguese cuisine and use Portuguese olive oil in many different ways. His most famous dish is Arroz de Cabidela or Rice cooked with Chicken Blood. He became a consummate Chef when in 2006 was bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic of Portugal the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator for his work promoting Portuguese cuisine and Portuguese food products abroad.

Day One

Lisbon

Lisbon is an enchanting capital with a fortress circled by neighborhoods drenched with medieval charm, fine monuments and picturesque houses whose facades are decked with ornate ceramic tiles. The yellow electric tramcars winding their way up and down the hills of this old capital and the sound of traditional Fado songs accompanying many a candle-lit dinner lends an old-world mystery to this burgeoning cosmopolitan city.

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São Jorge Castle

Praça do Comércio Square

While in Lisbon....

A B

Tour the downtown area called by locals the Baixa, starting at Rossio square and walking to Praça do Comércio. On your return turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk left up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa neighborhoods.

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisbon Cathedral; São Vicente de Fora, Conceicão Velha, São Roque, Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela.

Chiado District

C

D

Visit some of the city museums: Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation.

Head to Alfama neighbourhood to a special evening of a traditional Portuguese meal and Fado Music. We suggest Casa de Linhares, Pateo de Alfama, Clube de Fado, Parreirinha de Alfama and Sr. Fado. Dine a bowl of Caldo Verde a tasty soup made of shredded kale and select from the menu any of the codfish dishes for a truly Portuguese meal experience.

Chiado Museum

Traditional Restaurants O Galito

Solar dos Presuntos Rua das Portas de Santo Antão 150 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 424 253

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Rua da Fonte 18 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 111 088

O Poleiro Rua de Entrecampos 30 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 976 265

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Bistro 100 Maneiras Restaurant

Gourmet Restaurants

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Bistro 100 Maneiras Largo da Trindade, 9 (Chiado) Lisboa Tel: +351 91 030 7575

Cervejaria Ramiro Restaurant

Established Restaurants

Tasca da Esquina

Cervejaria Ramiro

Rua Domingos Sequeira 41C (Campo de Ourique) Lisboa Tel: +351 210 993 939

Avenida Almirante Reis nº1 – H Lisboa Tel: +351 218 851 024

Panorama Restaurante Sheraton Lisboa Hotel Rua Latino Coelho 1 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 120 000

Alma Calçada do Marquês de Abrantes 92 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 963 527 Panorama Restaurante at Sheraton Lisboa

Lisbon - Coimbra

Day Two

Distance: 209Km / 130mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and seat of the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra....

A

Visit the Joanine Library of Coimbra University called Biblioteca Joanina, which walls with more than 200,000 books from the 12th to the 19th century are kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features.

B

Visit São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles panel.

Joanine Library – Biblioteca Joanina www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Convent of Santa Clrara-a-Velha

While in Coimbra....

Machado de Castro Museum Roman Ruins

C

Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

D

Visit Convento de Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating to 1733, designed

by Carlos Mardel.

E

Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house, and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum.

As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

F

Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

G

Botanical Gardens

H

Visiting the ruins of Conímbriga the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics.

Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice..

Tibornada de Bacalhau com Batatas à Murro

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive oil served with baked potatoes.. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Arroz de Lampreia

While in Coimbra....

Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig.

Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Try a Pastel de Tentugal, a filo pastry cake filled with almond and egg yolk sweet paste.

Pastel de Santa Clara

Gourmet Restaurants Arcadas da Capela

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Day Three

Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Coimbra – Aveiro - Coimbra

Distance: 130Km / 81mi

Aveiro located on the marshlands of the Vouga River which forms a lagoon before reaching the sea, is a town crossed by three canals spanned by low-arched bridges, lined with fine Art Nouveau buildings. In the canals beautifully painted gondola-like boats known as Moliceiros once mainly used to collect seaweed, transport tourists on a tour of the canals.

While in Aveiro....

A B Aveiro Canal

Visit the City Museum housed in the former Convent of Jesus and which church dating from the 15th century houses an interior decoration of exuberant gilded wood carvings and ornate ceiling and a Baroque façade completed in the 18th century.

Visit the Sé (Aveiro´s Cathedral) which Baroque façade has twisted columns and a 17th century organ and tile panels decorate its interior. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Aveirio Train Station

Houses in Barra

While in Aveiro....

Aveiro Cathedral

C

Visit the 17th century Misericórdia Church with a lovely Renaissance portal and tiles on its façade.

D

Drive to Barra for the beach and to see the country's tallest lighthouse; second-tallest in Europe and third in the world.

E

Drive to Costa Nova to see the attractive candy-striped houses.

You can also rent a bike to see the sights and do some good exercise.

F

Drive to São Jacinto Natural Park to see the dunes considered some of Europe's most spectacular dune lands.

G

Drive to the town of Ilhavo and visit Vista Alegre Museum showcasing the history of the most famous porcelain brand in the country sold since 1824 when the factory was founded.

Try the famous local Caldeirada de Enguias an el stew.

Try the Ovos Moles a sugary all egg pastry encased on candied flour cases in the shape of barrels and fish.

Ovos Moles

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

Tel: +351 234 732 000

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Caldeirada de Enguias

Traditional Restaurants Sal Poente Canal de São Roque 83 Aveiro Tel: +351 234 382 674

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Chanfana

Praia do Tubarão Avenida Marginal 136 Costa Nova do Prado Tel: +351 234 369 602

Pedro dos Leitões Rua Álvaro Pedro nº1, Apartado 8 Sernadelo Mealhada Tel: +351 231 209 950 Coimbra – Fátima

Day Three

Pedro dos Leitões Restaurant

Distance: 85Km / 53mi

Fatima is a town housing one of the most visited Marian shrines in the world. During most of the year, the shrine of Fatima is a quiet and peaceful place featuring a beautiful basilica, small chapel and an architectonically impressive underground church and visited by locals and a few hundred pilgrims. On May 13, commemorating the day of the first apparition and on October 13, the day of the final apparition, half a million Pilgrims crowd into the great square in front of the basilica. During these times there is an atmosphere of extremely passionate religious devotion.

While in the area....

Fátima Sancutary

A

Visit the Serra D´Aire Dinosaur Footprints Park where more than 200 dinosaur footprints have been discovered.

B

Visit the Moeda Caves located in S.Mamede, near Fátima, and open to the public all year round (during the visit an area 350m long and 45m deep can be reached, the visit is guided and takes about 25 minutes).

C

Visit the Mira D´Aire Caves extend for about 10.000m, and visiting area comprises a 600m walk with 683 steps along the way. This is Portugal's largest cave system and the underground tour leads down through a series of colourfully lit caverns with some impressive speleothems. The last cavern, 110m below the surface contains a huge lake with artificial waterfalls and dramatic artificial fountains. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Santo António caves

Castle of Leiria

While in the area....

D

E Batalha Monastery door detail

F

Visit the Alvados Caves discovered in 1964 and located in a chalky region, right in the heart of the Serra de Aires and Candeeiros Natural Park comprising of a sequence of rooms of stalagmites and stalactites more than 180 million years old, formed in the mid Jurassic period, when dinosaurs inhabited this region and where special lighting and background music enhances the beauty of this natural wonder.

Visit the Castle of Leiria located in the town of the same name and its main focus point, standing proud on the hill. Rebuilt numerous times following Moorish attacks the present well restored remains were mainly built in the 14th century in order to become the summer residence of King Dom Dinis and Queen Isabel of Aragon.

Visit the Batalha Monastery a UNESCO’s World Heritage building a magnificent construction of Portuguese Late Gothic style and one of the first to receive “Manueline” art decoration considered one of the most beautiful European churches of the late Middle Ages.

Try the Arroz de Marisco, a seafood rice traditionally made in the coastal towns of the region.

Bacalhau com Migas

Try the locally made corn bread, pork sausages and goat cheese.

Try the Bacalhau com Migas, baked codfish and potato pie with a crust of corn bread.

Try the Vale Travesso Lamb Stew a simple stew of marinated lamb meat served with potatoes.

Try the Coelho à Conde de Ourém, a refined rabbit stew in which the meat seats marinated for over 8 hours before been cooked with local herbs and spices. After tender and thoroughly cooked the rabbit meat is seasoned with walnuts and rapped in cabbage leafs before being slightly baked.

Friginada

Try the Friginada, a pork stew, accompanied by a mash of black bean, collard greens and rustic corn bread.

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Bolinhos dos Santos

Brisas do Liz

While in the area....

Try the Brisas do Liz, a traditional sweet made of egg yolk, almond and sugar.

Try the Ovos Folhados, a traditional local dessert made of egg yolks and sugar syrup.

Try the Bolinhos dos Santos, a sort of sweet bread made with dried nuts and fruits, traditionally made for the All Saints Day, 1st of November Try Bolo-de-Arco D´Ourém, a sort of sweet bread brioche style but slightly harder on the crust.

Seafood Rice

Traditional Restaurants Tia Alice Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Rua do Adro Fátima Tel: +351 249 531 737 Fátima - Óbidos

Day Five

Distance: 90Km / 56mi

Óbidos is a medieval walled town with narrow cobbled streets, houses painted in white with blue or yellow trim, flower boxes and old lamp lights. A small town housing many churches and chapels and a castle located at the highest point.

While in Óbidos....

Senhor da Pedra Church

A

Visit the Igreja Matriz de Santa Maria (Parish Church of Santa Maria).

B C

Visit the pretty Capela de São Martinho (Chapel of S. Martinho).

Visit the Igreja do Senhor da Pedra (Church of the Senhor da Pedra) located outside the town walls.

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Street in Óbidos

Óbidos Castle

While in Óbidos....

Try a Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices which can be drunk from a chocolate shot glass..

Try the Caldeirada de Peixe da Lagoa de Óbidos, a fish stew made from freshly caught fish at Óbidos Lagoon Try the Enguias fritas, fried eels Try the Alcaides and Pegadas, traditional sweets made in Óbidos Visit Quinta dos Loridos, a famous wine producing property, especially for sparkling wines. The gardens house an amazing array of oriental inspired statues and other works of art.

Óbidos Ginginha poured into a chocolat cup

Wineries Quinta dos Loridos

Wineries...

Quinta dos Loridos, is an impressive wine estate featuring a Buddha Eden the largest oriental garden in Europe, with 35 hectares and created as a reaction to the destruction of the Buddhas of Banyan. Buddhas, pagodas, terracotta statues and various carefully-placed sculptures can be found throughout the gardens, it is estimated that some six thousand tons of marble and granite were used to create this monumental work of art. The garden features seven hundred hand-painted terracotta soldiers, each of them unique copies of those which were buried some 2,200 years ago. The garden's open all year round but wine tastings require pre-booking by contacting Telmo Santos + 351 913 005 087 or e-mail: info@loridos.com

Traditional Restaurants A Ilustre Casa de Ramiro Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Rua Porta do Vale Óbidos Tel: +351 262 959 194

Cozinha das Rainhas Rua Padre Nunes Tavares, 6T Óbidos Tel: +351 262 955 360

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Day Six

Museu Nacional do Azulejo

Óbidos - Lisbon

Distance: 85Km / 53mi

Lisbon the “pearl of Portugal” will enchant you with its churches, castles, medieval streets and museums. From modern urban constructions to picturesque neighborhoods, Lisbon is rich in steep slopes offering quite spectacular views in a relaxed and unconstrained atmosphere. A mixture of different architectural styles filled with wide avenues, green trees, modernist-style buildings, mosaic decorations and numerous cafes. Lisbon is like an impressionist and modernist painting depicting small pastel-painted houses, domes and towers in a lively, energetic pattern of colors.

While in Lisbon....

A

Madre Deus Convent

B

C D

Drive to Parque das Nações, a lively neighborhood where the city’s inhabitants have fun, go for a walk, play sports, shop, work and live in quality and harmony. Located in the former grounds of 98 World Expo and taking full advantage of a vast riverfront area with a magnificent view overlooking the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe, the area has a train station, an enjoyable shopping mall and an extensive complex that combines culture, leisure, homes and businesses. See the Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal Pavilion) and the Pavilhão Atlântico (Atlantic Pavilion), visit the Oceanário (Oceanarium) one of the largest aquariums in Europe and take the cable car to see the grounds from higher up.

Visit the National Tile Museum (Museu Nacional do Azulejo) one of Portugal's most important museums, displaying ceramic tiles grouped together in panels dating back to the 15th century.

Visit the Convento Madre Deus, a convent built in 1509 and altered during the 17th and 18th centuries which Church presents an interesting Manueline portal and interiors decorated in Baroque blue and white glazed tiles and gold carved wood. The Convent also houses an Arabic Chapel, with a beautiful mudéjar ceiling.

Visit the National Pantheon a pretty domed church and burial site of many of Portugal’s most prominent figures, ranging from Presidents of the Republic to artists.

Parque das Nações www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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View of Graça Neighborhood

While in Lisbon....

E

Alfama Neighborhood

Visit the Church of São Vicente de Fora located in a lovely old part of Lisboa and considered to be one of the most important monuments of Lisbon built between 1582 and 1629. The church’s façade is attributed to Baltazar Alvares, and showcases a Mannerist austere style, with Italian influence adapted to Portuguese style, flanked by towers and containing the images of Saint Augustine, Saint Sebastian and Saint Vincent. Its architectonic model was for many years the guideline of the façades of temples built in the Portuguese colonies in Africa, India, Macau and Brazil. The church’s interior with only one nave covered by a famous vault, houses the biggest pipe organ of Lisboa, dated from 1765. Its cloisters and rooms are covered in interesting glazed tiles of white and blue panels, with scenes of La Fontaine fables.

Try a Pastel de Nata the famous Belém custard cream tart at the historic Antiga Confeitaria de Belém next to Jerónimos Monastery.

Have a bowl of Caldo Verde a soup made with potatoes and kale.

Have a Bolinho de Bacalhau , codfish cakes.

Pastel de Nata

Snack on Caracóis, miniature snails (a delicacy and appetizer offered at traditional restaurants) Try the Ameijoas à Bulhão Pato, clams steamed over white wine and fresh herbs.

Try the Ginjinha a sour cherry liqueur infused with cinnamon and spices.

Try the Sardinhas Assadas, fresh barbecued sardines.

Try the wines from the Setubal Peninsula and Bucelas wine region.

Caldo Verde

www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Grilled Sardines

Ameijoas à Bolhão Pato

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival de Lisboa

Solar do Vinho do Porto

Terreiro do Paço Lisbon Tel: +351 213 420 690 Free tasting of Portuguese wine.

Rua de São Pedro de Alcântara 45 (Bairro Alto) Lisbon Tel: +351 213 475 707

Chafariz do Vinho Rua da Mãe d´Água Lisbon Tel: +351 213 422 079

Chafariz do Vinho

Traditional Restaurants Adega da Tia Matilde Rua Beneficência 77 Lisboa Tel: +351 217 972 172

Wine Tasting...

O Fuso Rua Cândido dos Reis 94 Arruda dos Vinhos Tel: +351 263 975 121

Gourmet Restaurants

Contemporary Restaurants Cervejaria da Esquina Rua Correia Teles 56 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 874 644

Manifesto Largo de Santo 9C (Santos), Lisboa Tel: +351 213 963 419

Largo

XL

Rua Serpa Pinto 10 (Chiado), Lisboa Tel: +351 213 477 225

Calçada da Estrela 57 Lisboa Tel: +351 213 956 118 Largo Restaurant

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Parque das Nações

Day Seven

Lisbon

In Lisbon you will be surprised and delighted by the number and variety of shops and shopping malls to suit all tastes from cheaper brands to top international fashion brands. If you're a Non-European Union tourist you can enjoy Tax Free shopping (VAT or IVA in Lisbon) on purchased goods. The big department stores (such as El Corte Ingles) and shopping malls (such as Colombo, Vasco de Gama, Amoreiras, and Allegro) open from 10am through to 11pm or midnight, Monday to Sunday, while smaller shops often close at around 7pm.

While in Lisbon....

Buy handmade gloves, hats, shoes, embroidered bed linen and monogrammed towels, honey-scented ecclesiastical candles, soaps and beautifully-packaged tinned sardines, or framed blackand-white family photographs; all at bargain prices at oldfashioned shops with wooden counters and antique glass display cabinets located in the Chiado area.

Buy leather goods, shoes, handbags, purses, wallets, clothing gear, all size of luggage, gloves, made locally of fine Portuguese leather at the Baixa district.

Brasileira Coffee Shop

Buy local crafts and souvenirs at little boutiques located near São Jorge Castle such as Barcelos Roosters, nick-knacks and statuettes.

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A Gastronomic Experience North and Center of Portugal

by Vitor Sobral Featuring: Porto,Braga,Viana do Castelo, Coimbra and Aveiro

Duration: 7 Days / 6 Nights Total Driving Distance: 607Km / 377mi

Vítor Sobral’s is one of

Portugal´s most reputed Chefs with an impressive curriculum including jobs as a food consultant, teacher, cookbook author, jury member, and television celebrity. Recipient of various awards he is nowadays Portugal’s culinary ambassador.

Originally from the Alentejo region, his cooking is based on the use of locally grown herbs, chives, coriander, wild mint, rosemary, parsley, and others which cannot be found elsewhere.

When he was seven or eight years old he showed an interest in cooking and attended food and beverage courses at the Estoril Hotel School when he was sixteen. His culinary education continued at the Lyons Higher School of Pastries under the guidance of Alain Ducasse and chef Jean Luc Valentin, followed by internships at the restaurants “Quincaillerie,” a top brasserie located in a former hardware store in Brussels, at “Dock’s Café” in Antwerp and at the Sofitel hotel chain in France. He describes himself as an organized person, good leader and knowing how to delegate responsibility. Nowadays to be a good chef you need to know which foods combine well together and which wine to be paired with. You have to be able to experiment and combine different flavors in cooking. Vitor Sobral main goal is to promote Portuguese cuisine and use Portuguese olive oil in many different ways. His most famous dish is Arroz de Cabidela or Rice cooked with Chicken Blood. He became a consummate Chef when in 2006 was bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic of Portugal the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator for his work promoting Portuguese cuisine and Portuguese food products abroad.

Day One

Porto

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal and the gateway to visit northern Portugal. This town lies at the mouth of the Douro River and it is home to past and present day architecture, with styles including Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance. The best way to visit Porto is to take a walking tour throughout the city.

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Porto Cathedral

São Bento Railway Station

While in Porto....

Clérigos Tower

Graham´s Port Lodges

A

Walk to Ribeira the oldest neighbourhood of Porto located on the banks of the Douro River with tall houses made of granite clad with tiles or painted in warm colours seeming to be holding to each other and arching through the narrow cobbled streets in an eternal embrace.

B

Visit São Francisco Church a Gothic style church built in the 14th century with a rich interior made of pillars and columns holding carvings of plants, animals, and cherubs all covered in gold.

C

Visit the Cathedral, Sé do Porto, a fortress like construction initially built in the 12th century and altered over time which only part of the original façade is a rose window. Do not miss its Gothic cloisters covered with blue and white tiles, even more dazzling than the church.

D

Visit the Clerigos Church and Tower the tallest tower in Portugal when completed in 1763.

E

Visit the Port Wine Lodges located at Vila Nova de Gaia where you can learn about and taste Port Wine.

F

Visit the Palácio da Bolsa the first building in the city to have electricity and home to some amazing antique light fixtures. All the rooms are done in a different style one specially, the Arabian room, which took 18 years to complete and is a stunning sight of glass and plaster.

G

Walk in Santa Catarina Street where a mix of hip boutiques, local brands and well-known global names can be found. The Via Catarina Shopping Mall offers shoppers three floors of stores.

Try Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean and meat stew including various pork sausages and tripe.

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá a steamed codfish and potato mash cooked in olive oil garnished with parsley and black olives.

Tripas à Moda do Porto

Try a Francesinha, a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak/roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Porto Calem Wine Lodges

Caves Croft Wine Lodges

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival do Porto Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Caves Taylor´s

Wineries...

Caves Graham´s Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports.

You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Traditional Restaurants Mário LusoCarvalho

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Largo França Borges 308 Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 227 842 111

Caves Croft Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Caves Porto Calém Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront.

Casa Aleixo Rua da Estação 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

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Santa Barbara Gardens

Day Two

Porto – Braga

Raio Palace – facade detail

Distance: 54Km / 34mi

Located in the Minho Region and known as the city of the archbishops, Braga is an important religious destination in Portugal. Extremely rich in architectural buildings dating back to the late Neolithic and Roman times, this historical city has been a storehouse of religious, military and civic architecture and a modern city with a young population, bustling with a lively and attractive old center and various pedestrian streets.

While in Braga....

A B

Bom Jesus do Monte

Visit the Archbishop's Palace, a huge fortress-like building, home to the council offices, public library and local archive.

Visit the Braga Cathedral built in an extraordinary diversity of styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Baroque styles, featuring a richly decorated interior and a Baroque double organ painted in gold and adorned with cherubs and sea creatures.

C

Visit the Capela dos Coimbras, a chapel featuring a flamboyant Manueline tower and an interior with tile panels depicting the story of Adam and Eve.

D

See the Casa do Raio, a Rococo building covered in blue tiles.

E

Visit Biscaínhos Museum housed in a 17th century palace and home to a vast collection of Roman relics, pottery, and furniture, surrounded by a beautiful garden.

F G

Visit at the outskirts of Braga on top of a hill the Bom Jesus Sanctuary, a twin-towered Neo-classical church built in 1784 sitting on top of an impressive Baroque staircase lined with chapels representing the Stations of the Cross.

Visit nearby Sanctuary of Sameiro a late 19th century domed church offering beautiful views over the Minho region.

Try the Arroz de Pato à Moda de Braga, rice cooked with duck meat.

Try Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota, a stew made of rice and octopus.

Braga Cathedral

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, fried codfish in a bed of caramelized onions and fried potatoes www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões

While in Braga....

Try the Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões, chunks of pork meat cooked in pigs blood and seasoned with cumin.

Try the Frango Pica no Chão, country chicken cooked in its blood and served with rice.

Pudim Abade de Priscos

Try the Pudim Abade de Priscos, a thick rich egg pudding covered in thick caramel sauce.

Try the Toucinho-do-Céu, a flat heavy cake made of egg yolk, sugar, almond paste and pumpkin jam.

Traditional Restaurants Expositor do Migaitas Parque Municipal de Exposições Braga Tel: +351 253 217 031

Abade de Priscos

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Praça Mouzinho deAlbuquerque 7 Braga Tel: +351 253 276 650

Arcoense Rua Eng. José Justino Braga Tel: +351 253 278 952

Cozinha da Sé Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandãon 95 Braga Tel: +351 253 277 343

Sameiro Avenida doSantuário Braga Tel: +351 253 675 114

O Pórtico Largo Arco Bom Jesus, Braga Tel: +351 253 676 672

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Day Three

Church

Railway Station Building

Braga – Viana do Castelo - Braga

Distance: 123Km / 77mi

Viana do Castelo sits on the mouth of the Lima River. An attractive main square features both a 1553 water fountain and the Misericórdia building constructed in 1598. Behind the city and located on a high hill the Santa Luzia Basilica dominates the City. The town is famous for its decorative filigree jewellery and linen embroidery.

While in Viana do Castelo....

A

Viana Cathedral

Walk on and around Praça da Républica, Viana´s town centre and a pretty square surrounded by historical buildings and two fountains. Enjoy light refreshments at the outdoor cafés lining the square and surrounding streets.

B

Visit the Museu do Trage (Ancient Costume Museum) to see the colourful Vianese and other Minho traditional costumes which are still nowadays used at local fairs and festivals.

C

Visit the Fort of São Tiago da Barra built in the 16th century and located near the mouth of the river Lima, offering beautiful views of the area.

D

Visit the Cathedral which construction ended in 1433 displaying a large Gothic arched portal flanked by two battlemented towers and an interior emblazoned with an excellent "trompe-l'oeil" ceiling.

E

Visit the Town Museum (Museu Municipal) located in an 18th century palace home to rare ceramics, furniture, paintings and some of the region most interesting archaeological discoveries.

F

Drive up to Monte Santa Luzia and visit the basilica completed in 1926, which architecture is similar to that of Sacrée Coeur in Paris and the ruins of a fortified Iron Age village featuring unique polygon-shaped stone houses.

Try the Bacalhau à Moda de Viana, codfish baked in olive oil.

Try the Lampreia à Bordalesa, an extremely tasty stew in which Lamprey is cooked on a wine marinade.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

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Sopa Dourada

Mexidos de Ovos com Amendoa

Papos de Anjo

While in Viana do Castelo....

Try the Polvo à Margarida da Praça. octopus baked in olive oil.

Try the Sopa Dourada, slices of Angel Cake dipped in a sweet and rich egg and almond mixture.

Try the Rabanadas à Moda do Minho a dessert similar to a French toast.

Try the Mexidos de Ovos com Amendoa a type of Bread Pudding made with raisins and almonds.

Lampreia à Bordalesa

Try the Papos de Anjos, fluffy little egg cakes, round and smooth, covered with in a sweet and aromatic syrup.

Try the Leite Créme, crème Brulée.

Try the Tortas de Viana a sponge cake in the shape of a yule log covered in a sweet milk and egg sauce.

Torta de Viana

Day Four

Braga - Coimbra

Distance: 176Km / 77mi

Coimbra is a town rich in history and the seat to the oldest University in Portugal founded in 1290, making it one of the oldest universities in the world. Like a great fortress, Coimbra occupies strategic heights above a lazy stretch of the River Mondego clambering up to the monumental university through an absurdly picturesque maze of medieval streets. The town was also Portugal’s capital in the 12th and 13th centuries, evidenced by a small but remarkable assembly of Romanesque and Gothic buildings. The town riverfront, shady boulevards, and numerous parks and gardens provide enough space for leisurely walks and relaxation.

While in Coimbra....

Downtown Coimbra

A

Visit the Joanine Library, the Biblioteca Joanina, of Coimbra University with walls lined with more than 200,000 books from the 12th to the 19th century kept in rooms of traditional Baroque style full of trompe-l’oeil decorative features.

B

Visit the São Miguel Chapel housing a splendid Baroque organ dated from 1733 and walls lined with 17th and 18th century tiles panel. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Building in Coimbra

While in Coimbra....

C

Visit the Sé Velha of Romanesque style and interior of flamboyant Gothic style, dating from around 1498 and work of Flemish sculptors Olivier de Gand and Jean d'Ypres.

D

Visit Convent of Santa Clara-a-Nova a Baroque style building adorned with small turrets and cloisters, dating from 1733, designed by Carlos Mardel.

E

Visit the Machado de Castro Museum housed in a former Bishop’s Palace and home to some of the greatest work of Portuguese artist, Joaquim Machado de Castro sculptor to the royal house, and statues in stone and wood, both monochrome and painted, including several fine pieces from the workshops of well-known Flemish masters. Collections of jewels, paintings, ceramics and textiles are also important features at this museum.

As a result of the building renovation, it is now possible to visit one of the most remarkable works of Roman architecture in Portugal, the cryptoporticus.

F

Visit the Museum of Anthropology housing ethnographic artifacts, mostly of colonial origin, particularly from Africa and Brazil, as well as important anthropometric instruments.

Coimbra – Sé Nova Interior

G

Santa Clara Monastery - Coimbra

H

Drive to Conímbriga and visit the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal where one can see the ancient walls of Roman buildings, streets and houses with their courtyards of multi colored mosaics.

Here you’ll find representations of various divinities and Greek mythological characters, as well as complex labyrinths and richly colored geometrical patterns and see the collection of artifacts at the local museum.

Drive to the seaside town of Figueira da Foz for a stroll alongside the beach promenade, for an outdoor meal or to gamble at the local casino.

Try the Chanfana, a traditional stew of goat meat and vegetables.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Tibornada de Bacalhau

Try the Tibornada com Batatas à Murro, codfish baked in olive served with baked potatoes. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Chanfana

While in Coimbra....

Try the Leitão à Bairrada, roast suckling pig.

Try a Pastel de Santa Clara, a light pastry dough filled with a sweet paste of almonds and egg yolk.

Try a Pastel de Tentugal, a filo pastry cake filled with almond and egg yolk sweet paste.

Leitão à Bairrada

Gourmet Restaurants Arcadas da Capela

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Day Five

Quinta das Lágrimas Rua Augusto Gonçalves Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380

Coimbra – Aveiro - Coimbra

Distance: 130Km / 81mi

Aveiro located on the marshlands of the Vouga River which forms a lagoon before reaching the sea, is a town crossed by three canals spanned by low-arched bridges, lined with fine Art Nouveau buildings. In the canals beautifully painted gondola-like boats known as Moliceiros once mainly used to collect seaweed, transport tourists on a tour of the canals.

While in Aveiro....

A

Visit the City Museum housed in the former Convent of Jesus which church dating from the 15th century, features an interior decoration of exuberant gilded wood carvings, ornate ceiling and a Baroque façade completed in the 18th century.

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Vista Alegre Museum

While in Aveiro....

A

Visit the Sé (Aveiro´s Cathedral) which Baroque façade has twisted columns and interiors a 17th century organ and tile panels.

Visit the 17th century Misericórdia Church with a lovely Renaissance portal and tiles on its façade.

B Misericordia Church

C D E F

Aveiro Cathedral Interior

Drive to Barra for the beach and to see the country's tallest lighthouse; second-tallest in Europe and third in the world.

Drive to Costa Nova to see the attractive candy-striped houses.

You can also rent a bike to see the sights and do some good exercise.

Drive to São Jacinto Natural Park to see the dunes considered some of Europe's most spectacular dune lands.

Drive to the town of Ilhavo and visit Vista Alegre Museum showcasing the history of the most famous porcelain brand in the country sold since 1824 when the factory was founded.

Try the famous local Caldeirada de Enguias an el stew.

Try the Ovos Moles a sugary all egg pastry encased on candied flour cases in the shape of barrels and fish.

Wineries Quinta do Encontro

Wine Tasting...

Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, in Anadia, set amidst a landscape dominated by vineyards, against the backdrop of the Caramulo and Buçaco mountains. Visitors can see various stages of the wine production and taste the locally produced wines.

Tel: +351 231 527 155

Adega Campolargo Located at S. Lourenço do Bairro, at Anadia. Its vineyards surrounded by pine tree forests are the perfect place to walk and taste local wines.

Tel: +351 231 519 000

Quinta das Baceladas A wine estate located in Sangalhos, which is also home to the Aliança Underground Museum.

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Sal Poente Restaurant

Praia do Tubarão Restaurant

Caldeirada de Enguias

Traditional Restaurants Sal Poente Canal de São Roque 83 Aveiro Tel: +351 234 382 674

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Day Six

Praia do Tubarão Avenida Marginal 136 Costa Nova do Prado Tel: +351 234 369 602

Pedro dos Leitões Rua Álvaro Pedro nº1, Apartado 8 Sernadelo Mealhada Tel: +351 231 209 950 Coimbra - Porto

Pedro dos Leitões Restaurant

Distance: 124Km / 81mi

Porto is also a striking contemporary city with a modern airport and a new modern and easy to ride subway. The city opens itself up to the world with bold new architecture and cultural attractions including world-class exhibitions and performances at Serralves Museum and Casa da Música.

While in Porto....

Central Sculpture at Rotunda da Boavista

A

Visit the Palacio de Cristal gardens a skilfully landscaped park showcasing exotic flowers, a copper domed sports pavilion and a belvedere with breath taking views of the Douro River. Part of the Crystal Palace, built in 1861 as Portugal’s own version of London’s Crystal Palace, the gardens are home to many attractive varieties as rhododendrons, camellias, pine and gingko trees, statues and fountains. Moreover the Lime Tree Avenue provides tourists the best axis to other landmarks in the park, including Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, the Open-Air Acoustic Shell, The Chapel of Charles Albert of Sardinia and the chapel of princess Montleart, King Albert Charles sister.

B

Walk on Rua Miguel Bombarda, an area really close to downtown, and the exhibition street for contemporary art, lined by several art galleries displaying works of art from local and international artists.

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Casa de Serralves

While in Porto....

C Casa da Musica

D

Foz do Douro Promenade - Porto

Visit the Casa da Música (House of Music), a project by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas who has won the Pritzker Award in 2000, a multi-purpose music and arts space comprising two main auditoriums, rehearsal rooms and recording studios for the Porto National Opera with a very irregular in shape exterior resembling a gem on a flat surface. The building promotes an interesting relationship between interior and exterior with several glazed surfaces allowing views from and to the inside the building. The main concert hall located at the core of the construction has outstanding acoustic and is bathed in daylight from the two walls made entirely of glass, an oddity in the music world as glass scatters sound in random directions. This problem was solved by making the glass ripple in tightly curved folds, and setting two glass sheets a metre apart to insulate the hall from exterior noise.

Visit the Serralves Foundation boasting a priceless heritage estate, comprised of a Museum designed by the 1992 Pritzker prize winning architect, Álvaro Siza Vieira; the Casa de Serralves a house, unique example of Art Deco architecture, and a Park (winner of the “Henry Ford Prize for the Preservation of the Environment” in 1997). Serralves offers a wide range of different eating alternatives, throughout the day –the Restaurant in the Museum, the Auditorium bar or the Tea House in the Park. The Serralves Shop presents a wide selection of Portuguese and international contemporary design products and the Museum Book Shop specialises in publications dedicated to contemporary art.

Contemporary Restaurants Foz Velha Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Esplanada do Castelo 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986

Sessenta Setenta Rua de Sobre-o-Douro 1 Porto Tel: +351 223 406093 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Os Lusiadas Restaurant

Em Casa Restaurant

Established Restaurants Canelas de Coelho Rua Elísio de Melo 29/33 Porto Tel: +351 222 015 824

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Os Lusíadas Rua Tomás Ribeiro 257 Matosinhos Tel: +351 229 380 396

En Casa Rua Brito e Cunha nº 640 Matosinhos Tel: +351 229 380 396

Day Seven

Porto

Porto’s people have made great achievements in architecture, music, art, fashion and literature. The city’s Art Nouveau architecture is exceptional, based on the French model, applied to the features of national art, including Rua Galeria de Paris and Rua Cândido dos Reis lined with buildings built in stone.

While in Porto....

A B C

Go to Porto’s best-known Café Majestic a teashop packed with prancing cherubs, opulently gilded woodwork, leather seats and gold-braided waiters who’ll serve you an elegant set breakfast, afternoon tea or any number of snacks and beverages.

Visit Lello Bookshop, located at Rua dos Carmelitas, an art nouveau bookshop founded in 1906 richly decorated, showcasing magnificent shelves and ceilings. A splendid staircase made of exotic wood leads to the upper floors where one can drink tea, coffee, have a glass of Port and listen to music.

Go shopping at Rua de Santa Catarina and Rua de Cedofeita lined with many local shops as well as international brands or drive to Norte Shopping and El Corte Inglés Department Store

Livraria Lello & Irmão Bookstore www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

Day Seven

Day Five Day Four Day Six Day Three Day Two

Day Seven Day Eight Day One

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North of Portugal Culture and Gastronomy Tour

Featuring: Porto, Amarante, Celorico de Basto, Guimarães, Braga, Ponte de Lima, Ponte da Barca, Arcos de Valdevez, Paredes de Coura, Viana do Castelo, Caminha, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Valença, Monção, Esposende and Póvoa de Varzim

Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights Total Driving Distance: 290Km / 180mi

Visit this beautiful area one of the less well-known regions of Portugal containing some of the country's most diverse, dramatic and unspoilt scenery made of wide open spaces, lush valleys and steep mountains. In this outstanding natural beauty, you'll find rare plants and animals and stone built ancient villages offering a friendly welcome and fresh local delicacies such as lamprey rice, bean stew, roast lamb and chicken rice accompanied by the fizzy Vinho Verde or delectable wines produced in the Douro region.

Day One

Porto

Porto has one of the richest artistic, cultural and historical heritages in Portugal, recognized by the UNESCO, which classified the ancient part of the city as World Heritage. This city has a large number of churches, monuments and museums representing its historical development from the “Middle Ages”, “Baroque” and “Neoclassical” periods which can be seen on its narrow streets ready to be explored..

While in Porto....

A B

Start your tour at Avenida dos Aliados a sloping boulevard lined with grand buildings, followed by a visit to Porto Cathedral an austere fortress-like cathedral built in the 12th century.

Visit São Bento Railway Station built in the site of a former Benedictine monastery constructed in the 16th century. See the magnificent tile panels in the main hall made of twenty-thousand tiles and dated from 1905–1916 work of Jorge Colaço, the most important tile painter of the time.

São Bento Railway Station

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Casa da Música

Rua de Cedofeita Street

While in Porto....

Cléirigos Tower

Lello Bookstore

Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá

A

Visit the Torre dos Clérigos a 16th century tower built by Nicolau Nasoni, an Italian architect and painter who left an extensive work in the north of Portugal.

B

Visit Lello & Irmão Library located at Rua dos Carmelitas one of the most prestigious libraries in the city with an English Gothic interior.

C

Walk through Cordoaria Gardens, officially called Jardim João das Chagas, featuring a lake in the center surrounded by three sculptures and old beautiful trees.

D

Walk through Rua de Cedofeita one of the most ancient and traditional streets of Porto for shopping at local stores.

E

Walk to Rotunda da Boavista and visit Casa da Música a building designed by architect Rem Koolhas and considered one of the finest modern buildings in the city.

F

Visit the Palácio de Cristal a beautiful landscaped park dominated by a huge copper clad roof pavilion, framed by a lake, flowerbeds and roaming peacocks.

G

Visit nearby Romantic Museum at Quinta da Macieirinha. .

H

Walk to Rua Miguel Bombarda a street full of Art Galleries hosting new exhibitions every six weeks, attracting large crowds of artists and art lovers. .

I

In the evening go to Rua Galerias de Paris a street full of bars and restaurants where the atmosphere of the bars passes onto the street and where people hang out and enjoy a drink in a very typical Portuguese way.

Try a Francesinha a sandwich made with bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage like chipolata, steak or roast meat and covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with French fries.

Try the Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá, a typical dry stew of codfish, potatoes, sliced onions cooked in olive oil and served with black olives and parsley Try the Cabrito Assado no Forno, kid baked on a traditional wood fire oven. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Tripas à Moda do Porto

While in Porto....

Try the Tripas à Moda do Porto, a bean stew made with tripe, chunks of pork and beef seasoned with cumin.

Traditional Restaurants A Cozinha do Manel Rua do Heroísmo, 215 Porto Tel: +351 225 363 388

PortugalRes Recommends...

Santiago Rua Passos Manuel 226 Porto Tel: Tel. +351 222 055 797 (famous for Francesinha)

Capa Negra II Rua do Campo Alegre 191 Porto Tel: +351 226 078 383 (famous for Francesinha

Adega São Nicolau São Nicolau,1 Porto Tel: +351 222 008 232

Adega Vila Meã Rua dos Caldeireiros, 62 Porto Tel: +351 222 082 967

Casa Aleixo Rua da Estação, 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

Gourmet Restaurants Porto DOP Palácio das Artes Largo de São Domingos 18 Porto Tel: +351 222 014 313

Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo, 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Mesa Rua D. Domingos Pinho Brandão, 74-4ºT Porto Tel: +351 226 169 255

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986

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Gardens of Quinta da Aveleda Estate

Day Two

São Gonçalo Monastery - Amarante

Amadeo Souza Cardoso Museum - Amarante

Porto – Aveleda – Amarante – Celorico de Basto

Distance: 82Km / 50mi

The town of Amarante a settlement since the 4th century BC, located on the banks of the Tamega River.

Celorico de Basto is a small village located in the rural countryside of northern Portugal, which agriculture is the main occupation of its people. The area is known for its many Manor Houses that exist all over the county home to some of the oldest camellia trees in Portugal set in the beautiful 16th and 17th century designed gardens.

While in the area....

A

On the way to Celorico de Basto, be sure to stop at Quinta de Aveleda one of the most beautiful wine facilities in Portugal, if not in all Europe and a sprawling farm filled with ornate buildings, elaborate gardens, and 225 acres of vineyards. It is owned and managed by the Guedes family who have lived on the property at least since the 15th century. Save for those vineyards, which are densely planted and carefully tended, the estate would strike a casual visitor as something out of a fairy tale. Aveleda is also the leading producer of Vinho Verde in Portugal the country benchmark white wine, a light, bright and fizzy wine, with bracing acidity and vivid citrus flavors, a natural accompaniment to fish and shellfish, and the perfect wine for a hot day

B

In Amarante cross São Gonçalo bridge and visit nearby São Gonçalo Church both made of granite in the 16th century. The church cloisters are particularly pretty.

C

Visit the Amarante Museum housing artifacts from Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, an internationally-acclaimed cubist style painter.

D

In Celorico de Basto visit the Camelia Garden of Casa do Prado, a Manor House located right in the center of the village and managed by the County Hall, built in the 19th century and featuring many camellia trees shaped into different figures.

E

Walk in the Freixieiro Park located on the banks of the Freixieiro River.

Amarante Certer

Casa do Prado – Celorico de Basto

Order the region’s main speciality, the Barrosã and Maronesa veal, both of which are Local Certified Produce (DOP).

Sample the region’s spiced cured meats, such as Alheiras, Salpicão and Presunto are equally worth trying.

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Celorico de Basto

While in the area....

Try the Arroz de Cabidela, chicken rice thickened with the chiken´s blood.

Try the Cozido à Portuguesa a meat and vegetable stew.

Try the Cabrito Assado no Forno, kid baked in a traditional wood fire oven.

Try the Bacalhau Assado, codfish baked in olive oil

Try the Sopa de Castanhas, chestnut soup Freixieiro Park – Celorico da Beira

Try the Broa, traditional rustic thick bread only produced in the north of the country made of wheat or corn Drink VinhoVerde, a locally light slightly acidic and dry white wine very refreshing and perfect for fish dishes.

Try the Leite crème, créme brulée made with locally produced milk and farm eggs.

Try the Cavacas, a kind of cake, with a delicious fluffy and soft dough that when you eat them, they really start to melt in your mouth.

Leite Créme

Have a Bagaceira, a strong grappa alcoholic drink made from distilling the grape skins and pips left from fermentation

Wineries

Casa do Valle Located in Cabeceiras de Basto, at this winery visitors can participate in a guided tour of the vineyards and cellars, followed by wine tasting.

Casa do Valle Winery

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Alheira, game sausage

Traditional Restaurants Casa Silva

Zé da Calçada

Rua do Larim, 177 Gondar - Amarante Tel: +351 255 441 484

Rua 31 de Janeiro, 83 Amarante Tel: +351 255 426 814

Diamantina Lopes Carvalho

Quinta da Lama

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Quinta da Lama Real – Amarante Tel: +351 255 733 548

Igreja, Ourilhe Celorico de Basto Tel: +351 255 322 794

Praça Velha

Quinta do Forno

Barrega, Borba Celorico de Basto Tel: +351 255 489 197

Venda Nova (Britelo) Celorico de Basto Tel: +351 255 322 255

Nova Vila

O Caneiro

Rua Rodrigo Sousa e Castro GémeosPorto Celorico de Basto Tel: .+351 255 322 494 Day Three

EN 206 Caneiro Cabeceiras de Basto Tel: +351 253 663 566

Celorico de Basto - Guimarães

Distance: 50Km / 31mi

Guimarães is a town surrounded by history, and housing monuments that played a major role in Portuguese history.

While in the area....

A

Before leaving Celorico de Basto, drive to the Alvão Nature Park, located east of town, in the Alvão and Marão mountain ridges and spreading over an area of approximately 7220 acres and set at high altitude with a large granite basin where the river Ôlo and the spectacular water falls of Fisgas de Ermelo can be seen.

Natural Park of Alvão www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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While in the area....

A

Visit Guimarães Castle built in the 10th century.

B

Visit the São Miguel chapel, built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style and where the first king of Portugal was baptized.

C

Visit the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança built in the 15th century.

D E

See the City Walls, remnants of those that encircled the town in the 14th and 15th centuries.

Castle of Guimarães

F

Visit the Old Town Council Chambers built in the 14th century.

Visit the Citânia de Briteiros one of the earliest Celtic settlements and one of the longest living hill forts of the Castro Culture, distinctive from other hill forts due to its size and population, imagined to be somewhere between 600 and 1500 people, comprising of 150 families. Archaeological evidence such as jewelry and grooming products suggest the existence of a wealthy ruling elite.

Try the Arroz de Cabidela, also known as Pica no Chão, chicken with rice thickened with chicken´s blood..

Try the Rojões and Bucho Recheado, chunks of fried pork meat and pork tripe stuffed with chunks of pork meat.

Try the Papas de Sarrabulho, shredded pork meat cooked in its gravy thickened with pork blood.

Try the Toucinho-do-Céu, a thick flat cake made with pumpkin jam and almonds.

Santa Marinha da Costa Monastery

Arroz de Cabidela

Try the Tortas de Guimarães, a croissant shaped pie filled with a paste of almonds, sugar and egg yolks.

Toucinho do Ceu

Torta de Guimarães www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Rojões

Traditional Restaurants Papaboa

Fontelhas Rua Pedro Homem de Mello 111 Guimarães Tel: +351 253 551 292

Nora do Zé da Curva

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Day Four

Viela Traseiras Rua Santo António Guimarães Tel: +351 253 414 457

Rua Capitão Alfredo Guimarães 412 Guimarães Tel: +351 253 415 872

Solar do Arco Rua de Santa Maria 48/50 Guimarães Tel: +351 253 969 400

Guimarães – Braga – Ponte de Lima

Distance: 60Km / 37mi

Ponte de Lima is an old town on the south bank of the Lima River facing a magnificent Roman bridge with low arches. A Celtic settlement further developed by the Romans, who believed the Lima was the Lethe, the mythical River of Oblivion stating local tales that visitors who crossed it would forget everything and stay forever.

While in the area....

A

Visit the town of Braga, known for its Baroque churches, magnificent 18th century houses and elaborate gardens and squares. Start by visiting the Sé, the Cathedral one of the most important temples in Portuguese Roman style, follow by visiting the Pópulo Church built throughout the 18th and 19th century, the “Palácio do Raio”, or “Casa do Mexicano” a Manor House built between 1754- 55, commissioned by João Duarte de Faria, an influential merchant in Braga. Walk in Largo do Paço, a square located in the historical centre of Braga and see the Paço Episcopal Bracarense (Braga’s Bishop Palace) and Pope Pio XII Museum displaying a significant share of Henrique Medina’s works of art, one of the greatest Portuguese portrait painters of the 20th century. End your tour by visiting the Medieval Tower, known as Nossa Senhora da Torre, where, throughout its 5 floors, the history of Braga is narrated.

Sanctuary Bom Jesus do Monte www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Roman Bridge – Ponte de Lima

While in the area....

Paço de Calheiros Manor House

B

In Ponte de Lima walk the old streets in the centre of town lined with elegant buildings such as the 14th century Parish Church and Palacio dos Marqueses, a 15th century fortress-palace presently the City Hall.

C

At Largo de Camões crowned with an 18th century fountain and the town´s main square have light refreshments at any of the several pleasant cafes.

D

Visit the various Manor Houses known as Solares in Portuguese located around Ponte de Lima, some dating from the 16th century, now guesthouses waiting to welcome you.

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, codfish fried in olive oil with onions and potatoes.

Try the Arroz de Pato, a tasty rice and duck meat stew baked in the oven.

Try the Pudim Abade de Priscos, a rich egg yolk sugary pudding cooked in a sick caramel sauce named after the 19th century abbot who created the recipe.

Palácio dos Marqueses – Ponte de Lima Town Hall

Try the Arroz de Sarrabulho a traditional dish from Ponte de Lima, a meat stew made with rice and thickened with pig´s blood.

Traditional Restaurants Expositor do Migaitas Parque Municipal de Exposições Braga Tel: +351 253 217 031

Cozinha da Sé

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Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandão 95 Braga Tel: +351 253 277 343

Abade de Priscos Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque 7 Braga Tel: +351 253 276 650

Sameiro Avenida do Santuário Braga Tel: +351 253 675 114

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Bacalhau à Narcisa

Traditional Restaurants O Pórtico

Arcoense

Largo Arco, Bom Jesus Braga Tel: +351 253 676 672

Rua Eng. José Justino Braga Tel: +351 253 278 952

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Day Five Ponte de Lima – Ponte da Barca – Arcos de Valdevez – Paredes de Coura

Distance: 45Km / 27mi

Ponte da Barca located northeast of Ponte de Lima derives its name from a fine arched bridge built in 1543 that crosses the Lima River. East of the bridge is the old town center with noble mansions from the 16th and 17th centuries, and on the main square stands the lovely 15th century Parish Church.

Arcos de Valdevez is a town been inhabited since prehistoric times.

Paredes de Coura lies at the heart of the Higher Minho Region, it is a small and pleasant town with houses clinging to a slope which descends to the beautiful valley of the river Coura.

While in the area....

A

Walk in the center of Ponte da Barca.

B

At Arcos de Valdevez, walk the bridge built in the late 19th century, and the Ponte de Vilela, a medieval Roman stone bridge.

C

See the town pillory a stone structure built in 1515.

Town of Ponte da Barca

D

Town of Paredes de Coura

Drive around Arcos de Valdevez to visit the churches and chapels decorated with Portuguese tiles and religious images from 17th century, such as the Capela da Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Chapel of Our Lady of Conception), Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Lapa (Church of Our Lady of Lapa), Igreja da Misericórdia e Cruzeiro (Church of Mercy and Pilory) Igreja de São Bento (Church of Saint Benedict), Igreja do Espírito Santo (Church of the Holy Spirit), Igreja de São Paio (Church of Saint Paio), Igreja Matriz de Arcos de Valdevez (Parish Church of Arcos de Valdevez), and Mosteiro de Ázere (Benedictine Monastery of Ázere). www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Arcos de Valdevez – Parish Church

Paredes de Coura – Parish Church

Corn Storage – Arcos de Valdevez

While in the area....

B

C Caldo Verde Soup

D

At Paredes de Coura see the beautiful 17th century pillory and the Baroque church Igreja do Espírito Santo, rebuilt in the 18th century and exhibiting fine gilded woodwork and valuable images.

Fine examples of rural architecture (windmills, stone granaries, threshing-floors) can be seen on route to Ponte de Lima.

Have a bowl of Caldo Verde, a traditional soup made of kale which grows profusely in this part of the country.

Try the Cabrito assado no forno, kid roasted in traditional wood fire oven.

Try the Leitão assado no forno, suckling pig roasted in a traditional wood fire oven.

Try the Salmão Grelhado, salmon freshly caught from the local river and simply grilled.

Try the Guisado de lampreia, lamprey stew.

Try de Pudim D´Ovos, a rich thick egg pudding served with caramel sauce.

Try the Arroz Doce, rice Pudding Have Bolinhos de bacalhau, codfish cakes.

Try the Bolo de Abóbora, a moist cake made of pumpkin paste.

Guisado de Lampreia

Taste the Sardinhas de Escabeche, sardine marinade.

Sample a Chouriço assado, flambé pork sausage barbecued in a special clay dish.

Traditional Restaurants Açude

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Centro Nautico de Ponte de Lima (Arcozelo) Ponte de Lima Tel: +351 258 944 158

A Carvalheira EN 306 Antepaço (Arcozelo) Ponte de Lima Tel: +351 258 742 316

A Tulha Rua Formosa Ponte de Lima Tel: +351 258 942 879

Bocados Lugar de Carreiros, Arca Ponte de Lima Tel: +351 258 942 501 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Chouriço Assado

Arroz Doce

Traditional Restaurants Taverna Vaca das Cordas Rua Beato Francisco Pacheco Ponte de Lima Tel: +351 258 741 167

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Day Six

Ponte de Lima – Viana do Castelo

Distance: 30Km / 19mi

Viana do Castelo is a town located on the mouth of the Lima River housing an historic centre, of Medieval style enriched by numerous and precious monuments of the most diverse architectural styles.

While in the Viana do Castelo....

A

Visit the Sé or Parish Church.

B

Visit the Church of São Domingos, built around the 15th century featuring exquisite Romanesque and Gothic architecture.

C Santa Luzia Basilica

Visit also the Museu Municipal (City Museum), housing furniture from 17th century from India and Moorish Spain, as well as 18th century pottery, porcelain, and glassware. Behind the city the Stanta Luzia Mountain, offers picturesque views of the city and its coastline.

D

Visit the Basilica of Sta. Luzia built in 1903, featuring Romano-Byzantine architecture, reminiscent of the famous Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Paris.

E

Drive to nearby scenic beaches of Praia do Cabedelo, Praia de Afife Beach and Praia do Carreço Beach.

Try the Bacalhau à Moda de Viana, codfish baked in olive oil.

Try the Lampreia à Bordalesa, an extremely tasty stew in which Lamprey is cooked on a wine marinade.

Municipal Museum Viana do Castelo www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Afife Beachc

While in Viana do Castelo....

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Try the Polvo à Margarida da Praça, octopus baked in olive oil.

Try the Sopa Dourada, slices of Angel Cake dipped in a sweet and rich egg and almond mixture.

Try the Rabanadas à Moda do Minho, a dessert similar to a French Toast.

Try the Mexidos de Ovos com Amendoa, a sort of Bread Pudding with raisins and almonds.

Try the Papos de Anjos, fluffy little egg cakes, round and smooth, covered with in a sweet and aromatic syrup.

Try the Leite Créme, crème Brulée.c Bacalhau à Moda de Viana

Try the Tortas de Viana, a sponge cake in the shape of a yule log covered in a sweet milk and egg sauce.

Traditional Restaurants Casa D´Armas Largo 5 de Outubro 30 Viana do Castelo Tel: +351 258 824 999

Camelo

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Rua de Santa Marta 119, EN202 Santa Marta de Portuzelo Viana di Castelo Tel: +351 258 839 090

Cozinha das Malheiras Rua Gago Coutinho 19 Viana do Castelo Tel: +351 258 823 680

Mariana Estrada Pedro Homem 42 Viana do Castelo Tel: +351 258 981 327

Os Três Potes Beco dos Fornos 7/9 Viana di Castelo Tel: +351 258 829 928 Rabanadas à Minhota www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Caminha - Fortress

Valença – City Walls

Monção – Main Square

Day Seven Viana do Castelo – Caminha – Vila Nova de Cerveira – Valença - Monção Distance: 164Km / 101mi Caminha is an historic strategic town which evolved into a quiet little town located not far from the mouth of the Minho estuary.

The small town of Vila Nova de Cerveira was founded by king D. Dinis in the 14th century preserving through its old narrow streets and roads some monuments that testify a rich historical past The town of Valença also known as Valenca do Minho is a historical town, located on the border with Spain. The impressive fortress with two towers and double walls, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, continues to be historical landmark.

Monção is a fortified town serving as a backdrop to many medieval battles between the kingdoms of Portugal and Castile.

While in the area....

Vila Nova de Cerveira Town Sqaure

A

In Caminha walk around to see the15th and 16th century buildings lining the town´s cobbled streets.

B

In Caminha central square visit the Igreja Matriz (Parish Church) a 15th century church which by its very size shows just how important Caminha was, the Paços do Concelho (City Hall), the Solar dos Pitas (a 15th century building) and the Torre do Relógio a 15th century tower.

C

When in Vila Nova de Cerveira drive to the nearby hill where you can find the majestic statue of the Deer King a remarkable iron sculpture from where you can appreciate a splendid "eagle-sight" of the entire landscape around the Minho River.

D

In the center of Vila Nova de Cerveira visit the Town Hall and the castle, the Parish Church from the 18th century, the Manor House and the Lovelhe Fortress, dating back to the 17th century.

E

In Valença within the fortification walk to the four gates: the Porta do Santiago, or Porta do Sol, Porta de Gaviana a Gothic arch, Porta da Fonte da Vila and Porta da Coroada.

F

See also the Roman milestone, located within the fortress and dating back to the 1st century AD.

G

Visit the Church of São Teutónio, a Romanic church built in the 13th century housing panels representing scenes of Saint Stephen's life and the Church of Nossa Senhora dos Anjos built in the 12th century.

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While the Area....

H

In Monção see the still preserved 16th century city walls circling the historic center.

I

Visit the Parish Church, the Church of Misericórdia, the Church of Santo António dos Capuchos and the Deu-la-deu Water Fountain.

Try the Savel de Escabeche, shad marinated in olive oil and vinegar.

Try the Robalo Grelhado, locally caught grilled Sea bass.

Arroz de Tamboril

Try the Arroz de Tamboril, monkfish stew cooked with rice..

Try the Perna de Vitela no Espeto,roasted Leg of Veal Try the Ensopado de Enguias, eel stew Try the Robalo na Caçarola, sea bass stew Try the Sopa de Solha, dover sole soup.

Ensopado de Enguias

Try the Caldeirada à Pescador, a tasty fish stew.

Try the Cabrito Assado, kid roasted in wood fire oven..

Try the Biscoitos de Milho, buiscuits made of corn flower.

Try the Rabanadas de Vinho Verde Tinto, French toast dipped in Red Vinho Verde Wine.

Try the Rojões à Minhota, chunks of Pork meat cooked in lard and seasoned with cumin.

Debulho de Sável

Try the Bacalhau Assado na Brasa, barbecued codfish.

Try the Sável frito,fried shad.

Try the Tainha Assada no Forno, baked mullet.

Try the Debulho de Sável, shad served with rice and a thick sauce made from the fish leftovers.

Bacalhau Assado na Braza

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Cabrito Assado no Forno

Rabanadas de Vinho Tinto

Traditional Restaurants Tasquinha do Ibrahim Rua dos Pescadores 11 Vila Praia de Âncora Tel: +351 258 911 689

Quinta do Prazo

Ancoradouro

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Rua João Batista Silva 522 Moledo - Caminha Tel: +351 258 722 422

O Amândio Panorama

Rua Direita 129 Caminha Tel: +351 258 921 177

Rua Carvalhiças Edifício do Mercado Municipal Melgaço Tel: +351 251 410 400

Quinta Mineirinhas Vila Nova de Cerveira Tel: .+351 251 708 400

Day Eight

O Tanoeiro Praça Dona Maria II 720 Vila Nova de Cerveira Tel: +351 252 322 162

Sete à Sete Rua Conselheiro João Cunha Monção Tel: +351 251 652 577

Casa das Velhas

Adega do Sossego EN301, Km4, Lugar do Peso Paderne, Melgaço Tel: +351 251 404 308

Viana do Castelo – Esposende – Póvoa de Varzim - Porto

Distance: 68Km / 42mi

Esposende is an old fishing village surrounded by pine forests and home to some fine old buildings and airy town squares.

Póvoa de Varzim originally a major fishing town has become a delightful cosmopolitan summer retreat.

While in the area....

A

In Esposende visit the ruins of the 18th century fortress, the town's Parish church of Misericórdia built in the 16th century and the chapel of Our Lord of the Navigators housing impressive ornate paintings and gilt carvings.

Esposende – Parish Church www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Santa Clara Convent – Vila do Conde

São João Fortress – Vila do Conde

While in Porto....

B

Clarinhas de Fão

Visit Vila do Conde historic churches, museums and the beautiful harbor protected by an 18th century fort, traditional black and white mosaic pavements and beautiful gardens. In front of the Town Hall a monument to the town’s most famous resident, the 19th century novelist Eça de Queiros, is also worth seeing.

C

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey stew with rice.

Try the Clarinhas de Fão, fluffy pastry cookies filled with pumpkin jam.

D

Try the Petinga à Moda de Caxinhas, a stew made of small sardines, potatoes, vegetables and manioc flour..

Traditional Restaurants Azeite & Alho

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Camelo da Apúlia Rua do Facho lote 14 Praia da Apúlia Tel: +351 253 987 600

Rua do Facho 13 Apúlia Esposende Tel: +351 253 987 048

Egoísta Casino da Póvoa de Varzim Póvoa de Varzim Tel: +351 252 690 888

Porto

Day Eight

Porto’s people have made great achievements in architecture, music, art, fashion and literature. The city’s Art Nouveau architecture is exceptional, based on the French model, applied to the features of national art, including Rua Galeria de Paris and Rua Candido dos Reis lined with buildings built in stone.

While in the area....

A B Café Majestic - Porto

Go to Porto’s best-known Café Majestic a teashop packed with prancing cherubs, opulently gilded woodwork, leather seats and gold-braided waiters who’ll serve you an elegant set breakfast, afternoon tea or any number of snacks and beverages.

Go shopping at Rua de Santa Catarina and Rua de Cedofeita lined with many local shops as well as international brands or drive to Norte Shopping and El Corte Inglés Department Store. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Day Two

Day Five Day Six

Day One

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Wine & Gastronomy

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A Gastronomic Experience Porto and Minho by Vitor Sobral Duration: 5 Days / 4 Nights Total Driving Distance: 264Km / 164mi

Featuring: Porto, Braga and Viana do Castelo

Vítor Sobral’s is one of

Portugal´s most reputed Chefs with an impressive curriculum including jobs as a food consultant, teacher, cookbook author, jury member, and television celebrity. Recipient of various awards he is nowadays Portugal’s culinary ambassador.

Originally from the Alentejo region, his cooking is based on the use of locally grown herbs, chives, coriander, wild mint, rosemary, parsley, and others which cannot be found elsewhere.

When he was seven or eight years old he showed an interest in cooking and attended food and beverage courses at the Estoril Hotel School when he was sixteen. His culinary education continued at the Lyons Higher School of Pastries under the guidance of Alain Ducasse and chef Jean Luc Valentin, followed by internships at the restaurants “Quincaillerie,” a top brasserie located in a former hardware store in Brussels, at “Dock’s Café” in Antwerp and at the Sofitel hotel chain in France. He describes himself as an organized person, good leader and knowing how to delegate responsibility. Nowadays to be a good chef you need to know which foods combine well together and which wine to be paired with. You have to be able to experiment and combine different flavors in cooking. Vitor Sobral main goal is to promote Portuguese cuisine and use Portuguese olive oil in many different ways. His most famous dish is Arroz de Cabidela or Rice cooked with Chicken Blood. He became a consummate Chef when in 2006 was bestowed upon him by the President of the Republic of Portugal the Order of Prince Henry the Navigator for his work promoting Portuguese cuisine and Portuguese food products abroad.

Day One

Porto

Porto is an enchanted city for people of all ages. Rich in history and culture, beautiful monuments, gardens and buildings, parks, museums and nice places to stroll along the beach and showing a vibrant nightlife, Porto is a city catering to all tastes. The restaurant list is endless and the quality and variety is excellent. In the old part of the city the bars and restaurants open until very late and at the old industrial part of the city (not far from Boavista neighborhood) the best dance clubs are filled with rhythm.

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São Francisco Church

São Bento Railway Station

While in Porto....

Avenida dos Aliados

A

Walk in vibrant Ribeira neighborhood and Vila Nova de Gaia riverfront to tour the Port Wine Lodges lining the quayside. At night have fun at the glitzy clubs and restaurants located at the end of the quay.

B

Walk on Avenida dos Aliados and head to Bolhão, a buzzing market place open from Monday to Saturday and a great place to buy local cheeses, meats and flowers.

C

Walk to Rua Santa Catarina the place for shopping, and to Batalha Square to see the São João National Theatre building dating back to 1794.

D

Visit the São Francisco Church built between 1383 and 1410, which suffered a huge Baroque re-decoration in the 17th and 18th centuries becoming the perfect example of Rococo or Late Baroque architecture displaying pillars and columns wood carved and profusely covered in gold with ornate cherubs, rose garlands, fruits, and animals.

E Riua Santa Catarina

F

G

Visit the Neo-classical style Palácio da Bolsa steeped in the history of those kings, adventurers, and merchants who made Porto a rich merchant town which incredible beautiful interior architecture can be enjoyed on its atrium, in the marquetry of its unique parquet floors and at the Arab Room, an room covered in an amazing combination of western and eastern engravings.

Visit the Porto Cathedral one of the most impeccable embodiments of the Romanesque style, which initial construction dates from 12th and the 13th century followed by significant alterations carried out between the 17th and the 18th century. Its Gothic cloister built in the 14th century with ceramic tile decorations depicting scenes inspired by the Song of Solomon is worth visiting.

Visit São Bento Railway Station designed by José Marques da Silva and completed in 1903, displaying in the main hall gigantic tile panels entirely of Portuguese creation made by artist Jorge Colaço.

Palácio da Bolsa

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Gomes Teixeira Square

Lello & Irmãos Bookshop

Congregados Church

While in Porto....

H

I

Trindade Church

J

K

L

Visit the Congregados Church dating from 1680 with a 17th century Baroque facade covered in tiles. This is a church dedicated to Saint Anthony whose life is depicted in interior mural paintings.

Visit the Clérigos Church and Tower a Baroque building built between 1732 and 1750. The church was one of the first Baroque churches in Portugal its adornments reflecting the city’s seaside way of life, with a façade carved with shells and garlands. The bell tower completed in 1763, based upon a Roman Baroque design scheme and standing at 75m (245 ft) tall offers amazing, panoramic views of the city, the Douro River and the Atlantic coast.

Visit Trindade Church (Holy Trinity Church) built in the 19th century which building designed by Carlos Amarante and Jose Francisco features an impressive austere facade overtopped by a bell tower, and interior replete with gilded woodwork and marble carvings and sculptures.

Visit the Santo Ildefonso Church built in the first half of the 18th century, a fine example of the Baroque style with its blue and white ceramic tiles adorning the façade and housing a mid-18th century retable by Nicolau Nasoni, the Italian architect who also contributed to the design of various parts of the Porto Cathedral and Clérigos Tower.

Visit Santa Clara Church a marvelously balanced decorative interior consisting of superb gilded woodwork combining Baroque style ornaments with elements typical of the Rococo style. Angels, cherubs and saints immortalized in gilded woodwork populate the church, generating a dream like scenery of overwhelming ornamental abundance.

Santa Clara Church

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Os Lusiadas Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Mário LusoCarvalho Largo França Borges 308 Pedroso, Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 227 842 111

Pedro Lemos Restaurant

Established Restaurants Os Lusiadas Rua Tomás Ribeiro 257 Matosinhos Tel: +351 229 380 396

Contemporary Restaurants

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Sessenta Setenta Rua de Sobre-o-Douro 1 Porto Tel: +351 223 406093 Porto – Braga - Porto

Day Two

Pedro Lemos Rua Padre Luis Cabral 974 Porto Tel: +351 220 115 986 Distance: 108Km / 68mi

Located in Minho region and known as the city of the archbishops, Braga is an important religious destination in Portugal. Extremely rich in architectural buildings dating back to the late Neolithic and Roman times, this historical city has been a storehouse of religious, military and civic architecture and a modern city with a young population, bustling with a lively and attractive old centre and various pedestrian streets.

While in Braga....

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Visit the Archbishop's Palace, a huge fortress-like building home to the council offices, public library and local archives..

Visit the Braga Cathedral built in an extraordinary diversity of styles, including Romanesque, Gothic, Manueline, and Baroque style, featuring a richly decorated interior with a Baroque double organ painted in gold and adorned with cherubs and sea creatures.

Visit the Capela dos Coimbras, a chapel featuring a flamboyant Manueline tower and an interior with tile panels depicting the story of Adam and Eve.

City Gate - Braga

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São Francisco Church

Sameiro Sanctuary

While in Braga....

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See the Casa do Raio, a Rococo building covered in blue tiles

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Visit Biscaínhos Museum housed in a 17th century palace, home to a vast collection of Roman relics, pottery, and furniture, surrounded by a beautiful garden.

F G Braga Cathedral

Drive up the hill to the outskirts of Braga and visit the Bom Jesus Sanctuary, a twin-towered Neo-classical church built in 1784 sitting on top of an impressive Baroque staircase lined with chapels representing the Stations of the Cross.

Drive to nearby Sanctuary of Sameiro a late 19th-century domed church offering beautiful views over the Minho region.

Try the Arroz de Pato à Moda de Braga, rice cooked with duck meat.

Try the Arroz de Polvo Malandrinho à Minhota, a stew made of rice and octopus meat.

Try the Bacalhau à Narcisa, fried codfish in a bed of caramelized onions and fried potatoes.

Try the Papas de Sarrabulho com Rojões, chunks of pork meat cooked in pigs blood seasoned with cumin.

Try the Frango Pica no Chão, chicken cooked in its blood and served with rice.

Try the Pudim Abade de Priscos, a thick rich egg pudding covered in thick caramel sauce

Try the Toucinho-do-Céu, a heavy flat cake made of egg yolk, sugar, almond paste and pumpkin jam.

Bom Jesus do Monte Church

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Abade de Priscos Restaurant

O Pórtico Restaurant

Traditional Restaurants Expositor do Migaitas Parque Municipal de Exposições Braga Tel: +351 253 217 031

Abade de Priscos

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Praça Mouzinho deAlbuquerque 7 Braga Tel: +351 253 276 650

Arcoense Rua Eng. José Justino Braga Tel: +351 253 278 952

Day Three

Porto – Viana do Castelo - Porto

Cozinha da Sé Rua D. Frei Caetano Brandãon 95 Braga Tel: +351 253 277 343

Sameiro Avenida doSantuário Braga Tel: +351 253 675 114

O Pórtico Largo Arco Bom Jesus, Braga Tel: +351 253 676 672 Distance: 156Km / 97mi

Viana do Castelo sits on the mouth of the Lima River. An attractive main square features both a 1553 water fountain and the Misericórdia building constructed in 1598. Behind the city and located on a high hill the Santa Luzia Basilica dominates the City. The town is famous for its decorative filigree jewellery and linen embroidery.

While in Viana do Castelo....

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Walk on and around Praça da Républica, Viana´s town centre and a pretty square surrounded by historical buildings and two fountains. Enjoy light refreshments at the outdoor cafés lining the square and surrounding streets.

B

Visit the Museu do Trage (Ancient Costume Museum) to see the colourful Vianese and other Minho traditional costumes which are still nowadays used at local fairs and festivals.

C

Visit the Fort of São Tiago da Barra built in the 16th century and located near the mouth of the river Lima, offering beautiful views of the area.

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Misericòrdia Building

A street in Viana do Castelo

While in Viana do Castelo....

D E F Viana Cathedral

Visit the Cathedral which construction ended in 1433 displaying a large Gothic arched portal flanked by two battlemented towers and an interior emblazoned with an excellent "trompe-l'oeil" ceiling.

Visit the Town Museum (Museu Municipal) located in an 18th century palace home to rare ceramics, furniture, paintings and some of the region most interesting archaeological discoveries.

Drive up to Monte Santa Luzia and visit the basilica completed in 1926, which architecture is similar to that of Sacrée Coeur in Paris and see the ruins of a fortified Iron Age village featuring unique polygon-shaped stone houses.

Try the Bacalhau à Moda de Viana, codfish baked in olive oil.

Try the Lampreia à Bordalesa, an extremely tasty stew in which Lamprey is cooked on a wine marinade.

Try the Arroz de Lampreia, lamprey cooked with rice.

Try the Polvo à Margarida da Praça. octopus baked in olive oil.

Try thr Sopa Dourada, slices of Angel Cake dipped in a sweet and rich egg and almond mixture.

Bacalhau à Moda de Viana

Try the Rabanadas à Moda do Minho a dessert similar to a French toast.

Try the Mexidos de Ovos com Amendoa a type of Bread Pudding made with raisins and almonds.

Try the Papos de Anjos, fluffy little egg cakes, round and smooth, covered with in a sweet and aromatic syrup.

Try the Leite Créme, crème Brulée.

Try the Tortas de Viana a sponge cake in the shape of a yule log covered in a sweet milk and egg sauce..

Sopa Dourada

Torta de Viana

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Quinta da Macieirinha Museum

Day Four

Casa da Musica Interiors

Porto

Porto is also a striking contemporary city with a modern airport and a new modern and easy to ride subway. The city opens itself up to the world with bold new architecture and cultural attractions including world-class exhibitions and performances at Serralves Museum and Casa da Música.

While in Porto....

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Casa de Serralves

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Clérigos Tower

Visit the Palacio de Cristal gardens a skilfully landscaped park showcasing exotic flowers, a copper domed sports pavilion and a belvedere with breath taking views of the Douro River. Part of the Crystal Palace, built in 1861 as Portugal’s own version of London’s Crystal Palace, the gardens are home to many attractive varieties as rhododendrons, camellias, pine and gingko trees, statues and fountains. Moreover the Lime Tree Avenue provides tourists the best axis to other landmarks in the park, including Almeida Garrett Municipal Library, the Open-Air Acoustic Shell, the Chapel of Charles Albert of Sardinia and the chapel of princess Montleart, King Albert Charles sister.

Visit the Casa da Música (House of Music), a project by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas who has won the Pritzker Award in 2000, a multi-purpose music and arts space comprising two main auditoriums, rehearsal rooms and recording studios for the Porto National Orchestra with a very irregular in shape exterior resembling a gem on a flat surface. The building promotes an interesting relationship between interior and exterior with several glazed surfaces allowing views from and to the inside of the building. The main concert hall located at the core of the construction has outstanding acoustic and is bathed in daylight from the two walls made entirely of glass, an oddity in the music world as glass scatters sound in random directions. This problem was solved by making the glass ripple in tightly curved folds, and setting two glass sheets a metre apart to insulate the hall from exterior noise.

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Boavista Square

Santo António Street

While in Porto....

Foz do Douro - Porto

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Visit the Serralves Foundation boasting a priceless heritage estate, comprised of a Museum designed by the 1992 Pritzker prize winning architect, Álvaro Siza Vieira; the Casa de Serralves a house, unique example of Art Deco architecture, and a Park (winner of the “Henry Ford Prize for the Preservation of the Environment” in 1997). Serralves offers a wide range of different eating alternatives, throughout the day –the Restaurant in the Museum, the Auditorium bar or the Tea House in the Park. The Serralves Shop presents a wide selection of Portuguese and international contemporary design products and the Museum Book Shop specializes in publications dedicated to contemporary art.

D

Walk in Rua Miguel Bombarda, an area really close to downtown, and the exhibition street for contemporary art, lined by several art galleries displaying works of art from local and international artists.

Wine Tasting Places Sala Ogival do Porto Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Wineries...

Francesinha

Caves Taylor´s

Caves Croft Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar.

Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports. You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

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Casa Aleixo Restaurant

Caves Porto Calém Port Wine Lodge

Wine Tasting Places Caves Porto Calém

Wineries...

Caves Graham´s

Avenida Diogo Leite 344 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 746 660 Here you can discover and taste the unique characteristics of each port wine. Visitors can become better acquainted with the Douro demarcated wine region, learn about the history of the wine cellars and how Port is made. The visit ends with a wine tasting session on an esplanade with views over the waterfront.

Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

Traditional Restaurants

Contemporary Restaurants

Casa Aleixo Rua da Estação 216 Porto Tel: +351 225 370 462

Foz Velha Esplanada do Castelo 141 Porto Tel: +351 226 154 178

Established Restaurants

Vitor Sobral Recommends...

Canelas de Coelho Rua Elísio de Melo 29/33 Porto Tel: +351 222 015 824

Em Casa Rua Brito e Cunha 640 Matosinhos Tel: +351 229 380 396

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São Francisco Church

São Bento Railway Station

Porto

Day Five

Porto’s people have made great achievements in architecture, music, art, fashion and literature. The city’s Art Nouveau architecture is exceptional, based on the French model, applied to the features of national art, including Rua Galeria de Paris and Rua Candido dos Reis lined with buildings built in stone.

While in Porto....

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B

Café Majestic

C

Go to Porto’s best-known Café Majestic a teashop packed with prancing cherubs, opulently gilded woodwork, leather seats and gold-braided waiters who’ll serve you an elegant set breakfast, afternoon tea or any number of snacks and beverages.

Visit Lello Bookshop, located at Rua dos Carmelitas, an art nouveau bookshop founded in 1906 richly decorated, showcasing magnificent shelves and ceilings. A splendid staircase made of exotic wood leads to the upper floors where one can drink tea, coffee, have a glass of Port and listen to music.

Go shopping at Rua de Santa Catarina and Rua de Cedofeita lined with many local shops as well as international brands or drive to Norte Shopping and El Corte Inglés Department Store.

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Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants - Porto and the North Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Portugal is a country with a long and varied gastronomy. In spite of its smallness the country is rich in history and varied produce result of its diversified geography and climate. Portuguese cooking was also influence by the Portuguese Discoveries and the trade of spices which was a country monopoly for almost a century. Those spices and agricultural products expensive and rare abroad were plentiful in Portugal and made way to the kitchens of kings, nobleman and the clergy arriving also in no time to the kitchens of the local gentry and merchants. In 2012 the Michelin Guide awarded three Portuguese restaurants located in the north and center of the country each one a Michelin Star. Those restaurants are The Yeatman at Vila Nova de Gaia near Porto, the Largo do Paço Restaurant in the town of Amarante and the Arcadas da Capela Restaurant located in the town of Coimbra. We invite you to experience the thrilling experience of Portuguese cooking at its best and enjoy the flavors and taste so ingrained in local tradition and culture brought to you by some of the most acclaimed Chefs in the country.

About Michelin Stars

The MICHELIN Guide is much more than a directory of restaurants and hotels. Michelin Inspectors analyze restaurants and hotels throughout the year under a clandestine cloak. Their anonymity is fundamental to the inspection process that has been refined over more than 100 years. The star symbols judge only what’s on the plate, meaning the quality of products, the mastering of flavors, mastering of cooking, personality of the cuisine, value for the money and the consistency of what the restaurant offers to its customers both throughout the menu and the year. One star indicates a very good restaurant in its category, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard. A good place to stop on your journey.

Two stars denote excellent cuisine, skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality. Worth a detour.

Three stars reward exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients. Worth a special journey.

Along with the rating of stars, the MICHELIN Guide provides a written description of each locale with a variety of symbols to give further insight into an establishment. Ambiance, specialties, and wine are just a few of the factors. Comfort is also rated by 1 to 5 forks and spoons for a restaurant and 1 to 5 pavilions for a hotel. (copied from the Michelin website). www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Cordoaria Garden

Porto

Day One

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal and the gateway to visit northern Portugal. This town lies at the mouth of the Douro River and it is home to past and present day architecture, with styles including Roman, Gothic, and Renaissance. The best way to visit Porto is to take a walking tour throughout the city.

While in Porto....

São Francisco Church

A

Walk to Ribeira the oldest neighbourhood of Porto located on the banks of the Douro River with tall narrow houses made of granite and clad with tiles or painted in warm colours seeming to be holding to each other while arching through the narrow cobbled streets like in a mystical embrace.

B

Visit São Francisco Church a Gothic style church built in the 14th century with a rich interior made of pillars and columns with carvings of plants, animals, and cherubs all covered in gold.

C

Visit the Cathedral, the Sé do Porto, a fortress like construction initially built in the 12th century, but altered over time and which only part of the original façade is a rose window. Do not miss its Gothic cloisters covered with blue and white tiles, even more dazzling than the church.

D

Visit the Clérigos Church and Tower the tallest tower in Portugal when completed in 1763.

E

Visit the Casa da Música, a modern twelve story high irregularly shaped building, used for musical performances only and featuring in the auditorium a Baroque organ pinned to the wall, making this building even more intriguing.

F

Walk in Jardins do Palacio de Cristal, considered the most beautiful garden in the city and featuring a belvedere overlooking the Douro River.

G

Visit the Port Wine Lodges located at Vila Nova de Gaia where you can learn about and taste Port Wine.

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Croft Port Wine Lodges

While in Porto....

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Visit the Casa de Serralves, a Foundation located on 18 hectares of land home to Rose gardens, an Art Deco villa and Porto Museum of Contemporary Art. Visit the Palácio da Bolsa the first building in the city to have electricity and as such home to some amazing antique light fixtures. All the rooms are done in a different style and it’s a treat to get to wander around and see each one specially the Arabian Room, which took 18 years to complete and is a stunning sight of glass and plaster with an intricate Arab decor.

Bolsa Palace

Walk in Santa Catarina Street where a mix of hip boutiques, local brands and well-known global names can be found and pop into Via Catarina Shopping Mall, offering shoppers three floors of stores. Enjoy refreshments at the Café Majestic established in 1921, its banquettes towered over by marble walls with bas-relief cherubs, and gilt-edged mirrors adorned with intricate curlicues.

Wine Tasting Places

Sala Ogival do Porto Caves Taylor´s

Wineries...

Caves Graham´s Rua Rei Ramiro 514 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 776 484 It is one of the few cellars with a history of over 100 years. Learn more about the wine and enjoy a wine tasting session.

Rua do Choupelo 250 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 742 800 Taylor’s has always been ranked amongst the best wines in the world and is also considered by many to be the best Port winemaker, especially famous for its vintage and its tawny Ports.

You can enjoy a guided tour of the rooms where the wines are aged and a wine tasting session with expert comments at the Taylor’s wine cellars in Porto.

Palácio da Bolsa Rua Ferreira Borges Porto Tel: +351 223 323 072

Caves Croft Rua Barão Forrester 412 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 223 772 965 One of the oldest Port Wine houses which cellar houses an extensive and fascinating collection of Vintage Port. Also irresistible is Port wine tasting with chocolate, organized by this cellar. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Porto by Night

The Yeatman Restaurant The spectacular panorama of the Douro River and the historic center of Porto form a stunning backdrop to this restaurant awarded a Michelin Star in November 2011. Aiming to deliver the city's most inspiring dining experience, The Yeatman's restaurant offers imaginative cuisine in which the traditional flavors of Portugal are interpreted and presented with contemporary flair, showcasing Portugal's huge range of fish and other fresh produce as well as its diversity of regional specialties. Listing a comprehensive choice of Portuguese wines, as well as a wide selection from other great wines frm around the globe, the restaurant makes a special feature of food and wine pairing. A program of tasting menus allows guests to discover a wealth of matching and contrasting flavors as they are taken on a journey through Portugal's diverse and varied wine regions.

Open: Everyday Lunch: 12:00 - 15:00 Dinner: 19:00 – 23:00

Day Two

The Yeatman Rua do Choupelo, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia Tel: +351 22 013 3100 Fax +351 22 013 3199 E-mail: reservations@theyeatman.com

Porto - Amarante

Amarante houses several interesting landmarks. This beautiful little town on the banks of River Tamega was the place of some of the most important battles in the 18th and 19th century.

While in the area....

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Aveleda Wine Estate

B

On the way to Amarante stop at Quinta da Avelada a beautiful wine estate in the Minho Region home to most famous and acclaimed Vinho Verde called Casal Garcia. The gardens of Aveleda are a marvellous example of the Romantic style garden built at the end of the 19th century. The estate with its granite buildings, vineyards and cellar of excellent wines, is full of oak trees, large camellias, azaleas, eucalyptus and sequoias.

Visit the São Gonçalo Covent and Church which construction started in 1540..

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São Conçalo Monastery

While in Porto....

Amarante pastries

C

Visit the São Gonçalo Covent and Church which construction started in 1540.

D

Visit the São Pedro Church built in the 18th century and also a place of historic interest containing sculptures of Saint Paul and Saint Peter and tiles dating back to the 17th century.

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Visit the museum of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso housing a vast collection of paintings and other works of art.

Largo do Paço Restaurant This restaurant part of Casa da Calçada Hotel, aims to offer traditional but contemporary Portuguese cooking. Its gastronomy is based on creative cooking using local fresh produce of the highest quality, blending aromas and flavors using techniques and preparations, respecting the ingredients characteristics, and providing an unforgettable gastronomic experience. A team of dedicated Portuguese professionals commanded by Chef Vitor Matos offers attentive service in a warm and welcoming atmosphere.

Open: Everyday Closed: Month of January Lunch: 12:30 - 15:00 Dinner: 19:30 – 22:00

Hotel Casa da Calçada Largo do Paço, 6 4600-017 Amarante Tel: +351 255 410 830 Fax: 351 255 426 670 E-mail: reservas@casadacalcada.com GPS 41º 16'06.00'' N 8º 4'41.03" W

Amarante - Coimbra

Day Three

Amarante houses several interesting landmarks. This beautiful little town on the banks of River Tamega was the place of some of the most important battles in the 18th and 19th century.

While in Coimbra....

A Coimbra University

Visit the New Cathedral located near Coimbra´s University displaying on its façade niches with the statues of saints dominated by Baroque ornamentation. Its interior of vaulted ceilings in the shape of a Latin cross provides a place for quiet reflection. There is also a huge baptismal font carved out of stone in the 16th century. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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While in Coimbra....

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Visit the National Museum Machado de Castro housed in the former Palace of the Bishops, built over an ancient Roman forum which ruins can still be seen. The museum is home to religious works, statues and paintings. The museum also celebrates the archaeology of the Roman occupation.

C

Visit the Convent of Santa Clara-a-Velha, design by architect Domingos Domingues, who worked previously in the Monastery of Alcobaça. The architecture style combines Roman and Gothic, and the church is composed by three naves of similar height, without transept. Each nave is divided in seven arches which curbed ribbed vaults are signs of Roman influence. The church inaugurated in 1330 was one year later, in 1331, flooded by the Mondego river waters, initiating the progressive sinking of the buildings into the muddy soil. Today, if church ceiling seems to be too low and height to length ratio unbalanced, it is because, half the height stands below the floor plan, buried in the swamp.

Convento Santa Clara-a-Velha wall detail

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E

Visit Portugal dos Pequeninos a fantastic miniature land, showing houses from the time of the discoveries and also types of traditional Portuguese houses.

F

Visit the Sé Velha (Old Cathedral) a big Romanesque church built in the 12th century with a Gothic cloister. The cathedral is called 'old' because in the 18th century the role of 'cathedral' was given to a 16th century church called Sé Nova (New Cathedral).

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Walk in the Botanical Gardens created in 1772 and part of the Museum of Natural History covering about 13.5 hectares of pathways, greenhouses, lakes, statues, woods and gardens arranged in three terraces forming an amphitheatre. There are in excess of 1,200 species, some of which rare and exotic, taking visitors on a true journey through the world of flora.

Sé Nova Church

Botanical Gardens

Visit the University of Coimbra´s Joanine Library built in the 18th century during the reign of John V. This library is comprised of three great rooms divided by decorated arches with walls covered by two storied shelves, in gilded or painted exotic woods containing 200,000 books and ceilings blending harmoniously with the rest of the decor.

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Coimbra by Night

While in Coimbra....

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I Santa Cruz Monastery

Visit the Santa Cruz Monastery and church built in Romanesque style designed by the French master builder Robert. Its highlights are the vaulting in Manueline style, attributed to Boitaca, and the throne, dating from 1513 and crowned with decoration alluding to the Portuguese discoveries. The bodies of both Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, the first kings of Portugal, rest in elegant funerary chests. Behind the monastery buildings the lovely Manga Cloister is an unusually pure example of Renaissance while the 16th century Cloister of Silence in Manueline style has 4 bas-reliefs with scenes of Christ’s Passion by Nicolau de Chanterenne.

Drive to nearby Roman ruins of Conimbriga and located south of Coimbra, one of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal with some of the earliest layers dating back to the first Iron Age in the 9th Century B.C. The Romans arrived in the 2nd Century A.D., and the city walls are largely intact as well as the mosaic floors and foundations of many houses and public buildings. In the public baths, you can view the network of stone heating ducts beneath the now-missing floors. Archaeologists estimate that only 10 per cent of the city has been excavated. The site also houses a museum displaying objects found by archaeologists.

Arcadas da Capela Restaurant Located at Quinta das Lágrimas Hotel the Arcadas Restaurant offers a unique opportunity to taste a modern and creative cuisine that remains faithful to the traditional ingredients of the region. Created by the Chef Albano Lourenço and Consultant Chef Joachim Koerper, their dishes are made only with the best available fresh produce therefore the menu changes with every season. As the restaurant is located inside a farm estate the Chef uses fresh ingredients which are hand-picked daily such as raspberries, avocados, lemons, oranges, aromatic herbs and water cresses. Awarded with a Michelin star, the Arcadas offers a delightful gastronomic experience.

Quinta das Lágrimas Rua António Augusto Gonçalves 3041-901 Coimbra Tel: +351 239 802 380 Fax: +351 239 441 615 E-mail: reservas@quintadaslagrimas.pt GPS 40º 11’ 56’’ N | 08º 25’ 56’’ W

Open: Everyday Dinner: 19:00 – 23:00

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Arrabida Bridge Porto

Day Four

Coimbra - Porto

Before you return home and if time allows do some last shopping in Porto either if you are searching for traditional products head for Rua de Cedofeita and Rua Santa Catarina, lined with shopping centers and malls, for Rua da Fabrica, famed for its bookstores and for Rua Galeria da Paris where visitors can explore the art galleries and shops. Rua do Miguel Bombarda and Rua do Almada are also known for the shops and boutiques which sell fashion products and design items. Shopping centers and malls in Porto include Norte Shopping and Bom Sucesso Shopping Malls, Via Catarina and Bolh達o.

Foz do Douro Promenade

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Day Three

Day One Day Two Day Four

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Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants in Lisbon Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights

Lisbon is by excellence the center of culture and cosmopolitanism in Portugal. The city once the haunt for European royalty still remains faithful to those glorious times and its cuisine is still one of the best in the country.

The city and its restaurants are blessed with the fresh fish and seafood that arrives to its markets every day making this city one of the best for seafood lovers in Europe. This health of variety combined with the profusion of exotic spices and herbs brings its restaurants and specially the Tavares and Feitoria both located in Lisbon and the Fortaleza do Guincho restaurant in Cascais to the forefront of Portuguese cooking. All these restaurants are Star Michelin rated and we invite you to embark on an unforgettable voyage of the senses.

About Michelin Stars

The MICHELIN Guide is much more than a directory of restaurants and hotels. Michelin Inspectors analyze restaurants and hotels throughout the year under a clandestine cloak.

Their anonymity is fundamental to the inspection process that has been refined over more than 100 years. The star symbols judge only what’s on the plate, meaning the quality of products, the mastering of flavors, mastering of cooking, personality of the cuisine, value for the money and the consistency of what the restaurant offers to its customers both throughout the menu and the year. One star indicates a very good restaurant in its category, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard. A good place to stop on your journey.

Two stars denote excellent cuisine, skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality. Worth a detour.

Three stars reward exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients. Worth a special journey.

Along with the rating of stars, the MICHELIN Guide provides a written description of each locale with a variety of symbols to give further insight into an establishment. Ambiance, specialties, and wine are just a few of the factors. Comfort is also rated by 1 to 5 forks and spoons for a restaurant and 1 to 5 pavilions for a hotel. (text copied from the Michelin website).

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Chiado District Lisbon

São Jorge castle

Lisbon

Day One

Lisbon is an enchanting capital with a fortress circled by neighborhoods drenched in medieval charm, fine monuments and picturesque houses whose facades are covered in ornate ceramic tiles. The yellow electric tramcars winding their way up and down the hills of this old capital and the sound of traditional Fado songs accompanying many a candle-lit dinner lends an old-world mystery to this burgeoning cosmopolitan city.

While in Lisbon....

A

Rua Augusta view across to Praça do Comércio

Tour the downtown area known as the Baixa, starting at Rossio square and walking to Praça do Comércio. On your return, turn right towards the medieval quarters of Alfama and Mouraria, crowned by the magnificent São Jorge Castle. Return to Rossio square and walk left up the hill to Bairro Alto and Madragoa neighborhoods.

B

Pay a visit to the churches of Lisbon Cathedral; São Vicente de Fora; Conceicão Velha, São Roque; Madre Deus and Basilica da Estrela

C

Visit some of the city museums: the Ancient Arts Museum – Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Chiado, Museum, Archeology Museum, Modern Arts Museum, Carriage Museum, Maritime Museum, Gulbenkian Museum and Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation.

Feitoria Restaurante & Wine Bar An exclusive gourmet restaurant specializing in signature dishes at the hands of the head Chef José Cordeiro blending traditional Portuguese gastronomy with more exotic cuisine from other parts of the world but preserving the genuine essence of local traditional flavors. At Lisbon's Feitoria Restaurant you will discover a full selection of creative dishes, exclusive menus, tasting menus of 4 or 5 dishes as well as creative cuisine signature dishes created by the unique artistry the restaurant very own Chef Cordeiro. Altis Belém Hotel & Spa Doca do Bom Sucesso 1400-038 Lisboa Tel: +351 210 400 200 Email: reservations@altisbelemhotel.com GPS: Lat. 38º 41’ 36’’ N Long. 9,12’ 38’’ W

Open Tuesday to Saturday Lunch: 12:30 - 15:00 Dinner: 19:30 – 23:00

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National Tile Museum

Parque das Nações - Oceanarium

Lisbon

Day Two

Lisbon the “pearl of Portugal” will enchant you with its churches, castles, medieval streets and museums. From modern urban constructions to picturesque neighborhoods, Lisbon is rich in steep slopes offering quite spectacular views in a relaxed and unconstrained atmosphere. A mixture of different architectural styles filled with wide avenues, green trees, modernist-style buildings, mosaic decorations and numerous cafes. Lisbon is like an impressionist and modernist painting depicting small pastel-painted houses, domes and towers in a lively, energetic pattern of colors.

While in Lisbon....

A

Visit Parque das Nações, a lively neighborhood where the city’s inhabitants have fun, go for a walk, play sports, shop, work and live in quality and harmony. Located in the former grounds of 98´ World Expo and taking full advantage of a vast riverfront area with a magnificent view overlooking the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the longest in Europe, the area has a train station, an enjoyable shopping mall and an extensive complex that combines culture, leisure, homes and businesses. Visit the Pavilhão de Portugal (Portugal Pavilion) and the Pavilhão Atlântico (Atlantic Pavilion), visit the Oceanário (Oceanarium) one of the largest aquariums in Europe and take the cable car to see the grounds from higher up.

B

Visit the National Tile Museum (Museu Nacional do Azulejo) one of Portugal's most important museums, displaying Ceramic tiles grouped together in panels dating back to the 15th century.

C

Visit Convento Madre Deus, a convent built in 1509 and altered during the 17th and 18th centuries which Church presents an interesting Manueline portal and interiors decorated in Baroque blue and white glazed tiles and gold carved wood. The Convent also houses an Arabic Chapel, with a beautiful Mudéjar ceiling.

D

Visit the National Pantheon a pretty domed church and burial site of many of Portugal’s most prominent figures, ranging from Presidents of the Republic to artists.

Madre Deus Convent

National Pantheon

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Page 189 View of Lisbon from Graça Belvedere

While in Lisbon....

E

Santa Justa Elevator

Visit the Church of São Vicente de Fora located in a lovely old part of Lisboa, considered to be one of the most important monuments of Lisbon built between 1582 and 1629. The church’s façade is attributed to Baltazar Alvares, and showcases a Mannerist austere style, with Italian influence adapted to Portuguese style and flanked by towers and containing the images of Saint Augustine, Saint Sebastian and Saint Vincent. Its architectonic model was for many years the guideline of the façades of temples built in the Portuguese colonies in Africa, India, Macau and Brazil. The church’s interior with only one nave covered by a famous vault, houses the biggest pipe organ of Lisboa, dated from 1765. Its cloisters and rooms are covered in interesting glazed tiles of white and blue panels, with scenes of La Fontaine fables.

Tavares Restaurant A One Michelin Star this is Lisbon's oldest and most historic restaurant and remains a hallowed gastronomic institution one of the most esteemed fine dining venues in Portugal with an opulent chandelier-lit interior of gilded wood, stucco and grand Venetian mirrors dating from the late 18th century.

Directing the kitchen is French chef Aimé Barroyer, who has drawn on the country remarkably huge culinary heritage to reinterpret traditional Portuguese recipes. The result is a menu that showcases an imaginative fusion of local dishes and southern European flavors. Complementing this union is no less than 300 national and international wines, handpicked by Tavares' resident sommelier Arlindo Madeira.

Rua da Misericórdia nº37 R/C 1200-270 Lisboa Telefone: + 351 21 342 11 12 Fax: + 351 21 347 81 25 Email: reservas@restaurantetavares.net

Open Tuesday to Saturday Lunch: 12:30 - 14:30 Dinner: 19:30 – 23:00

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Sintra National Palace

Sintra

Day Three

Sintra and its mountains are truly unique places to visit in a lifetime. It would be a difficult task to find a parallel either in Europe, or anywhere else in the world where one can find palaces, elegant manor houses, with their gardens and forests; mansions and chalets surrounded by a dense vegetation and long sections of walls winding around the highest of the peaks of the surrounding mountains reminding us of centuries past. Sintra is full of convents, mossy cliffs, murmuring fountains; austere churches and chapels, making it the most romantic town in Portugal classified as world heritage by UNESCO.

While in Sintra....

A

Convent of Capuchos

B

C

D Regaleira Estate

Visit the National Palace located right at the centre of town and dating from the 14th century distinguish by its two gigantic conical chimneys. Of Moorish, Gothic and Manueline styles its interior houses one of the most extensive collection of Mudejar tiles in the world, and several exceptional roomsincluding the Coat-of-Arms Room hall with a domed ceiling decorated with stags holding the coats of arms of 74 Portuguese noble families, the former banquet hall, Sala dos Cisnes featuring a magnificent ceiling made of octagonal panels decorated with swans, the Royal Chapter of King John I and the huge kitchen with a capacity for 1000 diners.

Visit the Moorish Castle, called the Castelo dos Mouros is a charming castle set admits lush forested stands commandingly on top of a hill. Dating from the 9th century and the Moorish occupation of Portugal much of the castle ruins where reconstructed during the 19th century.

Visit the Convent of Capuchos built in the 16th century for Franciscan monks under the most humble principles way of life the "cork convent" as it was called (doors and some walls covered by old cork) was built in the rocks itself and it is a rare example of integration and respect on the nature environment.

Visit the Quinta da Regaleira Estate, a fascinating ensemble of constructions built in the early 20th century in middle of the dense forest in a mixture of Gothic, Manueline and Renaissance style based on Portuguese mythological and esoteric traditions. The buildings are surrounded by an exotic, fabulous park and a vast ensemble of turrets providing breathtaking views and strange recesses. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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While in Sintra....

E

F

Pena palace

G

Visit the Monserrate Palace An exuberant garden and Palace, built by the millionaire Englishman Francis Cook and a unique testimony to the extravagance of the eighteen hundreds. In the strongly English style inspired Park is one of the richest botanical gardens in Portugal full of exotic trees, waterfalls and lakes.

Visit the Pena Palace Built in the 1840s and one of Europe's most fantastic palaces, including a drawbridge, a conglomeration of turrets, ramparts, and domes, and a gargoyle above a NeoManueline arch, all washed in an array of pastel shades and which extravagant interior decorated in late Victorian and Edwardian furnishings, houses rich ornaments, paintings, and priceless porcelain preserved just as the royal family left them.

Surrounding the palace the mystical Pena Park is filled with a variety of trees and exotic plants from the former colonies of the Portuguese empire, ponds, fountains, and black swans.

Visit the Queluz Palace a small version of a Versailles-like palace and Portugal's finest example of Rococo architecture. Built in the 17th century as a manor house for King Pedro II, and later enlarged and transformed into a graceful palace featuring a grandiose and elegant Throne Room, once the scene of splendid balls and banquets, lined with mirrors and adorned with crystal chandeliers and gilded statues, a music room, where the queen's orchestra performed operas and concerts, a royal bedroom, in the shape of a square with stunning murals of Cervantes' "Don Quixote," a domed ceiling, and a floor decoration in exotic woods giving it a circular appearance and an Ambassadors' Room with a marble floor and a ceiling painting of the royal family attending a concert all decorated with English and French-style furniture, fine porcelain, and Arraiolos carpets. The original kitchen is now a restaurant called Cozinha Velha, retainning the old stone chimney, arches, and vaulted ceiling.

Monserrate Palace

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Odrinhas Archaeologyical Museum

While in Sintra....

H

Visit Odrinhas Archaeological Museum located at the village of São Miguel de Odrinhas, near the village of Janas and about 15 minutes away from Sintra. One of the region´s oldest museums, founded in the 16th century by a group of local scholars housing unique items, of great archaeological value, from prehistoric times to the Roman and Visigothic occupations and the Medieval period.

I

Visit Sintra´s Regional Museum, known as Museu Municipal de Sintra and housing collections of archaeology, ethnology and other local items, sacred art and pictures devoted to local themes.

The museum also stages temporary exhibitions.

J

Visit The Sintra Modern Art Museum displaying a fine collection of modern art that is part of the Berardo Collection including works

by Andy Warhol, Pollock, Francis Bacon, Miró, and Picasso.

K

Visit the Toy Museum home to a extraordinary collection of more than 20,000 items including 3000-year old Egyptian toys, Hornby trains from the 1930s, Nazi toy soldiers made in Germany during World War II, birthday and Christmas gifts given to royal children, and some of the first ever toy cars.

Statue in Queluz National palace gardens

Sintra Toy Museum – painting detail

Fortaleza do Guincho Restaurant Is not uncommon to see locals, even people driving from Lisbon and coming to lunch and dine at this restaurant in order to taste the exquisite and inspired cuisine of Antoine Westermann acclaimed 3 Michelin Star Chef. The menus reflect the richness and tradition of French cuisine, with a Portuguese accent.

One can choose between the Season Menu, Degustation Menu or an À la Carte menu and drink the best national and international wines. The fantastic location of the Restaurant, with amazing front views to the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Roca, and the wine list quite surely one of the best offered in Portugal, carefully chosen by Fortaleza sommeliers and Chef's, renew the pleasure to eat at Fortaleza over and over again.

Estrada do Guincho Open every day Lunch: 12:30 - 15:00 Dinner: 19:30 – 23:00

P-2750-642 Cascais Portugal Tel. : + 351 21 487 0491 Fax : + 351 21 487 0431 E-mail : guincho@relaischateaux.com GPS: Lat. 38°43'41.71"N Lon. 9°28'33.18"W www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Lisbon

Day Four

In Lisbon you will be surprised and delighted by the number and variety of shops and shopping malls to suit all tastes from cheaper brands to top international fashion brands. If you're a Non-European Union tourist you can enjoy Tax Free shopping (VAT or IVA in Lisbon) on purchased goods. The big department stores (such as El Corte Ingles) and shopping malls (such as Colombo, Vasco de Gama, Amoreiras, and Allegro) open from 10am through to 11pm or midnight, Monday to Sunday, while smaller shops often close at around 7pm.

While in Lisbon....

A

A vintage shop in Lisbon

Buy handmade gloves, hats, shoes, embroidered bed linen and monogrammed towels, honey-scented ecclesiastical candles, soaps, beautifully-packaged tinned sardines and framed blackand-white family photographs, all at bargain prices at oldfashioned shops with wooden counters and antique glass display cabinets located in the Chiado area.

Buy leather goods, shoes, handbags, purses, wallets, clothing gear, all size of luggage, gloves, made locally of fine Portuguese leather at the Baixa district.

Buy local crafts and souvenirs at little boutiques located near S達o Jorge Castle such as Barcelos Roosters, nick-knacks and statuettes.

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Wine & Gastronomy

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Tour of Michelin Star Restaurants in Algarve Duration: 6 Days / 5 Nights

We invite you to visit the Algarve region and experience the magnificent local Michelin starred cuisine staying at the prestigious locations. Eating out in the Algarve holds a prominent position amongst the Portuguese and it is the only true way to discover the extent of the region's culinary range reflecting the heritage of fresh, local produce where fish and shellfish play perhaps the leading role.

About Michelin Stars

The MICHELIN Guide is much more than a directory of restaurants and hotels. Michelin Inspectors analyze restaurants and hotels throughout the year under a clandestine cloak.

Their anonymity is fundamental to the inspection process that has been refined over more than 100 years. The star symbols judge only what’s on the plate, meaning the quality of products, the mastering of flavors, mastering of cooking, personality of the cuisine, value for the money and the consistency of what the restaurant offers to its customers both throughout the menu and the year. One star indicates a very good restaurant in its category, offering cuisine prepared to a consistently high standard. A good place to stop on your journey.

Two stars denote excellent cuisine, skillfully and carefully crafted dishes of outstanding quality. Worth a detour.

Three stars reward exceptional cuisine where diners eat extremely well, often superbly. Distinctive dishes are precisely executed, using superlative ingredients. Worth a special journey.

Along with the rating of stars, the MICHELIN Guide provides a written description of each locale with a variety of symbols to give further insight into an establishment. Ambiance, specialties, and wine are just a few of the factors. Comfort is also rated by 1 to 5 forks and spoons for a restaurant and 1 to 5 pavilions for a hotel. (text copied from the Michelin website).

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Beach in the Portimão area

Portimão Marina

Portimão

Day One

Portimão is a bustling seaside city and one of the biggest in the Algarve. The old part of the town has several late 19th and early 20th century buildings and high rise apartment blocks in various pastel shades of blue, pink and coral. Portimão´s town center is simply perfect for those who love to shop since it is jam packed full of shops, offering a wide choice of clothes, gifts, souvenirs, electrical goods and general household items.

While in Portimão....

A Detail of Jesuit School - Portimão

Portimão City Museum

Walk along the riverfront promenade to gaze at the passing fishing boats or stop and sample the favorite local snack (the region’s unique barbecue sardines on homemade bread) in one of the city’s celebrated fish restaurants.

B C D E

Visit Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Church of Our Lady of Conception).

F

When in season drive to Praia da Rocha, Praia do Vau and Praia dos Três Irmãos beach located in the city outskirts.

Visit the Colégio dos Jesuítas (Jesuit School).

Visit the Fortaleza de Santa Catarina (St. Catherine Fortress).

Visit the Museu Municipal Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portimão City Museum) an old fish canning factory.

The Ocean Restaurant Perched on the Vila Vita Resort slopes facing the ocean this restaurant is set on a discrete and subdue Mediterranean atmosphere where simple yet sophisticated dishes based on locally grown produce, herbs and local meat and fish are daily prepared and served by 2 Star Michelin and Portuguese 2009 Chef of the Year, Hans Neuner. The highlight goes to the exquisite yet simple combination of regional Alentejo and Algarve produce on a menu that changes every week according to Chef Hans Neuner inspiration of the moment. The restaurant features one of the most exclusive wine cellars in Portugal offering fine and rare harvest wines from around the world including Portugal.

Open Wednesday to Sunday Dinner: 19:00 – 24:00 Sunday:10:00 – 18:00

VILA VITA Parc Resort & Spa Rua Anneliese Pohl, Alporchinhos, Porches 8400 - 450, Algarve Tel: +351 282 310 100 E-mail: reservas@vilavitaparc.com

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Cape São Vicente - Sagres

Day Two

Lagos - Sagres

Lagos is a town full of history with a seafaring connection and the base for the Portuguese Voyages of the Discoveries launched by Prince Henry the Navigator in the 15th century. The trade between Africa and Portugal brought a great deal of wealth into town which can still be still seen today by visiting this interesting town.

Sagres the most south westerly town in the Algarve is a very quiet town with beautiful beaches, a picturesque harbor at Baleeira and a very pretty central square. This town is particularly popular with visitors coming to see the place where Prince Henry the Navigator built his famous school of navigation of great mariners, astronomers, ship-builders and cartographers who discovered the new world in the 15th and 16th century.

While in the area....

A B C Chapel of Nossa Senhora da Graça - Sagres

Visit the older part of Lagos still circled by the city walls.

See the Ponta da Bandeira Fortress.

See the Porta de São Gonçalo, one of the city gates with a watchtower on either side.

D

Visit Santa Maria church built in the 15th and 16th century and rebuilt in the 18th and19th centuries.

E

Visit the famous Lagos 'golden church' of St. Anthony rebuilt in 1769 which entrance is through the museum at the side.

F G

Visit the St. Sebastian Church, dating from 14th and 16th century.

Meia Praia beach - Lagos

Enjoy a meal at one of the many restaurants lining Praça de Gil Eanes..

H

Walk along the Avenida dos Descobrimentos (avenue of the Discoveries) running along the water front, visit the Lagos Marina and cross the footbridge over the Bensafrim River..

I

Drive to Cabo de São Vincente (Cape St. Vincent) to see the lighthouse and to enjoy the views from its high cliffs.

J

Visit Sagres fortress originally built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1793 after been destroyed by Sir Francis Drake in 1587.

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Lagos promenade

Sagres - beach

Vila Joya Restaurant This restaurant is the longest awarded 2 Star Michelin restaurant in Portugal maintaining this rating for 13 consecutive years. Chef Dieter Koschina has achieved this outstanding feature by embracing the virtues of slow cooking techniques combined with the use of locally grown produce of the highest quality and flavor.

Vila Joya Restaurant Praia da Gale Albufeira, Algarve 8200-902 Tel: +351 289 591 795 Web: http://www.vilajoya.com Email: info@vilajoya.com

Open Everyday Lunch: 13:00 - 14:00 Dinner: 19:30 – 21:00

Vilamoura

Day Three

Vilamoura is one of the largest single tourist complex in Europe covering about 2.000 hectares of land including pine forests and marshlands. A unique leisure and recreation resort community designed from the start to be selfsufficient and where the pace of life is so easy it feels like summer all year round. The resort offers a wide choice of prime accommodation and commercial infrastructure for the day-to-day needs and is bursting with sporting and leisure facilities for the entire family.

While in the area....

A

Vilamoura Marina

Enjoy your day by going to the beaches of Quarteira (a large sandy beach stretching for several miles opposite the Quarteira promenade and very busy during the summer season), Praia da Rocha Baixinha Leste Beach (a large and flat sandy beach between Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste and the Vilamoura Marina with excellent infrastructures, perfect for families with children), Praia da Rocha Baixinha Oeste (a flat sandy beach adjacent to Praia de FalĂŠsia in Vilamoura with good infrastructures, perfect for families with children) and Praia da Marina de Vilamoura Beach (a wide sandy beach stretching from Marina of Vilamoura to the fishing port of neighboring Quarteira), a flat beach well protected by breakwaters and perfect for children. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Outdoor coffee shops and restaurants in Vilamoura

Vilamoura Beach

Willie´s Restaurant Located next to the Pinhal Golf Course in the Algarve resort town of Vilamoura, Willie´s invites you to indulge on locally grown fare and freshly caught fish and seafood turned into creative dishes with an Italian twist by Michelin Star chef Willie, featuring the famous Seafood raviolis in Vermouth sauce or the Mustard and soft Potato glazed Monkfish which can be savored in a relaxed ambiance accompanied by a carefully selected wine list.

Rua do Brasil 2 Vilamoura 8125 Quarteira Tel: +351 289 380 849 Fax: +351 289 380 684 Website: www. willies-restaurante.com

Open: Thursday to Tuesday Dinner: 19:00 – 23:00

Faro

Day Four

Faro is the main city in the Algarve with both Arab and Roman ruins and attractive old buildings.

While in the area....

Town of Faro

A

Visit the old part of the city still surrounded by the Roman walls dating back to the 9th century.

B

Visit the 13th century Cathedral and the neighboring 16th century Convent now turned into the city’s archaeological museum and featuring a section devoted to the Arab occupation.

C

Pay a visit to Nossa Senhora do Carmo church acclaimed to be the best example of gold-leaf woodwork in southern Portugal and featuring a chapel lined with the bones from over 1200 monks.

D

Shop at Algarve Forum on the outskirts of Faro featuring an underground car park.

E Nossa Senhora do Carmo church

Tour the Ria Formosa lagoon, a nature reserve of over 17.000 hectares and a place of breeding for hundreds of different birds during the spring and autumn migratory periods. We recommend Formosa Mar as one of the Tour Companies offering guided tours of the area. For more info visit www.formosamar.com www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Beaches at Ria Formosa Nature Park

Henrique Leis Restaurant Coming from Brazil, Chef Henrique Leis opened this restaurant in the 90´s receiving a Michelin star in 2000 for his personal interpretation of French cooking and careful selection and confection of fresh produce. Aside from the A La Carte menu, the restaurant has a Truffle Dish menu and a Degustation menu featuring Fresh Caught Lobster from Sagres served with Wild Herbs coulis and À La Coque Egg with Imperial Russian Caviar. The restaurant décor is of Chef Henrique Leis personal signature.

Vale Formoso 8135-035 Almancil Tel: +351 289 393 438 Fax: +351 289 393 438 E-mail henriqueleis@iol.pt Website http://www.henriqueleis.com

Open Monday to Saturday Dinner: 19:00 – 22:00

Tavira

Day Five

Tavira is one of the most architecturally attractive towns in the Algarve and its origin dates back to around 2.000 BC. During the occupation of the Algarve by the Moors this town was considered of great importance due to its fishing industry.

While in Tavira....

Misericordia church Tavira

A

Walk on Tavira narrow cobbled streets.

B

Visit the church of Misericórdia, one most valuable Tavira´s many churches with strong Renaissance features on its entranceway featuring a niche with a statue of Our Lady of Compassion, flanked by the shields of Portugal and interiors made of Renaissance style columns and altar pieces good examples of gold leafed 18th century carving. .

C

Visit Tavira´s Castle Walls and Palácio da Galeria home to Tavira City Museum (Museu Municipal de Tavira).

D

Cross the old Roman style bridge over Gilão River and take a boat trip to the island of Tavira, boats depart regularly from the city center and Quatro-Águas. www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Beach at Tavira Island

Tavira view from the river

São Gabriel Restaurant Awarded once more in 2012 with a Michelin star this restaurant is renowned for its fine cuisine in the Algarve over a 15 year period. Located at the Almancil road leading to Quinta do Lago Resort this charming villa style restaurant of Mediterranean décor and al-fresco dinning is a traditional mecca for fine dining in the region and the preferred spot for outdoor dining during the quiet and balmy nights of Summer. Chef Michael Grünbacher is in residence creating such delicacies as Sautée Tomato Confit Sardine, Scallop Duet and Roasted Veal Cheeks served on a bed of beetroots, Jerusalem artichokes and black truffles.

Open for dinner from 19.00 hrs.

Closed Monday & Tuesday during low season Closed only on Monday (June-September) Every Sunday: Lunch 12.30-15.00 hrs. (except mid July till end of August) Holidays: November until March

Estrada Quinta do Lago Vale do Lobo 8136-912 Almancil Tel: +351 289 394521 www.sao-gabriel.com

Faro

Day Six

Before you depart to your home country visit the Shopping Malls located between Faro and Guia near Albufeira, offering shopping facilities under one roof at high international standard, open daily from 10am until late evening hours.

While in the area....

A

Quinta Shopping is located directly at the entry of the resort of Quinta do Lago full of exquisite shops and restaurants within an elegant ambience.

B

Algarve Shopping a large shopping complex located on route N125 close to the small village of Guia west of Faro.

C

Forum Algarve, located at the outskirts of Faro on route N125 direction airport at the first roundabout after entering Faro. A super market and more than hundred different shops present their goods on two levels. Opening hours daily 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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PortugalRes has a group specialist department ready to provide quotes for a full group tour or tailor made group services you might require.

Our Group Department is proficient in providing unique tour programs and exclusive experiences many of which cannot be easily researched without the knowledge and expertise of people who work in Portugal´s travel industry for many years.

PortugalRes group specialists have an important and up-to-date database on all sorts of experiences, activities and event locations many of which are exclusive to us.

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What is included on each holiday package?

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Car Rental

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Rent-a-Car is not included in holiday packages, but is available through on-line booking or by calling our contact center.

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 Select the type of vehicle  Click on “info” in order to know rental conditions and vehicle specifications  Click on “book “ in order to proceed with reservation

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Special Tour Services Tours provided by PortugalRes

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The following tours can be added at an extra cost to the packages included in this brochure and can replace the suggested self-guided and self-driving itinerary tours.               

Half day tour to Sintra Day tour of Lisbon, Sintra, Cape Roca and Estoril Half day tour of Lisbon Evening tour in Lisbon Evening tour in Estoril Day tour of Queluz, Sintra, Cascais and Estoril Day tour to Sesimbra, Arrábida mountains, Setúbal and Palmela Day tour to Óbidos, Alcobaça and Batalha Day tour to Óbidos, Nazaré and Alcobaça Day tour to Óbidos, Nazaré and Fátima Day tour to Évora, Vila Viçosa and Estremóz Day tour to Évora Day tour to Fátima Half day tour to Fátima Linbon Dinner River Cruise

 Day tour to Óbidos and Nazaré  Day tour to Óbidos, Alcobaça, Batalha, Fátima and Tomar  Lisbon Bus Hop on and Hop off ciity tour passes  Lisbon half day Alfama Neighborhood guided walking tour  Lisbon Zoo and Hop on and Hop off combined pass  Day Tour to Viana do Castelo and Santiago de Compostela  Day tour to Guimarães, Braga and Barcelos  Day tour to Amarante, Lamego and Pinhão – Douro Region –  Half day tour of Porto  Evening tour in Porto  River Tagus cruise  Day tour to Tomar and Batalha  Évora and Azeitão Wine Tour

Tours depart fromLisbon and Porto on a chauffer driven vehicle , shuttle bus or on a regular 40 seat deluxe tour bus. Tours are available on request and subject to availability at time of booking. Regular bus tours are also subject to a time table and on many cases guests are picked-up and dropped-off at Lisbon and Porto hotels. Call for details – see contact details on page 99 www.portugalres.com | info@portugalres.com | Tel: +351 211 106 020

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Additional Services Rent-a-car With PortugalRes you can rest assured that renting a car or minivan is as easy and simple as it gets.

Contact ou reservations department and in no time you have the car or van of your preference booked and ready for your client or group when arriving at Portugal airports. Hotel pick-up and drop-off car rental is also available.

For an easy to use and any time available booking experience go online and see our options and policy to quickly book the car or van that is right for your client or group party.

Chauffer driven cars Don´t want to rent-a-car. No worries!

With PortugalRes chauffer driven cars you only pay when you use it.

Very simple! Just book a tour for your clients, contact reservations

department and tell us when and where are your clients going to need a car. We will figure out the time of pick-up and return to hotel.

Tour booking Rather go on a sceduled bus tour or any other tour offered by PortugalRes than doing all the touring yourself. Just contact reservations department and tell us the itinerary requirements. We shall provide you with the option of your choice, a tour suggestion and a quotation in no time.

Scheduled bus tours may include in the price meals and entrance fee to some attractions but not all. Please contact reservations for details on each scheduled bus tour.

Some tours may only operate on designated dates, be sure to enquire about annual tour schedule and time table.

Tours after beeing booked are subject to specific cancellation policies, please make sure you enquire our travel

consultants about those conditions before you finalize the booking.

Chauffer driven tours are usually subject to a limited number of people depending on the vehicle capacity.

Prices are based on number of people and duration of the trip, make sure you request information on extra hours in case travel clients decide to do last minute changes to the itinerary.

Airport transfers Get out and in off the airport quickly and in-style with PortugalRes airport private transfer services.

Arrive at your destination hassle free with no worries and with your luggage taken care by the professionally trained transfer staff of PortugalRes. Let us know your client´s flight number and time of arrival and our representatives will be ready to welcome and help with the luggage. Our proficent English speaking drivers will in no time transfer your clients to the hotel of their choice.

For Reservations Tel: +351 266 788 005 / reservations@portugalres.com

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